Curriculum Vitae

Academic Vitae

Extended Vitae

Education

Washington University in St. Louis

• Ph.D. Economics, expected May 2020.
  • Advisor: Werner Ploberger.
  • Thesis: Information in the Risk-Neutral Measure—Essays in Financial Econometrics.
• M.A. Economics, 2016.

University of Cincinnati

• B.A. Economics, 2010. B.A. International Affairs & B.A. Political Science, 2008.

Research

Information Arrival in Financial Markets

Information in Risk Neutral Probabilities

Are Long-Term Inflation Expectations Well Anchored in Brazil, Chile, and Mexico?

Experience

Federal Reserve Board of Governors

Washington, DC

• Senior Research Assistant
  • Developed software to analyze the economic impact of developments in international financial markets.
  • Collaborated with staff economists to produce regular memos, special briefings, & original research.
  • July 2011-August 2014.
• Project Coordinator
  • Facilitated Federal Reserve System’s participation in the Financial Stability Board’s review of LIBOR.
  • Committee co-chaired by Governor Jeremy Stein & Martin Wheatley of the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority.
  • July 2013-August 2014.

BMW Group

Spartanburg, SC

• Intern, Finance & Controlling
  • Audited $5 billion in fixed assets & built database to improve payroll efficiency.
  • August 2010-May 2011.

Securities & Exchange Commission

Washington, DC

• Intern, Honors College Program
  • Analyzed liquidity withdrawals, order book depth, & option market volatility.
  • For joint SEC/CFTC report on the May 2010 “flash crash”.
  • May 2010-August 2010.

Skills

• Computer Languages—Python, Ruby, R, Matlab, SAS, Stata, VBA, PHP, Fortran, C/C++.
• Protocols & APIs—FTP, SSH, XML, OpenMP, Bloomberg, Thomson Reuters.
• Databases—HDF5, SQLite, TSDB, FAME, Microsoft Access.
• Tools—Git, SVN, Emacs, Shell Scripting, & LaTeX.

Teaching

Introduction to Econometrics

Economic Analysis with Excel

Introduction to Stata

Introduction to Econometrics

Awards

• Dissertation Fellowship, Washington University in St. Louis, 2018.
• University Fellowship, Washington University in St. Louis, 2014.
• Charles Phelps Taft Senior Research Fellowship, University of Cincinnati, 2010.
• Hewett-Kautz Fellowship Scholarship, University of Cincinnati, 2010.
• Joseph A. Steger Presidential Cincinnatus Scholarship, University of Cincinnati, 2008.

Presentations

• Midwest Econometrics Group Meeting, 2019. Columbus, OH.
• Midwest Econometrics Group Meeting, 2018. Madison, WI.

Co-author Presentations

• Asian Meeting of the Econometrics Society, 2019, Xiamen,China.
• AEA Annual Meeting Poster Session, 2014. Philadelphia, PA.
• International Journal of Central Banking Conference, 2013. Warsaw, Poland.
• European Debt Crisis Conference, 2012. Washington, DC.

References

Werner Ploberger

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