CV

Current Position

Since 2023: University of Pavia - Senior Assistant Professor, tenure track (rtd-b)

Education

2014: ETH Zurich - Dr.sc. in Economics

• Title: `On Sources of Economic Growth and Comparative Advantage' [thesis]

• Supervisor: Prof. Hans Gersbach

• Awarded the ETH Medal for outstanding dissertations

2011: Study Center Gerzensee - Swiss Program for Beginning Doctoral Students in Economics

• Best Student of the Year

2007: University of St. Gallen - M.A. in Quantitative Economics and Finance and CEMS Master in International Management

• Exchange Term at the London School of Economics

Visits

2017-2018: Harvard University - Harvard Growth Lab (Nov; Jan-Jul)

Previous Positions

2019- 2023: Harvard University - Postdoctoral Fellow at the Harvard Growth Lab

2016-2019: University of St. Gallen - Postdoctoral Researcher and Lecturer

2014-2016: Yale University - Postdoctoral Fellow

2014: Innovations for Poverty Action - Freelance Consultant for the Mexico Office (Aug-Sep)

2011-2014: ETH Zurich - Doctoral Researcher

2008-2011: NERA Economic Consulting - Economic Analyst

Awards and Research Grants

2018: University of St. Gallen - International PostDoc Fellowship

• Research project: `Path Dependencies in Trade and Development'

2017: Swiss National Science Foundation - Scientific Exchanges Grant 

• Research project: `Economic Complexity: Measurement and Implications for Growth and Development'

2017: Best Paper Award at the Conference Celebrating 200 Years of Ricardian Trade Theory

• Paper: `Comparative Advantages with Product Complexity and Product Quality' - latest version: [link]

2016: University of St. Gallen - International PostDoc Fellowship

• Research project: `The Quest for Shared Prosperity: New Insights on Globalization, Inequality, and Growth'

2015: ETH Zurich - ETH Medal for Outstanding Dissertations

2014: Swiss National Science Foundation - Early PostDoc Mobility Fellowship

• Research project: `Growth and the Convergence of Countries: New Insights on International Trade and Policy'

2011: Study Center Gerzensee - Best Student of the Year

2005-2007: Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes (German national merit foundation) - Scholarship