Short-bio

I am an Associate Professor of Econometrics at the Department of Economics, University of Patras, Greece (BSc in Economics, University of Macedonia, Greece, 1994; MA in Economics, University of Essex, UK, 1996; PhD in Economics, University of Essex, UK, 2000).

Before joining the University of Patras, I have been employed as a Postdoctoral researcher at Cardiff Business School, and as a Researcher at the Centre of Planning and Economic Research (EN: KEPE, GR: ΚΕΠΕ) in Athens. I have written one book (in Greek) entitled “Introduction to Econometrics” and I have published more than 15 research papers in peer-reviewed journals.

During my PhD studies (Sep 1996 - May 1999) and during my postdoctoral research ( 2000-2002), I was a teaching assistant in several undergraduate/postgraduate courses. Since September 2005, I teach several courses at the undergraduate level at the Department of Economics, while I have taught for 11 years at the postgraduate level (Sep 2004 - Sep 2011, Sep 2015-Sep 2019). I have taught modules such as Econometrics, Applied Econometrics, Time Series Analysis, Mathematical Economics, Mathematics.

My research interests lie in the area of Applied Econometrics with emphasis on modelling macroecomic and financial time series. In particular, big data macro analysis with a focus on dynamic factor models in the time or frequency domain, nonlinear time series models (threshold and smooth transition types); Trend structural breaks; VAR models; Causality and structural breaks; Conditional heteroscedasticity models; Structural breaks in volatility; Autoregressive conditional Poisson models; Autoregressive conditional duration models.

My research work has been published in peer-review journals such as: Economica, Empirical Economics, Energy Economics, International Journal of Forecasting, Journal of Empirical Finance, Journal of Population Economics, Macroeconomic Dynamics, Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics.