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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