CV

Research Interests

Game Theory · Dynamic Games · Information Economics · Industrial Organization · Decision-Making Under Uncertainty · Bounded Rationality · Information Processing · AI Safety and Governance

Employment

  • 2023–2026
    Postdoctoral Fellow at U. Duisburg–Essen
    Project: Eugen Kovac's DFG-funded "Timing Games: Theory and Applications"
  • 2019–2022
    Postdoctoral Fellow at CERGE-EI
    Project: Jakub Steiner's ERC-funded "Behavioral Implications of Information Processing"

Education

  • 2011–2019
    Ph.D. in Economics, New York University (NYU)
    Supervisor: Professor Ennio Stacchetti
    Thesis: Revealing Private Information in a Patent Race
    Math for Economists I–II, Microeconomic Theory I–II, Macroeconomic Theory I–II, Econometrics I–II, Game Theory I–II (Ennio Stacchetti), Financial Economics I (Jaroslav Borovička), Real Analysis (Efe Ok)
  • 2010–2011
    M.A. in Macroeconomic Policy and Financial Markets, Barcelona GSE
  • 2008–2010
    M.Sc. in Financial Optimization, National Sun Yat-sen University (NSYSU)
    Thesis: Option Pricing Theory Using Mellin Transforms (advisor: H.-K. Xu)
    Mathematical Programming (N. Hadjisavvas), Convex Analysis, Intro to Variational Analysis (B. Mordukhovich), Nonlinear Analysis (W. Takahashi), Applied Functional Analysis, Financial Mathematics
  • 2005–2008
    B.A. in Applied Mathematics, University of West Bohemia
    Thesis: Strategic Positioning in Game Theory (advisor: P. Stehlík)
    Mathematical Analysis I–III, Linear Algebra, Intro to Functional Analysis (P. Drábek), Functional Analysis, Probability & Statistics, Ordinary Differential Equations, Numerical Analysis, Graph Theory & Discrete Optimization I–II

Honors, Scholarships, and Fellowships

  • 2020, 2022
    Teaching Fellowship, CERGE-EI Foundation.
  • 2011–2016
    MacCracken Scholarship, NYU.
  • 2010–2011
    La Caixa Scholarship, Barcelona GSE.
  • 2008–2010
    Taiwan Government Scholarship, NSYSU.
  • 2005
    Silver Medal, 46th IMO (International Mathematical Olympiad).
  • 2003
    Bronze Medal, 44th IMO.

Continuing Education

AI Safety Fellowships

  • 2026
    Supervised Program for Alignment Research (SPAR) Fellowship, Race Dynamics Group
    Mentored by Katja Grace (AI Impacts). 3-month research fellowship; project: formal modeling of competitive dynamics in AI development and incentives for safety investment.

AI Safety Coursework

  • 2026
    Technical AI Safety Course, BlueDot Impact
    6-week program. Certificate.
  • 2025
    AGI Strategy Course, BlueDot Impact
    5-week program. Certificate.
  • 2025
    AI Safety, Ethics, and Society (AISES), CAIS
    12-week program. Certificate.

Other

  • 2025
    Summer School on Socioeconomic Opportunity and Inequality
    Stone Center & YES. Certificate.
  • 2020
    Teaching Principles and Practices, CERGE-EI Foundation
    30 hours. Certificate.

Technical Skills

Programming: Python, MATLAB. Formal methods: Lean 4. Agent-assisted editing: Cursor.

Languages

English (fluent), Czech (native), Spanish (advanced), German (beginner), Dutch (beginner).

Refereeing

Ad hoc referee: Review of Economic Studies; American Economic Review; Demonstratio Mathematica; Numerical Functional Analysis and Optimization.

Conference and Workshop Presentations

  • 2025
    Armenian Economic Association XV Annual Meetings; YES Summer School; 52nd Annual Conference of EARIE (Valencia).
  • 2024
    GAMES 2024 (Beijing); EEA 2024 (Rotterdam); Workshop on Timing Games (Bielefeld).
  • 2023
    Oligo Workshop 2023 (Padova); 13th Conference on Economic Design (Girona); 18th European Meeting on Game Theory (Messina).
  • 2022
    Young Economists' Meeting (Brno); Seminar presentation at University of Duisburg–Essen.
  • 2020
    EEA 2020 (Virtual); GAMES 2020 (Budapest).