Zo Andriantomanga
Ph.D. Candidate
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Welcome to my website!
I am a PhD Candidate at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
I am an empirical macroeconomist interested in inflation, monetary policy, and time series econometrics. Most of my work has focused on the changes in inflation dynamics following the Covid-19 pandemic, the war in Ukraine, and supply chain disruptions. For example, I study the degree of inflation synchronization across advanced, emerging, and low-income economies.
In 2023, I participated in the American Economic Association's Summer Economics Fellow Program which allowed me to further my dissertation work in residence at the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City. In 2022, I worked at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) assessing the impact of supply chain disruptions in Sub-Saharan Africa.
In 2018, prior to my doctoral studies, I was one of three students to receive the Fulbright Scholarship from Madagascar, which paved the way to pursue an advanced degree in the United States. In 2020, I graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee with an M.A. in Economics.
I received a Master II in Macroeconomics and Public Economics in 2017 and a B.A. in Economics and Management in 2014, both from the Université Catholique de Madagascar.
Please find my Curriculum Vitae here.
Education
Ph.D. Economics, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA, (expected Spring 2024)
M.A. Economics, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA, 2020
Master II in Macroeconomics and Public Economics, Université Catholique de Madagascar, 2017
B.A. in Economics and Management, Université Catholique de Madagascar, 2014
Honors and Awards
Distinguished Dissertation Fellowship, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee,2023. The Distinguished Dissertation Fellowship (DDF) award recognizes and supports the most academically excellent PhD students who have achieved dissertator status at UWM.
American Economic Association Summer Fellowship, 2023. Selected for PhD Dissertation internship at the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City.
J. Walter Elliot Award for Excellence in Macroeconomics, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 2021. Awarded for a High Pass in the Macroeconomics Preliminary Examination.
Chancellor’s Graduate Awards in Economics, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 2020 and 2024. Awarded to graduate students in Economics.
Fulbright Scholarship, 2018-2020. Fully funded scholarship to pursue a Master's degree at a US university (among one of three recipients).
Contact information:
Department of Economics
Bolton Hall 835
3210 N Maryland Ave, Milwaukee, WI 53211
