Education
University of California, Berkeley, Ph.D in Economics, 2012
University of California, Berkeley, M.A in Statistics, 2010
Seoul National University, BA (Summa cum laude) in Economics, 2006
Employment
International Monetary Fund, Senior Economist, 2023-present
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, Visiting scholar, summer 2014
Bank of Canada, Senior Analyst (Canadian Economic Analysis Department, Monetary Policy Studies Division), 2012-2014
Awards
The 2018 Korea-America Economic Association (KAEA) Young Scholar Awards
Referee Activities
The Quarterly Journal of Economics, American Economic Review, American Economic Journal - Macroeconomics, Review of Economics and Statistics, Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, IMF Economic Review, Economic Letters, the World Bank Economic Review, International Review of Economic and Finance, the Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics
Other Activities
Associate Editor, International Economic Journal (from 2019)
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