IMF RESEARCHER

Education:

University of California at Berkeley, Ph.D. in Economics (December 2003)

University of Missouri-Columbia, A.B. in Economics and French, minor in East Asian Studies), summa cum laude with honors (May 1995)

Previous Experience:

Senior Economist, Structural Reforms Unit, Research Department, International Monetary Fund (August 2017 - March 2019)

Senior Economist, Advanced Economies Unit, European Department, International Monetary Fund (July 2014 - August 2017)

Economist, Advanced Economies Unit, European Department, International Monetary Fund (January 2014 - June 2014)

Economist, World Economic Studies Division, Research Department, International Monetary Fund, (July 2010 to January 2014)

Lecturer (tenured assistant professor equivalent), Economics Division, School of Social Sciences, University of Southampton, UK, (September 2006 to July 2011)

British Academy Research Fellow, Department of Economics, University of Oxford and Non-stipendiary Research Fellow, Nuffield College (September 2003 to August 2006)

Current Position:

Deputy Division Chief, World Economic Studies Division, Research Department, International Monetary Fund (April 2019 to present)

Country work or Mission Assignment:

Euro Area

Greece

Luxembourg

Denmark

Field of Expertise:

Open Economy Macroeconomics

Banking

Monetary Policy

Development Economics

International Finance