Professional Summary
After almost 15 years in academic -- an instructional faculty member at University of Chicago, a research faculty member at Trinity University, and an honorary non-visiting Research Fellow at the University of Cambridge - Center for Alternative Finance (CCAF) -- I now run Digital Economy Research and Consulting, producing research on various aspects of the digital economy, primarily for government and central bank clients. I am also the lead macroeconomic research economist for Confusion Capital.
My research focuses on cryptoasset and digital currency use and implication as a globally traded alternative to national currencies or assets using an international macroeconomic finance lens. This incorporates aspects such as exchange rates, capital controls, their relationship to the existing global financial and monetary system (including Central Bank Digital Currency), especially focusing on the unique properties that follow from decentralization, using general equilibrium theory (and computational simulation).
I have been interviewed by various media outlets, including NPR, BBC, CBC, and Coindesk, and have given both academic and non-academic talks.
My teaching research focuses on assessment practices and critical thinking development in economics, as well as the market structure for teaching experts. In practice, I teach micro and macro core courses (principles and intermediate, calculus and non-calculus based), and topics courses in computational-focused topics in economic policy analysis, international macro-finance, international trade, and crypto-markets. My course levels ranges from large introductory macroeconomics principles to small topical MA courses. I have received many teaching awards, and several of my undergraduate students have presented the results of their supervised research at undergraduate conferences, or won awards for their undergrad thesis. I also advise Masters-level thesis papers, with several students continuing on to highly ranked PhD programs around the world.
My research focuses on cryptoasset and digital currency use and implication as a globally traded alternative to national currencies or assets using an international macroeconomic finance lens. This incorporates aspects such as exchange rates, capital controls, their relationship to the existing global financial and monetary system (including Central Bank Digital Currency), especially focusing on the unique properties that follow from decentralization, using general equilibrium theory (and computational simulation).
I have been interviewed by various media outlets, including NPR, BBC, CBC, and Coindesk, and have given both academic and non-academic talks.
My teaching research focuses on assessment practices and critical thinking development in economics, as well as the market structure for teaching experts. In practice, I teach micro and macro core courses (principles and intermediate, calculus and non-calculus based), and topics courses in computational-focused topics in economic policy analysis, international macro-finance, international trade, and crypto-markets. My course levels ranges from large introductory macroeconomics principles to small topical MA courses. I have received many teaching awards, and several of my undergraduate students have presented the results of their supervised research at undergraduate conferences, or won awards for their undergrad thesis. I also advise Masters-level thesis papers, with several students continuing on to highly ranked PhD programs around the world.
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