Curriculum Vitae
Current Positions
Dec. 2023– present
Director Alumni Relations at FEBA Career Center
Faculty of Economics and Business Administration
Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski, Bulgaria
Mar. 2023– present
Vice-President of FEBA Alumni Club
Faculty of Economics and Business Administration
Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski, Bulgaria
Dec. 2022– present
Director of CEE Centre for Digital Finance
Sept. 2022– present
Associate Professor of FinTech and Banking
Faculty of Economics and Business Administration
Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski, Bulgaria
Dec. 2019 – present
Peter Beron Fellow in Economics
Sofia University and Bulgarian Ministry of Education and Science
Past Positions
Feb. 2020 – August 2022
Assistant Professor of FinTech and Banking
Faculty of Economics and Business Administration
Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski, Bulgaria
Dec. 2016 – Jan. 2020
Assistant Professor of Banking
University of Bonn, Germany
June 2013 – July 2018
Assistant Professor of Banking
Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany
June 2013 – Dec. 2014
Research Economist
Centre for European Economic Research, Mannheim, Germany
July 2009 – May 2013
Research Assistant
Chair of Financial Economics, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany
Nov. 2008 – July 2009
Student Assistant
Chair of International Banking and Finance, Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany
Research Interests
Financial Economics, FinTechs and Digitalization, International Finance, Banking Regulation, Banking and Financial Stability, Systemic Risk, Contagion, Sovereign Default, Applied Econometrics
Academic Career
Sept. 2008 – July 2013
Ph.D. in Economics
Graduate School of Economics, Finance, and Management (GSEFM) Frankfurt - Mainz – Darmstadt, Germany
Dissertation Title: “Systemic Risk and Contagion in the European Union”
Defense: July 2013 (summa cum laude)
Thesis Advisors:
Prof. Dr. Isabel Schnabel (University of Bonn, past: Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz)
Prof. Dr. Jan Pieter Krahnen (Goethe University Frankfurt)
Oct. 2006 – Oct. 2008
Master’s Programme in International Business Economic Relations
University of Konstanz, Germany
Oct. 2002 – July 2006
Economics (B.Sc.)
Sofia University, Bulgaria
Awards
April 2014
Hochschulpreis des Deutschen Aktieninstituts (DAI) - Best Dissertation Award of Deutsches Aktieninstitut
March 2014
Sonderpreis der Deutschen Bundesbank – Special Award of Deutsche Bundesbank for Best Dissertation at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
Research Stays
Jan. 2016 – Oct. 2017
Halle Institute for Economic Research, Halle (Saale), Germany
Sept. 2011 – Feb. 2012
European Central Bank, Financial Stability Surveillance Division, Frankfurt, Germany
Selected Publications
“Integration Culture of Global Banks and the Transmission of Lending Shocks” (with Andreas Barth, Journal of Banking & Finance, 2022, Q1 in Scopus)
“Measuring Systemic Risk – A Probabilistic Perspective” (Springer Verlag, 2022)
“Economic Crises and Financial Contagion” (St. Kliment Ohridski University Press, 2022)
“The Euro Area Sovereign Debt Crisis: Can Contagion Spread from the Periphery to the Core?” (with Denis Gorea, International Review of Economics and Finance, 2014, 30: 78-100, Q2 in Scopus, Top 10% in Citations in Scopus)
“Systemic Risk Measure - A Portfolio Probabilistic Perspective on Measuring Default Risk” (ECB Financial Stability Review, June 2012, Box 8, pp. 99-100)
The Systemic Risk Measure is updated quarterly for the ESRB Risk Dashboard [Link]
Working Papers
“Bank Resolution Regimes and Systemic Risk” (with Thorsten Beck and Isabel Schnabel)
“Bank Resolution, Regulatory Arbitrage and Systemic Risk” (with Michela Altieri)
“The Effect of Corporate Culture on Bank Lending Decisions” (with Andreas Barth and Ralph de Haas)
Referee
Journal of Banking and Finance, Journal of International Money and Finance, Quantitative Finance, Economics of Transition, Journal of Risk and Financial Management, Journal of Financial Regulation, International Economics and Economic Policy
Memberships
American Economic Association, American Finance Association, European Economic Association, European Finance Association, German Economic Association, German Finance Association
Teaching Experience
Feb. 2020 - present
Sofia University, Bulgaria
Lecturer in FinTechs and E-Banking
Lecturer in Principles of Banking and Regulatory Risk Management
Lecturer in Empirical Methods in Finance
Tutorials in International Banking Regulation and Risk Management
Tutorials in Information Technologies
Nov. 2016 - present
University of Bonn, Germany
Lecturer in Corporate Finance (Bachelor)
Lecturer in Banking and Securitization (Master)
Lecturer in Empirical Banking (Ph.D.)
Jan. 2015 - July 2018
Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany
Tutorials in Banking and Securitization (Master)
Tutorials in Advanced Financial Economics (Ph.D.)
Supervisor of Bachelor and Master theses
Oct. 2009 - June 2013
Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany
Tutorials in Empirical Banking and Finance (Master)
Tutorials in Applied Econometrics (Bachelor)
Supervisor of Bachelor theses
Seminars in Financial Economics and Econometrics (Bachelor, Master)
Sept. 2003 - July 2006
Sofia University, Bulgaria
Tutorials in Microeconomics (Bachelor)
Tutorials in Informatics (Bachelor)
Grants
Jan. 2016
Dec. 2012
Dec. 2012
Scholarship IWH EXplore for a research stay at IWH
AEA/ASSA Annual Meeting Travel Grant (GSEFM)
Spanish Economic Association Travel Grant (Goethe University)
Additional Skills
Languages
Computer Literacy
English (fluent), German (good), Bulgarian (mother tongue)
Programing and data processing: MatLab, Stata, EViews
Applications: LaTeX, MS Office
Databases: World Bank WDI, IMF WEO, Bankscope (Orbis), SNL, Datastream, Bloomberg, Markit, Compustat, CRSP