Danila Serra is an Associate Professor of Economics at Texas A&M University, where she holds a joint appointment in the Economics Department and the Bush School of Government and Public Service. She is an affiliated researcher at JPAL and IZA. Danila is an applied behavioral economist, using experimental methods to address key questions in political economy, education, labor and gender economics. Her recent work focuses on role models and education, barriers to women's leadership and career progression, gender-based violence, and the impact of ethics training on police officers.

In 2017, she was chosen as the inaugural recipient of the Vernon Smith Ascending Scholar Prize, given by the International Foundation for Research in Experimental Economics to an exceptional scholar using experiments in economics research. She received her Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Oxford.