curriculum vitae [w/o publications]#
Employment#
Doktorand (PhD) — University of Zürich (UZH)
Zürich, CH
PhD Student at the Zurich Graduate School of Economics
Advisor: Prof. Florian Scheuer
Aug. 2021 – today
Long-Term Research Vistis: London School of Economics (Aug. 2024 – Jan. 2025), De Nederlandsche Bank (Apr. 2025 – Aug. 2025), Paris School of Economics (planned in 2026)
Teaching: Macroeconomics (PhD), Programming Practices for Research Students (PhD), Advanced Statistics (MSc)
Other:
Specialized coursework: Recursive Methods, Macro-Finance, Public Finance (UZH), Advanced Machine Learning (ETH Zürich)
Workshops: Dynamic Structural Econometrics (Lausanne, 2023), Heterogeneous Agents Macroeconomics (by Auclert, Rognlie, Straub) (Frankfurt, 2024)
Research Specialist — University of Chicago
Chicago (IL), US
Researcher at the Center of the Economics of Human Development
Sep. 2019 – Jul. 2021
Research specialist in public sector research projects for James J. Heckman at the University of Chicago.
Statistical life-cycle evaluation of economic costs and benefits of a childhood education programme.
Research Assistant — Center for Economic Studies (CESifo)
Munich, DE
Research assistant at the Center for Macroeconomics and Surveys (Prof. Andreas Peichl)
Jul. 2018 – Sep. 2018
Intern — KPMG Corporate Valuation Services and Consulting
Düsseldorf/Cologne, DE
Company evaluation projects
Mar. 2016 – May 2016
Evaluation of non-listed companies using DCF and WACC, joined KPMG HighQ talent pool.
Education#
University of Cambridge (Trinity Hall)
Cambridge, UK
MPhil in Economic Research and Advanced Diploma in Economics
Sep. 2017 – Jul. 2019
Graduated MPhil with high distinction and award (GPA: 79/100), and Diploma best in class (1/25), with distinction and award (GPA: 74/100).
Specialization in time-series statistics, MPhil dissertation in econometrics (Professor Oliver B. Linton).
London School of Economics
London, UK
Mathematics; General Course Programme (Year abroad)
Sep. 2016 – Jun. 2017
GPA: 79/100, distinction level.
University of Münster
Münster, DE
BSc. in Business Administration
Apr. 2013 – Sep. 2016
Graduated top 5% of year.
Awards and Honors#
Doc.Mobility Studentship
Zürich, CH
Award for an outstanding research project to be pursued abroad (LSE), CHF 30,000
2024
Bateman Scholar
Cambridge, UK
Awarded by Trinity Hall (Cambridge college) for outstanding performance in an M.Phil. programme, £425
2021
Awarded Cambridge Trust Scholar & Trinity Hall Research Studentship
Cambridge, UK
Total award of £33,115 (full stipend for MPhil degree, including cost of living)
2018–2019
Stevenson Prize
Cambridge, UK
Award for best overall performance in the Advanced Diploma in Economics, £500
2018