Alexander Dück joined the IMFS in November 2019. Currently, he is a fourth-year student at GSEFM at Goethe University. In 2020, he assisted in the Ph.D seminar "Macrofinancial Modeling and the Coronavirus Pandemic". Before joining the Macroeconomic Model Data Base (MMB) team, he worked as a research assistant in the Department of Money and Macroeconomics of Goethe University. During his studies at GSEFM he received a scholarship (Deutschlandstipendium) for two years. Alexander completed his Bachelor's degree at Goethe University where he was involved in teaching undergraduate students in Mathematics and Business Informatics for nearly three years. Apart from that, he was on the Dean's List for excellent academic performance. His research interests lie in the fields of non-linear modelling, Bayesian estimation and machine learning.