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Personal profile

Introduction

After a Bachelor degree in Economics at the University of Namur and a Research Master jointly organized by the University of Warsaw and the Université Catholique de Louvain, I started my PhD in 2011 under the supervision of Romain Houssa. I allocate my time between Research and Teaching Assistant. My research focuses on fiscal and monetary policies, macroeconomic imbalances and their role in the determination of the Term Structure of Interest Rates for both Advanced and Emerging economies.

As a Teaching Assistant, I am or have been in charge of the following courses:

- Introduction to Economics (BA)

- Econometrics (BA/MA)

- International Macroeconomics (BA/MA)

Additionally, I tutor around 10 students per year for the completion of their Master thesis.

 

Areas of expertise

Macroeconomics, International Macroeconomics, Term Structure of Interest Rates, Yield Curve Modeling, Macro-Finance, Non-linear estimation techniques, Markov-Switching Models, VARs, Local Projection Techniques, Spatial econometrics, contagion and spillovers.

External responsibilities

- President of the Alumni association (2011-2013)

- Elected Member of the Scientific Corps at the Faculty Council (2014-2015)

- Webmaster of the CeReFiM website (2014-2015) https://www.unamur.be/en/eco/business-administration/cerefim

- Webmaster of the Doctoral Workshop 2015 Website (2014-2015) http://dw2015.unamur.be/

Awards

- Academic Performance Award for 1st of Study at UW in 2009-2010 

Diplomas

- Bachelor in Economics (FUNDP, 2009)

- Erasmus Semester at UCD, Dublin (Sept. - Dec. 2008)

- Masters in Economics, International Economics (Universytet Warszawski, 2011)

- Masters in Economics, Research Focus (Université Catholique de Louvain, 2011)

Education/Academic qualification

Master of Economics, Heterogenous agents in a Schumpeterian economy: a welfare analysis., University of Warsaw

Award Date: 1 Jan 2011

Master of Economics, Heterogenous agents in a Schumpeterian economy : a welfare analysis., Université Catholique de Louvain

Award Date: 1 Jan 2011

Bachelor of Economics, University of Namur

Award Date: 1 Jan 2008