Academic Positions
IU International University of Applied Sciences
Professor of FinTech
Since 12/2021
University of Southern Denmark
External Lecturer
Since 09/2022
University of Southern Denmark
Assistant Professor of Finance
09/2017–08/2022
HKUST Business School
Visiting Assistant Professor of Finance
09/2016–06/2017
LMU Munich
Juniorprofessor (Assistant Professor) of Empirical Corporate Finance
10/2012–08/2017
UCLA Anderson School of Management
Visiting Scholar
02/2013–02/2014
LMU Munich
Post-Doc
07/2011–09/2012
HKUST Business School
Visiting Scholar
11/2009–01/2010
Education
LMU Munich
Doctoral Degree in Finance (Dr. oec. publ.)
09/2006–06/2011
University of York
Master of Science in Economics
10/2005–08/2006
University of Osnabrück
Master Degree in Management (Diplom-Kaufmann)
10/2000–09/2005
Further Professional Experience
Expert Witness
Independent expert witness in cases involving securities and derivatives, including crypto-assets. Selected topics of past cases: Firm valuation, asset management, measuring business interruption losses, executive stock option valuation, swap valuation, currency option valuation, loan valuation, closed-end fund valuation, crypto-assets white paper review, 2013-today.
Academic Mentoring
EXIST Business Start-up Grant (Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy), Academic Mentor for Project “ProfessionalWealthPilot”, a Software for Digitizing the Wealth Management Industry, € 130,000, 2016–2017.
EXIST Business Start-up Grant (Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy), Academic Mentor for Project “FairAssetCredit”, a Digital Marketplace for the Credit Industry, € 125,700, 2015–2016.
Industry
risklab germany GmbH (Allianz Global Investors), Munich
Doctoral Internship (Financial Engineering), 09/2008–10/2008
Replication of RFS paper by Cocco, Gomes, and Maenhout on life cycle portfolio choice decisions that served as a basis for the strategic asset allocation of several investment funds for the US market.