portfolio

• Selected Experience

Stablecoin Researcher, hired by FI Consulting

Tasks: Write a report on stablecoins (solo-authored, 80 pages, classified).

Co-Lead Economist on a CBDC development project by R3

Tasks: Conduct the macroeconomics monetary and fiscal stability impact analysis for the Central Bank. Academic and policy literature review. Write up in a report (group effort, 150 pages, classified), co-lead meetings with stake-holders. 

• Book Chapters

Digital Currencies and Central Banks, The Palgrave Handbook of Technological Finance 

• Policy Reports and Notes

The Potential Impact of Decentralized Virtual Currency on Monetary Policy, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas Globalization and Monetary Policy Institute 2016 Annual Research Report, April 2017, pp. 20-25

• Panels or Roundtables

Public Engagement with CBDCs, R3 CordaDay; Roundtable on Digital Assets, Wharton Crypto-Governance Group, The impact of CBDC (Central Bank Digital Currency) and its Current State, DEconomy (Seoul, South Korea); Cryptocurrencies, Stablecoins, and Central Bank Digital Currency, Southern Economic Association; Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC), National Association for Business Economics - Dallas Chapter

• Academic Presentations

How Global is the Cryptocurrency Market?, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta: Workshop on Financial Stability Implications of New Technology,  American Economic

Association (Philadelphia Meeting), International Trade and Finance Association (Beijing Meeting), Western Economic Association (Vancouver Meeting) 

• University Courses: 

International Monetary Systems (Trinity University, University of Chicago Economic Department)

• Selected Experience

Co-Lead on the Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance Digital Money Dashboard

Curriculum Evaluator: Digital Assets for Regulators course by the Cambridge Center for Alternative Finance at Judge Business School, University of Cambridge

• Academic Articles

• Policy Reports and Notes

• Media Interviews

• Panels or Roundtables

• Academic Presentations

• University Courses

International Monetary Systems (Trinity University, University of Chicago Economic Department)

Economic Policy Analysis (University of Chicago Economic Department)

Cryptoasset Markets (University of Chicago Financial Math Department)

• Selected Experience

Grant Application Reviewer: Swiss National Science Foundation, Czech Science Foundation

Tasks: Review application for feasibility, originality, and appropriateness of funding requests for Web3 or Blockchain-based academic projects. 

Curriculum Evaluator: Digital Assets for Regulators course by the Cambridge Center for Alternative Finance at Judge Business School, University of Cambridge

• Book Chapters

Private and Hybrid Blockchains and Applications, The Emerald Handbook of Blockchain for Business 

• Academic Articles

Blockchain Governance in the Wild, co-authored with Kevin Werbach, Primavera De Filippi, and Josh Tan, Cryptoeconomic Systems, v.3(1), May 1, 2024

• Policy Reports and Notes

3rd Global Cryptoasset Benchmarking Study, co-authored with A. Blandin, Y. Wu, T. Eisermann, A. Dek, S. Taylor, and Damaris Njoki. Cambridge: University of Cambridge, Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance, September 2020.

2nd Global Cryptoasset Benchmarking Study, co-authored with Michel Rauchs, Appoline Blandine, Kristina Klein, Martino Recanatini, and Bryan Zheng Zhang, Cambridge: University of Cambridge, Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance, December 2018. 

Distributed Ledger Technology Systems: A Conceptual Framework, with Michel Rauchs, Andrew Glidden, Brian Gordon, Martino Recanatini, François Rostand, Kathryn Vagneur, and Bryan Zheng Zhang. Cambridge: University of Cambridge, Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance, August 2018. 

Blockchain Technology Disrupting Traditional Records Systems, with Christoffer Koch, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas Financial Insight, July 2017, v.6(2), pp.1-3

• Media Interviews

• Panels or Roundtables

• Academic Presentations

• University Courses

Cryptoasset Markets (University of Chicago Financial Math Department)

• Selected Experience

Lecturer/Assistant Instructional Professor, University of Chicago. Teach 5 courses/year, assessing 50-150 students per course, mostly calculus. Evaluations.

Assistant Professor, Trinity University. Teach 6 courses/year, assessing 10-30 students per course, non-calculus. Evaluations.

Lead Instructor, University of Minnesota. Teach 2 courses/year, assessing 15-400 students per course, mixture of calculus and non-calculus. Evaluations. 

• Academic Articles

Designing Effective Assessments in Economics Courses: Guiding Principles, The Journal of Economic Education, 55:1, 63-76, October 14, 2023 

• Academic Presentations

Practical Assessment Design: How to Make Assignments Work for You and Your Students, The University of Chicago Center for Teaching and Learning; Avalanche! A Method to Facilitate Discourse in Classes of Any Size, Southern Economic Association (Fort Lauderdale Meeting) [Presidential Session]; Actively Selecting Assessment Techniques: Asking the Why” (now titled: Designing Effective Assessments...), American Economics Association (Boston Meeting); Formative and Summative Assessment Strategies, The University of Chicago Center for Teaching and Learning; Efficient Strategies for Writing Effective Exams, The University of Chicago Center for Teaching and Learning 

• University Courses: 

Principles of Microeconomics (Trinity University Economics Department)

Principles of Macroeconomics (Trinity University, University of Minnesota, & University of Chicago Economics Departments)

Intermediate Microeconomics (University of Chicago Economics Department)

Intermediate Macroeconomics (University of Minnesota & University of Chicago Economics Departments)

International Trade (Trinity University Economics Department)

International Monetary Systems (Trinity University & University of Chicago Economics Department)

Economic Policy Analysis (University of Chicago Economics Department)

Cryptoasset Markets (University of Chicago Financial Math Department)