Until September 2010 she held a visiting-professor position at Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, where she taught macroeconomic courses since 2007. She got her PhD in Economics from the European University Institute in 2008. Her fields of specialization are international macroeconomics, monetary economics and international trade. More specifically, she attempts to contribute on the understanding of cross-border transmission of shocks and risk diversification via international linkages (exchange rate, terms of trade, investment portfolios...). Recently, she has started to focus on the implications of the financial system performance on international trade.