Education:

• 2018 - present: Doctor of Science (Habilitation), Westminster International University in Tashkent and Tashkent State University of Economics
• 2008-2014: Ph.D. in Economics, Center for Economic Research and Graduate Education and Economics Institute of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic (CERGE-EI). Dissertation topic: "Measuring the Impact of Microfinance"
• 2006-2008: M.A. Economics, CERGE-EI, Charles University, Czech Republic
• 2004-2006: MBA, Financial Management, Tashkent State Technical University, Uzbekistan
• 2001-2004: BBA, Financial Management, Tashkent State Technical University, Uzbekistan

Work Experience: 

• 2017 - present: CERGE-EI Alumni Ambassador for Uzbekistan
• 5/2011- 3/2014: GDNet Regional Communications Manager for Central and Eastern Europe
• 7/2010 - 3/2014: Junior Researcher, CERGE-EI
• 7/2010-12/2010: Microfinance Expert, UNDP "Support to Microfinance Sector Development" Project, Uzbekistan
• 9/2004 - 6/2006: Program Specialist, USAID Academy for Educational Development (AED)
• 9/2003 - 8/2004: Team Assistant, International Finance Corporation (IFC), Tashkent, Uzbekistan
• 11/2001-8/2003: Intern/Consultant, World Bank Country Office, Tashkent, Uzbekistan

Awards, Scholarships and Grants:  

• Research Project, Grant Agency of Czech Republic (GAČR), Principle Investigator, 2019-2022
• Best Discussant Award, Russian Summer School on Institutional Analysis, Moscow (RSSIA 2018)
• CERGE-EI Career Integration Fellowship (2015-2018)
  
• GDN regional research grant implemented by Prague School of Economics (2014 - 2016)
• Best PhD paper on Microfinance award from the European Microfinance Network's UMM project (2013)
• Grant Agency of Charles University, individual research grant (2010,2012)
• GDN regional research grant implemented jointly by CERGE-EI and EERC (2009-2011)
• CERGE-EI Performance Stipend (2010-2011)
• "University Meets Microfinance" project scholarship, European Commission co-financing (2009-2010)
• CERGE-EI Foundation Graduate Teaching Fellowship (2009-2013)
• World Bank / CERGE-EI research fellowship grant (2008-2009)
• Full scholarship for Ph.D. studies, CERGE-EI, Charles University (2006-2011)
• State scholarship (the only) for graduate studies, Tashkent State Technical University (2004-2006)

Referee Experience:  World Development, International Review of Economics; Journal of Institutional Economics; Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance; Routledge, Business and Economics Horizon  

Programs: Stata, EViews, SPSS, NVivo, R, LaTex   

Languages:  Uzbek (native), Russian (fluent), English (fluent), French (advanced), Czech (intermediate), German (beginner)