Academic Background 

Doctor of Social and Economic Sciences (Dr. rer. soc. oec.), Vienna University of Economics and Business, Austria 

Master in Quantitative Finance (MSc), Vienna University of Economics and Business, Austria 

Master in Economics (Mag. rer. soc. oec.), University of Vienna, Austria 

Bachelor in Economics (Bakk. rer. soc. oec.), University of Vienna, Austria 

Professional Background 

since 2022 Economic Analyst at DG for Economic and Financial Affairs (DG ECFIN) of the European Commission.

2018 - 2022 Economic Analyst at the Fiscal Policy Analysis Unit of DG Joint Research Center (DG JRC) of the European Commission.

2013 - 2018 Economist, tax policy and labour markets, Agenda Austria 

2011 - 2018 Research Associate  at Macro-Consult 

Grants and Awards 

Erwin Wenzl Award 2020 Recognition Award of the Erwin Wenzl Foundation for outstanding PhD thesis ("Essays on the Econometric Analysis of European Labour Markets").

Best Poster Award 2017 of the European Association of Labour Economists (EALE) for “Gender wage gap and the role of skills: evidence from PIAAC dataset” 

Young Economist Award 2015 of the Austrian Economic Association (NOeG) together with M. Köppl-Turyna and D. Kucsera for the paper “Employment effects of minimum wages in Europe revisited” 

Language skills: 

German (mother tongue)

Fluent in English and Spanish

Programming skills:

Advanced proficiency in use of STATA Data Analysis and Statistical Software R for Statistical Computing. Familiar with MATLAB.