Curriculum vitae


Academic Experience
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Full Professor 2022 - Present

Queen’s University, Smith School of Business
Full Professor, as of July 2021

Associate Professor, July 2016-June 2021
- Program Director Master of Financial Innovation and Technology, January 2020-Present
- Research Director for the Institute for Sustainable Finance, July 2019

Assistant Professor, July 2014-June 2016

University of Ontario Institute of Technology, Faculty of Business and Information Technology
Assistant Professor, July 2012-June 2015

Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Faculty of Economics and Business Engineering
W2 - Professor of Financial Market Innovation, June 2010 - June 2012

Post-Doctoral Researcher, September 2009 - May 2010

Education
Dr. in Business, Karlsruhe Institutue of Technology (KIT), 2009 (summa cum laude).
Dissertation: The Economics of Algorithmic Trading.

M.B.A. Sprott School of Business, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada, 2005.
Bachelor of Commerce, Sprott School of Business, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada, 2004

Select Industry Experience
HSBC Trinkaus, Dusseldorf, Germany September 2005 - May 2006
-Trader in Equity Derivatives Products
-Risk - Manager

Export Development Canada, Ottawa, Canada May 2004 - August 2004
Summer Student - Assistant Portfolio Manager
Predictive Systems AG, Neu-Isenburg, Germany November 1999 - August 2003
-Senior IT-Consultant

Other Employment
HSBC Trinkhaus, Düsseldorf, Germany 2005 Sept. - 2006 May
-Risk - Manager 2005 Sept. - 2005 Dec.
-Traader in Equity Derivatives Products 2006 Jan. - 2006 May.

Export Development Canada, Ottava, ON, 2003 May - 2003 Aug.

-Summer Student - Assistant Portfolio Manager.

Awards & Fellowships

  • 2021 Globe and Mail, Report on Business Change-maker Award
  • 2019-2021 Bank of Canada Governor’s Award ($60,000)
  • 2018 Queen’s Smith School of Business Research Excellence Award ($10,000)
  • 2017-Present Queen’s Smith School of Business Distinguished Professor of Finance ($30,000)
  • 2015-2017 Queen’s Smith School of Business Distinguished Faculty Fellow of Finance ($30,000)
  • 2ß15 Queen’s Smith School of Business New Researcher Award ($30,000)
  • 2014 Review of Financial Studies Michael J. Brennan Best Paper Award ($20,000)
  • 2014 Queen’s School of Business D.I. McLeod Term Research Assistantship ($5,000)
  • 2012 Philip Brown Award for best paper using Thomson Reuters Data, ($5,000 AUD)
  • 2012 Northern Finance Association / CFA Toronto Chapter, best paper award in capital markets research ($2,500 )
  • 2011 European Central Bank Lamfalussy Fellowship (10,000€)
  • 2009 Federation of European Security Exchanges (FESE) de la Vega Prize (5,000 €)
  • 2009 Information and Management Engineering (IME) Graduate School Ph.D. best paper prize (4,000 €)
  • 2009\10\11 Teaching awards: award for a top 10 lecture (eFinance) in the faculty of economics and business engineering

Teaching

  • Winter Semester 2020 - (M.Fin.) Financial Technology and Innovation
  • Fall Semester 2019 - (Ph. D.) Topics in

Research focus

  • Technology in finance
  • High Frequency Analysis
  • Financial innovation and technological development

Ausgewählte Publikationen

Awards & Fellowships

  • 2021 Globe and Mail, Report on Business Change-maker Award
  • 2019-2021 Bank of Canada Governor’s Award ($60,000)
  • 2018 Queen’s Smith School of Business Research Excellence Award ($10,000)
  • 2017-Present Queen’s Smith School of Business Distinguished Professor of Finance ($30,000)
  • 2015-2017 Queen’s Smith School of Business Distinguished Faculty Fellow of Finance ($30,000)
  • 2ß15 Queen’s Smith School of Business New Researcher Award ($30,000)
  • 2014 Review of Financial Studies Michael J. Brennan Best Paper Award ($20,000)
  • 2014 Queen’s School of Business D.I. McLeod Term Research Assistantship ($5,000)
  • 2012 Philip Brown Award for best paper using Thomson Reuters Data, ($5,000 AUD)
  • 2012 Northern Finance Association / CFA Toronto Chapter, best paper award in capital markets research ($2,500 )
  • 2011 European Central Bank Lamfalussy Fellowship (10,000€)
  • 2009 Federation of European Security Exchanges (FESE) de la Vega Prize (5,000 €)
  • 2009 Information and Management Engineering (IME) Graduate School Ph.D. best paper prize (4,000 €)
  • 2009\10\11 Teaching awards: award for a top 10 lecture (eFinance) in the faculty of economics and business engineering
  • Teaching
  • Queen´s School of Business

    Winter Semester 2020 - (M.Fin.) Financial Technology and Innovation.

    Fall Semester 2019 - (Ph. D.) Topics in Financial Technology and Innovation.

    Fall Semester 2019 - (B. Comm. X 2) Financial Technology and Innovation.

    Winter-Semester 2019 - (M.Fin.) Financial Technolgy and Innovation.

    Fall Semester 2018 - (M.B.A.) Financial Technology and Innovation.

    Fall Semester 2018 - (B. Comm.) Financial Technology and Innovation.

    Fall Semester 2018 - (Ph. D.) Capital Markets: Theory and Empirics.

    Fall Semester 2018 - (M.B.A.) Advanced Portfolio Management.

    Winter Semester 2017 - (M.Fin.) Financial Technology and Innovation.

    Fall Semester 2016 - (M.B.A.) Investments.

    Fall Semester 2016 - (Ph. D.) Capital Merkets: Theory and Empirics.

    Fall Semester 2015 - (M.B.A.) Investments.

    Fall Semester 2015 - (Ph. D.) Capital Markets: Theory and Empirics.

    Fall Semester 2014 - (B. Comm.) Investments and Portfolio Management.

    Fall Semester 2014 - (Ph. D.) Capital Markets: Theory and Empirics.
















Awards & Fellowships

  • 2021 Globe and Mail, Report on Business Change-maker Award
  • 2019-2021 Bank of Canada Governor’s Award ($60,000)
  • 2018 Queen’s Smith School of Business Research Excellence Award ($10,000)
  • 2017-Present Queen’s Smith School of Business Distinguished Professor of Finance ($30,000)
  • 2015-2017 Queen’s Smith School of Business Distinguished Faculty Fellow of Finance ($30,000)
  • 2ß15 Queen’s Smith School of Business New Researcher Award ($30,000)
  • 2014 Review of Financial Studies Michael J. Brennan Best Paper Award ($20,000)
  • 2014 Queen’s School of Business D.I. McLeod Term Research Assistantship ($5,000)
  • 2012 Philip Brown Award for best paper using Thomson Reuters Data, ($5,000 AUD)
  • 2012 Northern Finance Association / CFA Toronto Chapter, best paper award in capital markets research ($2,500 )
  • 2011 European Central Bank Lamfalussy Fellowship (10,000€)
  • 2009 Federation of European Security Exchanges (FESE) de la Vega Prize (5,000 €)
  • 2009 Information and Management Engineering (IME) Graduate School Ph.D. best paper prize (4,000 €)
  • 2009\10\11 Teaching awards: award for a top 10 lecture (eFinance) in the faculty of economics and business engineering
  • Teaching
  • Queen´s School of Business

    Winter Semester 2020 - (M.Fin.) Financial Technology and Innovation.

    Fall Semester 2019 - (Ph. D.) Topics in Financial Technology and Innovation.

    Fall Semester 2019 - (B. Comm. X 2) Financial Technology and Innovation.

    Winter-Semester 2019 - (M.Fin.) Financial Technolgy and Innovation.

    Fall Semester 2018 - (M.B.A.) Financial Technology and Innovation.

    Fall Semester 2018 - (B. Comm.) Financial Technology and Innovation.

    Fall Semester 2018 - (Ph. D.) Capital Markets: Theory and Empirics.

    Fall Semester 2018 - (M.B.A.) Advanced Portfolio Management.

    Winter Semester 2017 - (M.Fin.) Financial Technology and Innovation.

    Fall Semester 2016 - (M.B.A.) Investments.

    Fall Semester 2016 - (Ph. D.) Capital Merkets: Theory and Empirics.

    Fall Semester 2015 - (M.B.A.) Investments.

    Fall Semester 2015 - (Ph. D.) Capital Markets: Theory and Empirics.

    Fall Semester 2014 - (B. Comm.) Investments and Portfolio Management.

    Fall Semester 2014 - (Ph. D.) Capital Markets: Theory and Empirics.
















Awards & Fellowships

  • 2021 Globe and Mail, Report on Business Change-maker Award
  • 2019-2021 Bank of Canada Governor’s Award ($60,000)
  • 2018 Queen’s Smith School of Business Research Excellence Award ($10,000)
  • 2017-Present Queen’s Smith School of Business Distinguished Professor of Finance ($30,000)
  • 2015-2017 Queen’s Smith School of Business Distinguished Faculty Fellow of Finance ($30,000)
  • 2ß15 Queen’s Smith School of Business New Researcher Award ($30,000)
  • 2014 Review of Financial Studies Michael J. Brennan Best Paper Award ($20,000)
  • 2014 Queen’s School of Business D.I. McLeod Term Research Assistantship ($5,000)
  • 2012 Philip Brown Award for best paper using Thomson Reuters Data, ($5,000 AUD)
  • 2012 Northern Finance Association / CFA Toronto Chapter, best paper award in capital markets research ($2,500 )
  • 2011 European Central Bank Lamfalussy Fellowship (10,000€)
  • 2009 Federation of European Security Exchanges (FESE) de la Vega Prize (5,000 €)
  • 2009 Information and Management Engineering (IME) Graduate School Ph.D. best paper prize (4,000 €)
  • 2009\10\11 Teaching awards: award for a top 10 lecture (eFinance) in the faculty of economics and business engineering
  • Teaching
  • Queen´s School of Business

    Winter Semester 2020 - (M.Fin.) Financial Technology and Innovation.

    Fall Semester 2019 - (Ph. D.) Topics in Financial Technology and Innovation.

    Fall Semester 2019 - (B. Comm. X 2) Financial Technology and Innovation.

    Winter-Semester 2019 - (M.Fin.) Financial Technolgy and Innovation.

    Fall Semester 2018 - (M.B.A.) Financial Technology and Innovation.

    Fall Semester 2018 - (B. Comm.) Financial Technology and Innovation.

    Fall Semester 2018 - (Ph. D.) Capital Markets: Theory and Empirics.

    Fall Semester 2018 - (M.B.A.) Advanced Portfolio Management.

    Winter Semester 2017 - (M.Fin.) Financial Technology and Innovation.

    Fall Semester 2016 - (M.B.A.) Investments.

    Fall Semester 2016 - (Ph. D.) Capital Merkets: Theory and Empirics.

    Fall Semester 2015 - (M.B.A.) Investments.

    Fall Semester 2015 - (Ph. D.) Capital Markets: Theory and Empirics.

    Fall Semester 2014 - (B. Comm.) Investments and Portfolio Management.

    Fall Semester 2014 - (Ph. D.) Capital Markets: Theory and Empirics.
















Curriculum vitae


Academic Experience
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Full Professor 2022 - Present

Queen’s University, Smith School of Business
Full Professor, as of July 2021

Associate Professor, July 2016-June 2021
- Program Director Master of Financial Innovation and Technology, January 2020-Present
- Research Director for the Institute for Sustainable Finance, July 2019

Assistant Professor, July 2014-June 2016

University of Ontario Institute of Technology, Faculty of Business and Information Technology
Assistant Professor, July 2012-June 2015

Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Faculty of Economics and Business Engineering
W2 - Professor of Financial Market Innovation, June 2010 - June 2012

Post-Doctoral Researcher, September 2009 - May 2010

Education
Dr. in Business, Karlsruhe Institutue of Technology (KIT), 2009 (summa cum laude).
Dissertation: The Economics of Algorithmic Trading.

M.B.A. Sprott School of Business, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada, 2005.
Bachelor of Commerce, Sprott School of Business, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada, 2004

Select Industry Experience
HSBC Trinkaus, Dusseldorf, Germany September 2005 - May 2006
-Trader in Equity Derivatives Products
-Risk - Manager

Export Development Canada, Ottawa, Canada May 2004 - August 2004
Summer Student - Assistant Portfolio Manager
Predictive Systems AG, Neu-Isenburg, Germany November 1999 - August 2003
-Senior IT-Consultant

Other Employment
HSBC Trinkhaus, Düsseldorf, Germany 2005 Sept. - 2006 May
-Risk - Manager 2005 Sept. - 2005 Dec.
-Traader in Equity Derivatives Products 2006 Jan. - 2006 May.

Export Development Canada, Ottava, ON, 2003 May - 2003 Aug.

-Summer Student - Assistant Portfolio Manager.