Alexander Frei is a Senior Research Associate at The Heritage Foundation’s Center for Data Analysis. His research focuses on Macroeconomic modeling, Climate modeling and applied Microeconometrics.

Frei has written editorials published in The Daily Signal, The Epoch Times, and The BFD, as well as peer-reviewed research published in academic journals and presented at various academic conferences. His work has also been featured in Bay News 9, St Pete Catalyst and Tampa Free Press.

Prior to joining Heritage, he worked as a Research Assistant in the economics department at Florida State University, assisting faculty members with research. He also worked with the UNC Charlotte Men's Soccer team, providing analytics to the team.

Alexander Frei holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Quantitative Economics and Econometrics from the University of South Florida, graduating summa cum laude, and a Master of Science degree in Economics from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Frei has completed three semesters of PhD-level coursework in Economics and Computer Science at Florida State University.