Education
September 2018 – June 2023: PhD program in Economics, Pompeu Fabra University, Barcelona, Spain.
Thesis: Essays on Trade Agreements
Main Advisor: Jaume Ventura (CREI, BSE, UPF)
Second Advisor: Manuel García Santana (World Bank, UPF, BSE)
Thesis Committee: Gene Grossman (Princeton), Paola Conconi (Oxford), Dávid Krisztián Nagy (CREI)
September 2016 – June 2018: Master of Research in Economics, Pompeu Fabra University, Barcelona, Spain
September 2015 – June 2016: Master Degree in Specialized Economic Analysis, Barcelona Graduate School of Economics, Program of International Trade, Finance and Development, Barcelona, Spain
2006 - 2012: Specialist Degree in International Relations (summa cum laude), World Economy and International Affairs Department, National Research University – Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia
Professional Experience
From October 2022: Research Assistant, CREi (Centre de Recerca en Economia Internacional)
March 2016 – August 2016: Research Assistant, Pompeu Fabra University, Institute for Political Economy and Governance (IPEG). with Professor Ruben Enikolopov and Professor Maria Petrova
March 2013 – August 2015: Research Assistant, International Laboratory on Foreign Trade Research under the supervision of Professor Anne Osborn Krueger, Johns Hopkins University
February 2012 – August 2015: Researcher / Delegate, Trade Policy Department, Russian APEC Study Center, Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration
July 2012 – August 2015: Researcher, Center for Fundamental Research, Russian Foreign Trade Academy
2009 - 2012: Academic assistant, the Department of International Economic Organizations and European Integration, National Research University – Higher School of Economics
Teaching
Self-Designed Brush-Up Courses at Barcelona School of Economics:
Fall 2021 and 2022: Introduction to R Programming (Master’s Degree)
Fall 2020: Introduction to MATLAB (Master’s Degree)
Teaching Assistant at Barcelona School of Economics:
Spring 2020, 2021, 2022: Master Thesis Teaching Assistant
Winter 2022: Political Economy (Master’s Degree)
Winter 2018: Advanced Microeconomics II (PhD Advanced Track)
Fall 2018 and 2019: Economic Growth and Development (Master’s Degree)
Teaching Assistant at Pompeu Fabra University:
Winter 2018 and 2019: Introduction to Macroeconomics, Undergraduate
Fall 2018: Macroeconomics I, Undergraduate
Grants, Fellowships, Qualifications
Grants
Government of Spain Predoctoral Grant (FPI), awarded in June 2019
Teaching Assistant Grant, Pompeu Fabra University, awarded in September 2017
Awards
Distinguished CESifo Affiliate Award, CESifo Area Conference on Global Economy 2022
Best Student Paper, Forum for Research in Empirical International Trade, Sardinian Empirical Trade Conference
Award for best research paper presented by a young scholar from the Spanish Association of International Economics and Finance
Rin4' 3rd Prize, Research elevator pitch competition, University Pompeu Fabra, 2021
Qualifications / Fellowships
Graduate Fellow, International Center for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD), Publications and Editorial Team (2017-2018)
Certified NTM Data Collector, a member of UNCTAD NTM Consultancy Roster (certificate obtained in September-October 2014)
Conferences, Seminars, Workshops
2022:
Sardinian Empirical Trade Conference, Cagliari (best student paper)
European Economic Association, Milan
XXIII Conference on International Economics (AEEFI), Malaga (best paper presented by a young scholar)
Trans-Atlantic Doctoral Conference, online
NOITS Annual Conference on International Economics, Stavanger
Barcelona School of Economics PhD Jamboree, Barcelona
CESifo Area Conference on Global Economy, online (distinguished affiliate award)
21th Doctoral Meeting In International Trade and International Finance (RIEF 2022), Paris
2021:
National Board of Trade of Sweden Seminar Series, online
2020:
Research Seminar at the University of Tartu, online
XXI Conference on International Economics (AEEFI), online
2019:
European Center for Advanced Research in Economics and Statistics, Brussels
Barcelona School of Economics PhD Jamboree, Barcelona
Academic Activities
Academic attendance:
CREi-UPF International Lunch Seminar Series
Students’ Seminar Series, UPF
Empirical Macroeconomics Reading Group, UPF
Empirical Trade Online Seminar Series
Virtual International Trade & Macro Seminar Series
Other Activities:
Visiting PhD, European Center for Advanced Research in Economics and Statistics (ECARES), with Professor Paola Conconi, Sep-Oct 2019
Data Science Winter School, Barcelona Graduate School of Economics, Jan 2019
International Trade Policy Analysis Courses, University of Sussex, Brighton, Jun-Jul 2015
World Trade Institute (WTI) Summer Academy, University of Bern, Jun 2014
International Economic Law and Policy Master Courses, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Mar 2013
Research student (Japanese Government Scholarship), Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo, 2012-2013
Scholarship student (full scholarship), Heilongjiang University, Harbin, China, 2009-2010
Referee Activity
Review of International Economics, Contemporary Economic Policy
Languages
Russian (native)
English (fluent)
Chinese (advanced)
Spanish (intermediate)
Italian (intermediate)
Programming and IT
R, Stata, Matlab, LaTex, Kali Linux