About Me / CV
Research Interests
Research in the area of corporate finance and empirical finance with a special focus on the impact of credit ratings and risk management on firm value, in particular since the financial crisis. In addition, research on regulatory changes and the impact of credit rating agencies and fixed income investors on environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors.
Research Positions
Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy
since 2022 Associate Professor
Grenoble Ecole de Management, France
2020 - 2021 Associate Professor
2018 - 2020 Assistant Professor
Zeppelin University, Friedrichshafen, Germany
2019 - 2021 Visiting Professor
University of Edinburgh Business School, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
2024 Visting Researcher
Bayes (formerely Cass) Business School, City University London, United Kingdom
2016 Visting Researcher
Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany
2016 - 2018 Postdoc Researcher
2013 - 2016 Research Associate
Academic Qualifications & Education
2023
Habilitation Prima Fascia all’unanimità (13/B4), Italian Ministry of University & Research, Italy.
2019
Habilitation (“venia legendi”), Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany.
2016
Dr. rer. pol., Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany.
2013
Master of Science, Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany.
Mechanical Engineering with Business Administration (M.Sc.).
2010
Bachelor of Science, Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany.
Mechanical Engineering with Business Administration (B.Sc.).
Editorial and Referee Activity
Editor Activity
since 2022 - Associate Editor, Review of Managerial Science (RMSC)
Adhoc Reviewer Activity
Among others, The Review of Financial Studies, Journal of Corporate Finance, Journal of Banking & Finance, Applied Economics, Applied Financial Economics Letters, Annals of Economics and Statistics, British Accounting Review, British Journal of Management, Economic Inquiry, Economics Letters, Economic Modelling, European Financial Management, European Journal of Finance, FINANCE, Finance Research Letters, Global Finance Journal, International Journal of Physical Distribution & Logistics Management, International Journal of Finance and Economics, International Journal of Production Economics, International Review of Economics and Finance, Journal of Air Transportation Management, Journal of Financial Research, Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions & Money, Journal of Multinational Financial Management, Journal of Risk Finance, Sustainability Accounting, Management and Policy Journal, Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, Review of Corporate Finance, Quantitative Finance, Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, Risk Journals, The British Academy, Swiss National Science Foundation, the Luxembourg national research fund (FNR) and the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) Italia.
Awards
2018 Emerald Literati Award (Highly Commended article awarded by the editorial team)
KPMG’s Student Award 2017 for my PhD dissertation (1,000 Euro)
Outstanding Contribution in Reviewing for the International Journal of Production Economics (2017)
PhD supervision
Yang Cao, Grenoble Ecole de Management (Graduation in 2023, co-supervision with Jan Schnitzler)
First placement: University of Sussex Business School
Grants
Institut Europlace de Finance (IEF) €10,000 for the project "Managing ESG ratings" (co-investigator with Jan Schnitzler)
Start-Up Grant from Free University of Bozen-Bolzano
Ingenium Support Package from TU Darmstadt
Erasmus+ EU fund to organize a Seminar at the St. Petersburg State University of Economics
German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) Travel grant
Freunde der TU Darmstadt Travel grant
Languages
German (Native speaker)
English (Fluent, C1)
Italian (Beginner, B1)
French (Beginner, A2)