Fernando Mendo is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Economics of PUC Rio. His research interests lie at the intersection of macroeconomics and finance, with an emphasis on financial stability and monetary economics. His research agenda tries to understand the theoretical and quantitative linkages between financial markets, payments systems, monetary policy, and the macroeconomy. He was a Senior Economist at the Research Department of the Central Bank of Chile and a Junior Professional Associate at the World Bank. He received his Ph.D. in Economics from Princeton University in 2019 and holds a M.Sc. and a B.Sc. in Economics from Universidad del Pacifico, Peru. He was born in Lima, Peru and his hobbies include basketball, volleyball and soccer.