I am an Assistant Professor of Economics at the University of Notre Dame.

I received my Ph.D. in Economics at the University of Minnesota in 2012 under the supervision of Tim Kehoe, Fabrizio Perri, and Cristina Arellano. I also hold electrical and computer engineering degrees from Georgia Tech and Supélec (now Centrale-Supélec) in France.

Before joining Notre Dame, I was a Senior Economist at the Federal Reserve Board of Governors in the Trade and Financial Studies section of the Division of International Finance. I also taught at Johns Hopkins University.

I was born and grew up in Togo, with roots in Ghana on my mother's side. My wife, Dr. Chelda Smith Kondo, was born in Haiti. We met in Minnesota and are the joyful parents of our son, Elijah, and one daughter, Isabelle Sénam.