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EDUCATION
2009 Ph.D Economics, with Distinction, Columbia University, New York
2007 M. Phil Economics, Columbia University
2006 M.A. Economics, Columbia University
2004 M.A. Economics (with Thesis), Summa Cum Laude
Free University Berlin, Germany
WORK EXPERIENCE
09/13 - 12/18 Economist/Senior Economist at the Research Dept, Open Economy Macroeconomics Division, IMF.
since 09/12 Economist at the Research Dept, Immediate Office, IMF.
03/11 - 08/12 Economist (EP) at the European Department, E2 Division, IMF.
09/09-03/11 Economist (EP) at the Research Dept, Development Macro Division, IMF
Summer 2004 Intern at the Deutsche Bundesbank, Department of
Banking and Financial Supervision, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
FIELDS OF INTEREST
Macroeconomics, International Economics, Corporate Finance, Labor Economics
HONORS AND FELLOWSHIPS
2008 – 2009 Dissertation Fellowship, GSAS, Columbia University
2005 – 2007 Japan IMF Scholarship advanced studies in Economics, IMF Institute
2004 – 2005 GSAS Graduate Fellowship, Columbia University
July 2004 Dean’s Award for the Best Diploma in Economics, Freie Universität
Berlin, Germany
2001 – 2004 Merit Scholarship by the Friedrich-Ebert Foundation, Germany
SELECT CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
Puzzles in Non-financial Corporate Debt, Brussels, December 2018
International Financial Integration in a Changing Policy Context – the End of an Era? Brussels, March 2018
Growth, Stagnation & Inequality, Bank of England, October 2017
CEPR International Macro and Finance Meeting, Cambridge UK, April 2016
CompNet ECB Conference on Productivity and Competitiveness, Prague, April 2016
AEA 2016, Session on “Real exchange rate and the Macroeconomy”, January 2016
European Economic Association Annual Meetings, Mannheim, August 2015
Society of Economic Dynamics (SED) Annual Meetings, Warsaw, June 2015
Housing Urban Labor Macro (HULM) Workshop, St. Louis, April 2015
China Goes Global Conference, Cambridge MA, September 2010
2009 Seminar Presentations at Bank for International Settlement (Basel), University Pompeu Fabra/CREI (Barcelona), Bank of Spain Research Dept (Madrid), IESE Business School (Barcelona), Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (Geneva), Bank of England (London), SAIS at John Hopkins (Washington DC), Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, International Monetary Fund.
June 2008 World Congress of the International Economics Association, Istanbul, Turkey
June 2008 European Workshop in Macroeconomics, University of Glasgow, United Kingdom
TEACHING & RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Summer 2008 Co-Instructor, Time Series Econometrics, Columbia University
Spring 2008 Teaching Assistant, Principles of Economics, Columbia University
Fall 2007-2008 Teaching Assistant, Principles of Economics, Columbia University
Spring 2008 Research Assistant for Prof. Till von Wachter, Columbia
University