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I am an Associate Professor with Tenure at CERGE-EI, a joint workplace of Charles University and the Czech Academy of Sciences. I am affiliated with the SIAW at the University of St. Gallen and the University of Lucerne, a CESifo Research Affiliate, and an external lecturer at the University of St. Gallen and the  University of Lucerne. I obtained my Dr. rer. pol. (equivalent to a PhD in Economics) from TU Dresden. During my PhD, I was employed as a Junior Economist at the ifo Institute for Economic Research - Dresden Branch.

I am an applied microeconomist working at the intersection of quantitative economic history, development economics, regional economics, political economy, and health economics. My research examines critical junctures in history and how they shape subsequent socio-economic outcomes, including their effects to the present day.

I teach courses in Applied Microeconomics and (Quantitative) Economic History at the undergraduate, MA, and PhD levels.