Macroeconomics, monetary economics
Inflation and price setting
Household credit constraints and the macro-economy. Macroprudential policy
2002-2006 Ph.D. in Economics, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore MD. Advisors: Laurence Ball, Louis Maccini.
2000-2002 M.A. in Economics, Johns Hopkins University
1999-2000 Certificate in International Economics, Johns Hopkins University SAIS Bologna Center
1998-1999 Certificate in Business Economics, KULeuven, Belgium
1995-1998 Master of Laws, KULeuven
> Erasmus year at Universität Würzburg, Germany
1993-1995 Bachelor of Laws, Université de Namur, Belgium
2012- Senior Research Economist, De Nederlandsche Bank
2006-2012 Senior Research Analyst, Reserve Bank of New Zealand
2024- Guest researcher, University of Amsterdam, School of Economics. Supervising Masters theses
2021 ESCB/IO secondment, DG-Research, European Central Bank
2018-2023 Member of PRISMA: ESCB network on price-setting and its macro implications
2010 Consultant, National Bank of Belgium
2010 Visiting scholar, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
2005 Summer intern, Japan Division, International Monetary Fund
2004 Summer research intern, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
2003-2004 Research assistant to Chris Carroll, Johns Hopkins University
2003 Summer research intern, Bundesbank
2002 Consultant, World Bank
2005 Lecturer: macroeconomics. Johns Hopkins University
2005 Lecturer: macroeconomics. University of Maryland Baltimore Campus
2001-2004 Teaching assistant: macroeconomics, game theory, econometrics. Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore MD
1999-2000 Teaching assistant: macroeconomics. Johns Hopkins University SAIS Bologna Center
Dutch (native), English (fluent), French (proficient), German (very good), Spanish (fair), Italian (fair), Mandarin Chinese (basic)