AFFILIATIONS TO RESEARCH PROJECTS
2019 ‘Automating the Calculation of Dispersion and Skewness Measures of Across-Sectional Distributions in Matlab’ (with Dr. Ben Wang) | Macquarie University | Australia
2017 - 2019 ‘Financial Modelling with Cryptocurrencies High Frequency Data’(with Prof. George Milunovich) | Macquarie University | Australia
2018 - 2019 'Modelling Potential Outupt and Output Gap' | National Institute for Economic Researcj | Romanian Academy | Romania
2014 - 2015 ‘Detecting Systemically Important Risk’ project granted by CIFR (together with Prof. Mardi Dungey, Prof. David Veredas and Dr. Matteo Luciani) | Australia
2012 - 2014 ‘Detecting Financial Contagion Using High Frequency Data’ project granted by the Australian Research Council (together with Prof. Mardi Dungey and Prof. Sirimon Treepongkaruna) | Australia
2012 'HEROM Structural Model Update’–CEROPE and National Institute for Economic Research | Romanian Academy | Poland
2012 ‘Studies on Theory and Applications of Volatility and Correlation Models Based on Realized GARCH Framework’ – with Prof. Zhuo Huang, National School of Development | Beijing University | China
2011 ‘Updates in Volatility Forecasting Using High Frequency Data. A New Benchmark Analysis of Models’ | ESADE Business School | Ramon Llull University | Spain
2009 - 2012 ‘Financial Reporting, Ownership Structure and Quotes on the Spanish Stock Exchange’, Research Project ECO2008 - 05218 | ESADE Business School | Ramon Llull University | Spain
2010 - 2012 ‘Revision of the Dobrescu Macro-model of the Romanian Economy’ - National Institute for Economic Research | Romanian Academy | Bucharest
2009 - 2010 ‘Methodologies on risk and uncertainty analysis, decision rules, statistical and mathematical methods and models, risk and uncertainty quantitative measurements’ | National Institute for Economic Research | Romanian Academy | Bucharest
GRANTS
2014 Two Conference Travel Grants | Tasmanian School of Business and Economics | University of Tasmania (totalling $5228)
2013 CFA Institute Professor Scholarship
2009 - 2012 FI Grant | Generalitat de Catalunya | Spain
2009. Mobility Grant | Ministry of Education of Spain
2007 - 2008 ESADE scholarship | ESADE Business School | Spain
2006 - 2007 Domestic Student Tuition Scholarship | Carleton University | Canada
2006 - 2007 Departmental Scholarship | Carleton University | Canada
2006 - 2007 Teaching Assistantship | Carleton University | Canada
2002 Teaching Assistantship | École Supérieure des Sciences Commerciales d’Angers |France
1998 Scholarship | University of Economics and Business Administration | Austria
1995 - 1997 Scholarship | Academy of Economic Studies | International Business Faculty | Romania
REFEREE WORK | PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
▫ Ad-hoc Reviewer for: Journal of Empirical Finance | European Journal of Operational Research | Computational Management Science | Australian Journal of the Agricultural and Resource Economics | Journal of Contemporary Accounting and Economics | Romanian Journal of Economic Forecasting
▫ Member of the Editorial Board of the Romanian Journal of Economic Forecasting
▫ ESADE Business School, Ramon Llull University, Barcelona, Spain - Member of:▫ Group for Research in Economics and Finance (GREF)
▫ Research Group on Knowledge Engineering (GREC)