EMPLOYMENT
2018 - to date. Associate professor of Econometrics. Department of Economics. Università di Bologna, Italy
2015 - 2017. Associate professor of Econometrics. Department of Statistics. Università di Bologna, Italy
2011 – 2015. Associate professor of Econometrics (Time Series Analysis). Nova School of Business and Economics, Faculdade de Economia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
2004 – 2011 Assistant professor. Nova School of Business and Economics, Faculdade de Economia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
VISITING POSITIONS
Visiting researcher (Bulgarian National Bank), senior visiting fellow (Università di Bologna, Institute for Advanced Stuties and Department of Statistical Sciences), visiting professor (LUISS Guido Carli, Rome)
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
Italian national scientific qualification for full professorship in Econometrics. Ph.D. (Economics), European University Institute, Florence, Italy. M.Sc. in Mathematics (Saint Clement of Ohrid University, Sofia, Bulgaria), M.A. in International Economic Relations (Higher Institute of Economics, Sofia, Bulgaria), Postgraduate degree in Theology (Saint Tikhon's Orthodox Humanitarian University, Moscow, Russia)
PROJECTS, GRANTS AND AWARDS
2013 Multa scripsit award by the Econometric Theory journal for cumulative contribution to the field of Econometrics
2010-2013 New approaches to infinite-variance time series modelling, Project funded by Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal; principal investigator
2009 Nova Fórum research grant, Universidade Nova de Lisboa
2004-2007 EDIGE research grant, Universidade Nova de Lisboa
PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
Member of CFEnetwork (Bootstrap team). Referee for Econometric Theory, Econometrics Journal, Journal of Business and Economic Statistics, Journal of Time Series Analysis, Econometric Reviews, Empirical Economics, Studies in Nonlinear Dynamics & Econometrics, Brazilian Review of Finance, Portuguese Economic Journal. Member of the Program Committee for the 2007 edition of the EC2 conference
TEACHING
2015 - Università di Bologna. Undergraduate. Econometrics, Forecasting, Calculus 2. Masters. Mathematical economics, Econometrics, Econometrics of risk, Econometric models for economic and financial decisions. Masters (professional). Financial calculus. Ph.D. in Statistics. Probability theory, Asymptotic theory
2014 Bulgarian National Bank, Research department. Non-stationary panel data econometrics
2004 – 2015 Nova School of Business and Economics (Faculdade de Economia), Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portuga. Undergraduate. Calculus 2, Econometrics 2. Research Masters. Mathematics 1 (discrete-time dynamic programming), Mathematics 2 (differential equations and optimal control), Advanced Mathematics (introduction to topology and measure), Advanced Econometrics (introduction to asymptotic theory and the bootstrap). Ph.D. Mathematical Analysis (introduction to topology and measure), Mathematics (introduction to real analysis), Econometrics I (introduction to econometric theory), Continuous time finance (stochastic integration), Bridging Mathematics (pre-course)
2001 – 2002 European University Institute, Florence, Italy.Mathematics (lectures for first year Ph.D. students of Economics). Tutorials (TA) in Statistics and Econometrics
1995 – 1998 St. Clement of Ohrid University of Sofia, Bulgaria. TA for Statistics (B.Sc. in Economics), Probability Theory (B.Sc. in Informatics), Linear Algebra and Analytic Geometry (B.Sc. in Chemistry)
OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Agency for Economic Analysis and Forecasting, Ministry of Finance, Sofia, Bulgaria. Expert and Senior Expert (1995 – 1998). High-school Mathematics and Informatics teacher, Sofia, Bulgaria (1990 – 1996)
