About Me

Welcome! You can find my CV here.

I am an Assistant Professor of Finance at the Trulaske College of Business at the University of Missouri.

My research focuses on alternative investments (private equity and hedge funds) and institutional investors (university endowments, foundations, and pension funds). My research has been published in journals including the Journal of Finance, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, and Review of Finance. 

I received a Ph.D. in Finance from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in May 2020. I earned a B.Sc. and M.Sc. (summa cum laude) in Finance from Bocconi University. While at Bocconi, I spent a semester at the University of California, San Diego, and at the University of Florida. 

Before the Ph.D., I worked on the Debt Capital Markets (DCM) and Structured Finance teams at Mediobanca, an Italian investment bank.  I am a CFA® charter holder.

I enjoy running, soccer, and cooking. Before college, I played professional and semi-professional soccer in Italy. My wife Casey is an emergency room nurse and teaching professor at the University of Missouri, and we have two daughters. I am also a long-term cancer survivor and participate in fundraising activities.