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| EDUCATION | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Ph.D., Econometrics and Quantitative Economics, May 2019 (Expected). Dissertation: "Economic Growth and Innovation Through Three Perspectives: Culture, Social Protection, and Market Size" University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil M.Sc., Economic Theory, 2011. Ibmec São Paulo / Insper, São Paulo, Brazil B.Sc., Economics, 2007. |
| RESEARCH INTERESTS | Primary: Economic Growth, International Trade. Secondary: Macroeconomics, Public Economics, Industrial Organization |
| WORKING PAPERS | "Social Capital, R&D, and Economic Performance: Theory and Evidence on Different Growth Models" (Job market paper) "Social Protection, Economic Growth, and Flows of Knowledge: Characterizing an Asymmetric Equilibrium'' |
| PUBLICATIONS | Academic "A Relação Entre Gastos Educacionais e Desempenho Escolar" (with Naércio Aquino Menezes-Filho). Anais do XXXVI Encontro Nacional de Economia, ANPEC, 2008. Non Academic "Why Nations Fail", Dicta&Contradicta 9, São Paulo, IFE, 2012. "Como Funciona a Ficção?", Dicta&Contradicta 7, São Paulo, IFE, 2011. "Thomas Pynchon: A Paranóia e o Underground", Dicta&Contradicta 4, São Paulo, IFE, 2009. "Além do Embuste, Aquém da Qualidade", Dicta&Contradicta 2, São Paulo, IFE, 2008. "Somos Fascistas?", Dicta&Contradicta 1, São Paulo, IFE, 2008. |
| WORK EXPERIENCE | Instituto de Formação e Educação, São Paulo, Brazil Treasurer, 2007-2010. |
| TEACHING EXPERIENCE | Department of Economics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Instructor, International Economics Principles, Fall 2013, Spring 2014, Fall 2014, Spring 2015, Fall 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017 Instructor, Economic Statistics I, Summer 2015, Summer 2017 Instructor, Economic Statistics I (Online), Summer 2016 Instructor, International Economics, Fall 2016 Instructor, Macroeconomic Principles, Summer 2013 Teaching Assistant: Macroeconomic Principles, Fall 2012, Spring 2013, Fall 2017, Spring 2018, Fall 2018 University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil Teaching Assistant, Econometrics III (Graduate Level), 2010 Teaching Assistant, Intermediate Microeconomics, 2009 Teaching Assistant, Econometrics I, 2009 Insper, São Paulo, Brazil Teaching Assistant, Microeconometrics (Graduate Level), 2009 |
| AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS | Robert E. Demarest Memorial Teaching Award Department of Economics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 2014 and 2016 List of Instructors Ranked as Excellent Center for Innovation in Teaching and Learning, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Fall 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2015, Sumer 2015, Fall 2015, Spring 2017, Fall 2017, Spring 2018 M.Sc. Research Fellowship FAPESP, São Paulo, Brazil Jan. - Dec. 2009 Honorable Mention for Academic Achievement Ibmec São Paulo / Insper, São Paulo, Brazil Undergraduate Research Fellowship FAPESP, São Paulo, Brazil. Jan. - Dec. 2007. |
| INTERESTS AND SKILLS | Programming: Python, Matlab, SQL, Stata, R, LaTeX Machine Learning: SciKit Learn, Knime, pyspark.ml Graph Analytics: NetworkX, GraphX, neo4j Geographic Information Systems (GIS): ArcGIS, ArcMap Distributed Databases: Spark, Hadoop |
| AFILIATIONS | American Economic Association (Member) Instituto de Formação e Educação (Founding Member, São Paulo, Brazil) |
| PERSONAL INFORMATION | Languages: English (Proficient), Portuguese (Native), French (Intermediate) Citizenship: Brazil, Portugal |