Curriculum Vitae

since 2010 at the Sparkassen Finanzgruppe Hessen-Thüringen

2008-10 Generalsekretär des Sachverständigenrates (Secretary General at the German Council of Economic Experts)

2005-08 at the International Monetary Fund (IMF)

2001-05: "Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter" (assistant lecturer) at Seminar for Macroeconomics, University of Munich, Department of Economics.

2000-01: "Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter" (assistant lecturer) at the Chair for Economic Theory, University of Frankfurt.

1994-2000: Studies in economics, University of Frankfurt, and University of California, Berkeley (1999); received degree "Diplom-Volkswirt" in 05/00.

1993-94: Societas Verbi Divini: Volunteer, Amazone Region, Brazil.

Internships and TOJ during studies:

1997-99: Wefa-Primark GmbH, Frankfurt: Research Assistant of Senior Economist.

1996-2000: University of Frankfurt, Research Assistant.

1996: Summer-intern at Lazard Frere & Co LLc; Investment Banking, Latin America Division.

Scholarships and Awards

Cusanuswerk, Bonn (1997-2000,undergraduate scholarship)

Stiftung Geld und Währung, DAAD, Bonn (2004)

Cusanuswerk, Bonn (2004-2005, doctoral scholarship)

Teaching & Material

Summer Term 2004: Current Approaches to Monetary Policy, Macroeconomics

Winter Term 2003/2004: Macroeconomics; Monetary Policy and Asset Prices

Summer Term 2003: Macroeconomics

Winter Term 2002/2003: Macroeconomics; Liquidity Risk and Financial Crises

Summer Term 2002: Macroeconomics

Winter Term 2001/2002: Macroeconomics; Game-Theoretic Approaches to Monetary Policy

Summer Term 2001: Theory of Monetary Policy

Research Interests

Central Banking and Financial Markets, Behavioral Approaches to Economics, Regulatory Economics, Prudential Supervision, Bank Regulatory Structure, Macroeconomics

Publications and Working Papers

Spectrum Auctions and Competition in Telecommunications, Edited by Gerhard Illing and Ulrich Klüh

Übungen zur Makroökonomie, (with J. Forster and S. Sauer) 

Vermögenspreise und Konsum, Gerhard Illing und Ulrich Klüh, Münchener Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Beiträge 2004-5

 Publikation aus der Dissertation; (mit David S. Hoelscher und  Michael Taylor) The Design and Implementation of Deposit Insurance Systems" IMF Occasional Papers 251 (2006); Washington