CV
Appointments
University of Calgary, Haskayne School of Business
Assistant Professor of Finance (07/2026–present)
Deutsche Bundesbank
Acting Head, CBDC Systems Analysis Group (07/2025–03/2026)
Tech Lead, Architecture & Security, Digital Euro (2022–2025)
Bocconi University
Assistant Professor of Finance (2013–2022)
Cornell University
Visiting Assistant Professor (2017–2018)
Education
- Ph.D. in Economics, Finance and Management (sobresaliente cum laude), Universitat Pompeu Fabra (2014)
- M.Res. in Economics, Finance and Management, Universitat Pompeu Fabra (2008)
- Diplom in Physics and Vordiplom in Economics, Universität Leipzig (2006)
- M.Sc. in Physics, Michigan State University (2003)
Awards and grants
- Bocconi Research Excellence Award (2020)
- Bocconi Teaching Innovation Award (2018–2019)
- NVIDIA Hardware Grant (2018)
- BAFFI-CAREFIN Research Grant (2017)
- FI Scholarship, Generalitat de Catalunya (2009–2012)
- Allianz-Hölderlin Scholarship (2006–2007)
- Procter & Gamble Research Prize (2005)
- German National Academic Foundation (Studienstiftung) (2000–2005)
Professional service
Institutional
- Member, Haskayne Teaching with AI Working Group, Fall 2026
- Member, Degree Committee, Bocconi Data Science MSc
- Member, Program Design Committee, Bocconi Data Science MSc
- Organizer, Bocconi Finance Seminar Series
Conference organization
- Scientific Committee Member, EFA Conference 2023
- Co-organizer, Financial Intermediation Workshop, 2022 (with Eva Schliephake)
- Scientific Committee Member, EFA Conference 2022
- Local Scientific Committee, EFA Conference, 2021
- Organizer, European Junior Banking Online Seminar Series, 2021–2023 (with Eva Schliephake)
- Co-organizer, EuroFIT Conference, December 2018 (with Frederic Malherbe)
Ad hoc referee: European Journal of Operational Research; Journal of Banking and Finance; Journal of Corporate Finance; Journal of Economic Theory; Journal of Finance; Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis; Journal of the European Economic Association; Management Science; Review of Economic Studies; Review of Economics and Statistics; Review of Financial Studies.