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Résumé  
[Download] Updated on June.2026

Academic Position

USI Lugano and Swiss Finance Institute (2024 - )

  • Assistant Professor of Finance
     

Education

Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany (2019 - 2024)

  • Ph.D. in Economics, Graduate School of Economics, Finance, and Management (GSEFM)

 

London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) (Jan 2023 - June 2023)

  • Visiting Ph.D. Researcher

  • Hosting Professor: Igor Makarov


Johns Hopkins University, U.S.A.

  • Master of Science in Applied Economics


Sogang University, Korea

  • Bachelor's in Business Administration
     

Professional Experience

Leibniz Institute for Financial Research SAFE​​

  • Junior Researcher (Dec 2021 - Aug 2024)
     

International Monetary Fund

  • Research Analyst (2016-2019)

Awards and Grants

WFA Brattle Group Ph.D. Award for Outstanding Research 2024
JFI/FIRS Ph.D. Student Paper Award 2023
Best Ph.D. Paper Award, Future of Financial Information 2023 at HEC (sponsored by BlackRock)
Best Paper in Digital Finance, the DGF German Finance Association 2023
Finalist, the ECB Young Economist Prize 2023
 

Conference & Seminar Presentations and Discussions*

2026
European Finance Association (scheduled)・EBRD and CEPR Research Symposium*・Banco de Portugal and CEPR Conference on Financial Intermediation・ St.Gallen Financial Economics WorkshopFuture of Financial Information Conference*SFI Research Days LBS Summer Finance Symposium (by coauthor) 3f Finance Future Fest  24th Annual International Industrial Organization Conference 

2025
HSG Fintech Summit*Zurich-Bern Real Estate Finance and Economics Conference*St. Gallen Financial Economics WorkshopFuture of Financial Information Conference, INSEAD*Digital Money and Taxation Workshop, Goethe University Frankfurt*Indian School of Business, Hyderabad

2024

University of Naples Federico II・EFA・NBER SI ・WFA・OFR Rising Scholars Conference 

2023
Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia Conference on Consumer Credit and Payments・DGF German Finance Association Annual ConferenceBank of Canada Payments and Securities Settlement WorkshopSAFE Household Finance WorkshopECB ForumFIRS Ph.D. SessionSFS Cavalcade North AmericaFuture of Financial Information ConferenceSwiss Winter Conference on Financial IntermediationAnnual Meeting of the Swiss Society for Financial Market Research (SGF Conference)*Bank of England Annual Research Conference

2022
NBER on Innovative Data in Household FinanceEFA*Fintech Conference Nova SBE*SAFE Household Finance Workshop*
 

Academic Scholarships

Doctoral Scholarship DAAD (Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst, German Academic Exchange Service)  (2019-2023)
Academic Scholarship, Sogang University (2009-2010)

Email

rachel (dot) nam [at] outlook (dot) com

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