He holds a Ph.D. and a Masters Degree (MA) in Economics from Georgetown University, a Masters Degree in Econometrics (MSc in Economics and Econometrics) from the University of Bristol, and a Bachelors Degree in Economics from the London School of Economics and Political Science. His dissertation was in the area of Monetary Economics and is titled 'The Transmission mechanism of Monetary Policy'. His research interests lie in the area of monetary economics, international macroeconomics, threshold models, heterogenous agent models, and sticky price/wage models.