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Academic Positions 

2023 - Present: Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in Econometrics, University of Kent, Canterbury, UK.

2021 - 2023: Researcher, Örebro University, Sweden.

2017 - 2021: Post-Doctoral Research Associate, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow.

Other Affiliated Positions

• Örebro University, Sweden - Researcher

• Centre for Applied Macroeconomic Analysis (CAMA), Australian National University - Research Associate

• UK Economic Statistics Centre of Excellence (ESCoE) - Research Associate

Education

2017 PhD in Economics, The Australian National University.

• PhD dissertation title: Three Applications of Time-Varying Parameter and Stochastic Volatility Models to the Malaysian and Australian Economy

• Advisor:  Prof. Joshua Chan

• Committee: Timothy Kam and Chung Tran

2013 Master of Economics/Master of Actuarial Statistics, The Australian National University.

• Master’s dissertation title: Assessing the Effectiveness of Japanese Expansionary Fiscal Policy during the Period of 1967-2011

• Advisor: Prof. Rodney Strachan

2010 Bachelor of Economics (Honours), University of Western Australia.

• Honours’ dissertation title: Malaysia's Economic Performance During the Global Financial Crisis

• Advisor: Prof. Rodney Tyers

2009 Bachelor of Biomedical Science/Bachelor of Commerce, University of Notre Dame Australia.

• Advisors: Prof. Greg Tan and Prof. Gregory Moore

• 2009 Perth Scientific Award Nomination

Teaching

The Australian National University

• ECON1102 Macroeconomics 1 - Tutor

• ECON2102 Macroeconomics 2 - Tutor

• ECON2101 Microeconomics 2 - Tutor

• EMET1001 Econometrics - Head Tutor

• EMET3007/8012 Forecasting - Head Tutor

University of Strathclyde

• Introduction to Matlab - Lecturer

• EC111 Introduction to Economics - Tutor

• EC215 Intermediate Microeconomics - Tutor

• EC413 Applied Econometrics - Lecturer and Tutor

University of Edinburgh

• SGPE MSc ECNM11043 Econometrics 1 - Tutor

• SGPE MSc ECNM11049 Advanced Time Series Econometrics - Tutor

• SGPE MSc ECNM11060 Bayesian Econometrics - Tutor

University of Kent

• ECON5430 Econometrics 2: Topics in Time Series - Course Convenor

• ECON8200 Macro and Financial Econometrics - Lecturer

• ECON6010 Machine Learning for Economists - Lecturer

Short Courses

UK Office of National Statistics (2020)

• Bayesian Econometrics Course - Instructor

Barcelona GSE Summer School (2021)

• Bayesian Time Series Methods I: Introductory - Computer lab instructor

Study Center Gerzensee, Switzerland (2022)

• Bayesian Methods for Empirical Macroeconomics - Computer lab instructor

The South East Asian Central Banks Research and Training Centre (2022)

• Mixed-Frequency methods - Instructor

The South East Asian Central Banks Research and Training Centre

• Central Bank of Nepal (2023)

• National Bank of Cambodia (2024)

• Forecasting for Monetary and Financial Stability Policies

  • Nowcasting - Instructor

  • Forecasting with Machine Learning Techniques - Instructor

Supervision

University of Strathclyde

• Honours students: Adam Still (2019), Rory Brennan (2020).

• SGPE Masters students: Xiao Lyu (2019).

• PhD students: Ping Wu (2022).

Örebro University

• Masters students: Andre Westman (2023), Calle Renberg (2023), Peter Wendel (2023).

University of Kent

• Honours students: Abdifitaah Hossein, Cristina Dolghier.

PhD Thesis Examiner

• Saeed Zaman - Internal Examiner (University of Strathclyde)

Professional Development Courses and Leadership

• Supervising PhD students - Örebro University (2023)

• University of Kent

  • School Seminar Coordinator 

Grants

• 2024 University of Kent, Internal Policy Placement Funding, £3000. 

• 2022 Torsten Söderbergs Foundation Research Grant, 1 Million Swedish krona (~£79,000).

• 2020 UK Office of National Statistics Research Funding Grant, £5000. 

• Regional Nowcasting in the UK, Economic Statistics Centre of Excellence.

Refereeing Activity

• Econometrics and Statistics

• Economic Modelling 

• Empirical Economics 

• Energy Economics 

• International Journal of Forecasting

• Journal of Applied Econometrics

• Journal of Business and Economic Statistics 

• Journal of Econometrics

• Journal of Economics Dynamics and Control

• Journal of Financial Econometrics

• Journal of Forecasting

• Journal of Royal Statistical Society Series C

• Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics

• Review of Economics and Statistics

• Scottish Journal of Political Economy

• Studies in Nonlinear Dynamics and Econometrics

Conferences and Invited Seminars

• 2025: Seminar Presenter at the Central Bank of Ireland.

• 2024: Research Visitor at the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, Conference Presenter at the 44th International Symposium on Forecasting and Seminar Presenter at the European Central Bank.

• 2023: Seminar Presenter at the South East Asian Central Banks Research and Training Centre and Bank of Latvia. Conference Presenter at the 12th ECB Conference on Forecasting Techniques and International Association for Applied Econometrics Annual Conference.

• 2022: Seminar Presenter at the University of Western Australia, Monash University and University of Strathclyde. Conference Presenter at the ESCoE Conference, European Seminar on Bayesian Econometrics, NBER-NSF Seminar on Bayesian Inference in Econometrics and Statistics and Swedish National Economics Conference.

• 2021: Conference Presenter at the ESCoE Conference, UK Office of National Statistics, Econometric Society Australasian Meeting, 11th ECB Conference on Forecasting Techniques, Australian Conference of Economists, Örebro University Financial Econometrics Workshop and Computational and Financial Econometrics conference.

• 2019: Conference Presenter at the Computational and Financial Econometrics conference.

• 2018: Seminar Presenter at Heriot-Watt University and King's College London. Conference Presenter at the National Bank of Poland Forecasting Workshop, Royal Economic Society Junior Symposium, 2nd QMUL Economics and Finance Workshop for PhD & Post-doctoral students, International Association for Applied Econometrics Annual Conference, 13th RCEA Bayesian Econometrics Workshop and European Seminar on Bayesian Econometrics.

• 2017: Participant at the ECB Inflation Conference: Understanding Inflation: lessons from the past, lessons for the future? 

• 2016: Research visitor at the European Central Bank.