CURRICULUM VITAE

 RESEARCH INTERESTS

• Macro-finance, applied macroeconomics

• Applied econometrics: financial time series analysis and forecasting, mixed-frequency data analysis, quantile models

• Energy markets and econometrics 

 EMPLOYMENT

Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Bolzano, Italy, 11/2020 - present

PhD Candidate and Teaching Assistant      

• Faculty of Economics and Management 

• Research cluster of Economic Modelling and Quantitative Methods

• Granted a full scholarship  

 EDUCATION

Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Bolzano, Italy, 11/2020 - present

PhD in Economics and Management      

• Supervised by Prof. Francesco Ravazzolo and Prof. Per Linus Siming 
• Research cluster of Economic Modelling and Quantitative Methods       
• Research interests: Macro-finance, Time Series Econometrics, Applied Econometrics, MIDAS models, Quantile regressions
• Spent 4 months (05/2022-08/2022) as a Visiting Researcher at the ifo Institute, Munich (DE), where I visited Prof. Timo Wollsmerhäuser in the research cluster of Macroeconomics and Surveys. I acted as discussion leader at CESifo Area Conference on Macro, Money, and International Finance, 2022 and participated to summer economic forecasts 
• Spent 3 months (10/2023-12/2023) as a Visiting Researcher at Warwick Business School, the University of Warwick, where I visited Prof. Ivan Petrella in the research groups of finance and economics. I participated to the seminars series held on campus, as well as to the workshops organized by the Macroeconomics Research Network of the Money, Macro, and Finance Society (MMF) at the University of Birmingham and the Bank of England.

Baruch College, Zicklin School of Business, New York, NYC, 08/2019 - 05/2020  

Master of Science in Finance, GPA: 4.0                         

• Focus on Financial Econometrics, Fintech, Investment Risk, Market Risk, and Operational Risk
• Participated to several paper presentation conferences 

Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Bolzano, Italy, 10/2018 - 10/2020        

Master of Science in Accounting and Finance, 110/110 cum laude        

• Language of study: Italian, English, German; 
• Thesis in “Covid-19 as an Economic Shock: Evidence from the US Pharmaceutical Sector
• Dual degree with Baruch College - awarded scholarship for academic excellence

Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Bolzano, Italy, 08/2015 -10/2018         

Bachelor of Science in Economics and Management                            

• Language of study: Italian, English, German; 
• Thesis in “Equal opportunities in the companies: A statistical survey on the territory of the Muncipality of Laives (BZ)” 

• Inflation Risk and Inflation Distribution

still ongoing

• A Survey-based of Asymmetric Macroeconomic Risk for the Euro Area

• Private Equity Buyouts and Productivity: Firm-level Evidence 

(with Alex Schneider)

still ongoing

2023 ICEEE, 2023 AFA (PhD Poster Session), 2022 Unibz PhD Workshop

• Nowcasting Inflation at Quantiles: Causality from Commodities

• A Structural Analysis of Unemployment-Generating Supply Shocks with an Application to the US Pharmaceutical Industry

• 2024: ISF, 44th International Symposium on Forecasting

• 2024: SNDE, 31st Annual SNDE Symposium

• 2024: IWEEE, 4th Italian Workshop of Econometrics and Empirical Economics: "Climate and Energy Econometrics"

• 2023: 3rd International PhD Econometrics Conference

• 2023: IAAE, Annual Conference of the International Association for Applied Econometrics (awarded Student Travel Grant)

• 2023: ICEEE, Tenth Italian Congress of Econometrics and Empirical Economics

• 2023: AFA, PhD Poster Session (awarded the PhD Student Travel Grant)

• 2022: SASCA, PhD Conference in Economics

• 2022: SNDE, 29th Annual SNDE Symposium

• 2022: CEF, 28th Conference on Computing in Economics and Finance

 HONORS, AWARDS, AND GRANTS

• 2023/11 - Erasmus University Rotterdam, travel grant

• 2023/06 -  IAAE 2023, PhD Student Travel Grant 

• 2023/01 -  AFA 2023, PhD Student Travel Grant (1,500 €) 

• 2020/08 -  Dual Degree Program (Unibz and CUNY), merit-based scholarship (15,000 €)    

Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Bolzano, Italy, 01/2024 - 03/2024

Lecturer, Basic Statistics and Regressions

• Prepared and held a complete introductory course for 1st-years PhD Students 
• Held frontal lessons and exercise sessions for a total of 20 hours
• Equipped the students with the necessary tools to perform rigorous quantitative analysis 

Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Bolzano, Italy, 11/2020 - 03/2021 

Teaching Assistant, Advanced Accounting                                                

• Assisted Prof. Lucie Courteau in her Master’s in Accounting & Finance Course
• Held exercise sessions to prepare the students for the final exam
• Reviewed student’s term projects

ESM (European Stability Mechanism), Luxembourg, 02/2024 - 08/2024

Trainee, Economic and Market Analysis Division

Fraunhofer Italia, Bolzano, Italy,  06/2020 - 10/2020

Associate Researcher, Business Model Engineering                                 

• • • Contributed to develop methodologies assessing the readiness of SMEs towards Digital Transformation and Sustainable Development

• • • Worked on the Interreg Alpine Space Project “AlpLinkBioEco” to investigate a possible common approach towards circular economy in 

• • • Co-authored the final paper of the AlpLinkBioEco project

Frendel, Brown & Weissman LLC, New York, NYC,  02/2020 - 05/2020

Intern, Accounting and Finance                           

• Prepared bank reconciliations and tax returns both for corporations and individuals
• Prepared journal entries using QuickBooks and simplified financial statements to prepare tax returns
• Collated tax returns for proper processing by IRS (Internal Revenues Service)

Banca Popolare dell'Alto Adige - Südtiroler Volksbank, Bolzano, Italy, 08/2018 - 05/2019

Intern, Debt Capital Market Team                                               

• Prepared simplified income statements and balance sheets and performed ratio analyses of potential bond-issuers; drafted pitch-books 

• Drafted investor memorandums reviewing company products, customer and strategy information
• Developed an Excel tool to model business plan and forecast long term debt needs of potential bond-issuers

Computer: Expert knowledge of Office Package, LaTeX, R, Matlab, Stata and TR Eikon, basic Python, Bloomberg 

Languages: Fluent in Italian (native), Advanced in English (IELTS, Band score 7.5), Advanced in German (Goethe Zertifikat für  Deutsch, C1)

Soft Skills: Team-working and open minded, ability to work with people from different nationalities, good communication skills with customers