Employment
International Monetary Fund, September 2019-present
African Department (Eastern II Division, Mozambique), August 2023-present
African Department (Western I Division, WAEMU), March 2021-Nov 2023
African Department (South II Division, Kingdom of Eswatini, one-off), January 2023-May 2023
African Department (Central I Division, Niger, one-off), February 2022-July 2022
Monetary and Capital Markets Department (Global Markets Analysis Division), September 2019-March 2021
Education
Ph.D., Economics, University of Maryland, College Park, 2016-2019
M.A., Economics, University of Maryland, College Park, 2014-2016
M.A., Economics, Bogazici University, Istanbul, 2012-2014
B.S., Electrical Engineering (with Honors), Bogazici University, Istanbul, 2008-2012
Previous Work Experience
University of Maryland, College Park, Instructor in Economics, June 2016- June 2019
IMF, Summer Intern at the Asia-Pacific Department, Regional Studies Division, Summer 2018
IMF, Summer Intern at the Research Department, Structural Reforms Unit, Summer 2017
World Bank, Short Term Consultant at the Development Economics Research Group, Summer 2016
University of Maryland, College Park, Teaching Assistant in Economics, August 2014-May 2016
Bogazici University, Istanbul, Teaching Assistant in Economics, August 2012-August 2014
Other Work Experience
2nd Washington Area International Finance Symposium (WAIFS), Conference Organization Team, University of Maryland, Center for International Economics, April 2019
Conference on Economic Design by the Society for Economic Design, Conference Organization Team, Bilgi University, Istanbul, July 2015
4th World Congress of the Game Theory Society, Conference Organization Team, Bilgi University, Istanbul, July 2012