Curriculum Vitae
Current Position
Associate Professor, Department of Industrial Economics, University of Nottingham
Education
PhD in Economics, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona: “Strategic Pricing in Oligopoly Markets”
MSc in Economics, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
MSc in Finance, Bucharest University of Economic Studies
BSc in Finance and Banking, Bucharest University of Economic Studies
Baccalaureate, Saint Sava National College (Mathematics and Physics), Bucharest
Research Fields
Applied Microeconomics Theory, Industrial Economics, Oligopoly Pricing, Competition and Consumer Protection Policy
Publications
Teaching and Supervision Experience
Industrial Economics, Corporate Governance, Economics of Information, Microeconomics (various levels), Energy Economics, Risk and Uncertainty, Public Policy
MSc and UG Dissertations
Academic Service and External Engagements
Grants and Awards
Leverhulme Trust Research Fellowship
Nottingham Reward Scheme (for excellent contribution at work)
Concurrences Antitrust Writing Awards Nominee (Academic, Economics) for “Wholesale Price Discrimination: Innovation Incentives and Upstream Competition” (joint with U. Akgun)
Research Leave Award (competitive internal grant, Brunel University London)
Brunel University Certificate of Excellence (for contribution to student experience)
BRIEF Research Award (competitive internal grant, Brunel University London)
Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, UK
Marie Curie Intra-European Postdoctoral Fellowship
EARIE, Young Economist Award for the article “Advertising, Brand Loyalty, and Pricing”
Add-hoc Referee
Quarterly Journal of Economics, Review of Economic Studies, American Economic Journal: Microeconomics, RAND Journal of Economics, Economic Journal, Management Science, Journal of Economic Theory, Journal of the European Economic Association, International Economic Review, Games and Economic Behavior, Journal of Industrial Economics, European Economic Review, Scandinavian Journal of Economics, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Economic Theory, Journal of Mathematical Economics, European Journal of Operational Research, International Journal of Industrial Organization, Journal of Economics and Management Strategy, Economica, Journal of Banking and Finance, Information Economics and Policy, Review of Industrial Organization, Quantitative Marketing and Economics, Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics, Journal of Economics, The BE Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, The BE Journal of Theoretical Economics, Review of Network Economics, International Game Theory Review, Spanish Economic Review, Scottish Journal of Political Economy, Bulletin of Economic Research, Economic Modelling, World Scientific.
Scientific Committees
Jornadas de Economia Industrial (Spanish Economics Association)
Chair (Seville), Member (Santander, Bilbao, Gran Canaria)
Project Evaluation
“La Caixa” Foundation
External Academic Service
Cardiff University: PhD Examiner
Toulouse School of Economics: PhD Examiner
University of Liverpool School of Management, MSc in Economics: External Examiner
Internal Peer Reviewer
Leverhulme Research Fellowship Applications, University of Nottingham, Faculty of Social Sciences
Conferences and Invited Talks (from 2022)
CEE Competition Policy Workshop (2026, forth., London); Berlin IO Day (2026, forth.); LIEN Seminar (2025, Paris); Platform Economics Workshop (2025, Tinbergen Institute, Amsterdam); Nottingham (2025); EARIE (2025, Valencia); Oligo Workshop (2025, Cambridge); Behavioral, Experimental and Theoretical Economics Workshop (2025, St Andrews); Theory and Policy in the Digital Economy Workshop (2024, Durham); Network of Industrial Economists Meeting (2024, WBS); IIOC (2024, Boston); Loughborough (2023); European Association for Research in Industrial Economics Conference, EARIE (2023, Rome); IIOC (2023, Washington); Jornadas de Economia Industrial, JEI (2023, Bilbao); International Industrial Organization, IIOC (2022, Boston); RES Annual Meeting (2022, virtual).
Past Positions
Senior Lecturer/Lecturer, Department of Economics and Finance, Brunel University London
Marie Curie Research Fellow, Department of Economics, University College London
Assistant Professor, Department of Economic Analysis, University of Alicante
Visiting Positions
LSE (STICERD), City University London (Economics), UCL (Economics)