CV [CV • Resume]
Contacts

Vancouver School of Economics
University of British Columbia
6000 Iona Drive, Vancouver
BC Canada V6T 1L4

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Education
University of British Columbia (UBC) Vancouver, BC
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Economics 2020 – Present
Columbia University New York, NY
Master of Arts (M.A.) in Economics 2017 – 2018
University of St. Gallen (HSG) St. Gallen, Switzerland
Bachelor of Arts (B.A. HSG) in Economics 2013 – 2016
  • Exchange Semester at the University of Hong Kong (HKU) 2016
  • Exchange Semester at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) 2015
Research Interests

International Finance, Macroeconomics, Monetary Economics

Working Papers

See Research

Research Assistantships
University of British Columbia Vancouver, BC
Research Assistant for Professors Isha Agarwal and Bo Bian 2021 – 2022
Columbia University New York, NY
Research Assistant for Professor Stephanie Schmitt-Grohé 2018 – 2019
Teaching Experience
University of British Columbia Vancouver, BC
Teaching Assistant
  • Introduction to International Trade 2024
  • Introduction to International Finance 2023
  • Money and Banking 2021 – 2022
  • Macroeconomics 2021
  • Introduction to Economic Research 2021
Professional Experience
Swiss National Bank Zurich, Switzerland
PhD Intern, International Policy Analysis Unit 2023 – 2024
International Monetary Fund Washington, DC
PhD Intern (Fund Internship Program), Monetary and Capital Markets Department 2023
Edgeworth Economics Washington, DC
Senior Consultant 2019 – 2020
Charles River Associates London, UK
Consulting Associate Intern, Competition Practice 2018
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Paris, France
Research Intern, Directorate for Financial and Enterprise Affairs 2018
BAK Economics Basel, Switzerland
Research Intern 2017
Awards and Fellowships
University of British Columbia Vancouver, BC
  • Doctoral Fellowship (Four Year Fellowship) 2021 – Present
  • President’s Academic Excellence Initiative PhD Award 2021 – Present
  • International Tuition Award 2020 – Present
  • Albert Whiteley Memorial Fellowship 2020 – 2021
  • Faculty of Arts Graduate Award 2020 – 2021
Presentations
  • IMF Monetary and Capital Markets Department Policy Forum, Banco Central de Chile†, JEDC Conference (Poster Session), 20th End-Of-Year Conference of Swiss Economists Abroad* 2025
  • Swiss National Bank Brown Bag Seminar, 19th End-Of-Year Conference of Swiss Economists Abroad 2024
  • 57th Annual Conference of the Canadian Economics Association 2023
  • 17th End-Of-Year Conference of Swiss Economists Abroad 2022
* Scheduled,  † Presented by co-author
Programming

Python, Matlab, Julia, Stata, R, SQL

Languages

English (Fluent), German (Native), French (Proficient)

References
Michael Devereux
Professor
Vancouver School of Economics
University of British Columbia
michael.devereux@ubc.ca

Viktoriya Hnatkovska
Associate Professor
Vancouver School of Economics
University of British Columbia
viktoriya.hnatkovska@ubc.ca

Julien Bengui
Economic Advisor
International Monetary Cooperation
Swiss National Bank
julien.bengui@snb.ch