CV

General Information

Full Name Patrick Molligo
Date of Birth 17th April, 1993
Languages English, German

Education

  • 2026
    Ph.D. in Economics
    UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
    • Applied Microeconomics, Economic History
    • Dissertation - "Did the G.I. Bill increase vocational education after WWII?"
    • Committee
      • Dora Costa (chair), Martha Bailey, Maurizio Mazzocco, Daniel Haanwinckel
  • 2022
    M.A. in Economics
    UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
  • 2017
    M.Sc. in Economics
    Freie Universität Berlin, Germany
  • 2015
    B.A. in Economics, German Studies (summa cum laude)
    Cornell University, Ithaca, NY

Experience

  • 2021-present
    Teaching Assistant
    UCLA - Los Angeles, CA
    • Achieved award for excellence in teaching through top-rated student evaluations (2022)
    • Designed & led a mathematics refresher course tailored for transfer students to bridge academic gaps
    • Taught diverse courseload including probability & statistics, econometrics, data science, principles of economics, and microeconomics
  • 2022-2024
    Research Assistant
    Luskin School of Public Affairs, UCLA - Los Angeles, CA
    • Executed data analysis for an NIH-funded study assessing pollution's health impacts on soldiers
    • Created novel pollution exposure profiles based on military base assignments to link with restricted medical data
    • Enhanced project's impact by demonstrating causal pollution effects through randomization tests, surpassing correlation-based approaches in related literature
  • 2018-2020
    Senior Research Assistant
    Federal Reserve Board - Washington, D.C.
    • Innovated a Python-based text analysis tool to generate policy uncertainty indices from conference call transcripts and historical newspapers
    • Provided critical analysis and exhibits for FOMC briefings, directly informing Fed policy announcements
  • 2017-2028
    Business Development Analyst
    Jaemacom, GmbH - Berlin, Germany
    • Conducted comprehensive market analysis of Austrian, Swiss, and British regions to drive international business expansion strategies
    • Redesigned process to triage tech support tickets using Excel VBA
    • Translated software UI and user manuals into German

Honors and Awards

  • 2022
    • Excellence in Teaching (UCLA Economics Department)