I am an Assistant Professor at Frankfurt School of Finance & Management. My research sits at the intersection of entrepreneurship, corporate finance, household finance, and financial accounting. I study how young, highly innovative firms are financed and valued, and how the quality and structure of financial information shape firm outcomes and policy. Much of my work so far leverages population-scale administrative data linked to financial statements and equity transaction records to provide representative, policy-relevant evidence on entrepreneurial decision-making. I hold a PhD in Economics from ESMT Berlin (2021) and was a visiting PhD student at the Stanford Graduate School of Business and the Swedish House of Finance.
Before joining academia, I worked in financial services: at PwC I audited banks and led projects implementing new banking regulations; at KPMG (Assistant Manager) I advised publicly listed German firms on financial accounting topics. I also founded a consulting firm that supported startups on fundraising and valuation. My daughter, DJing, tennis, and yoga keep me moving -- and good food (and drinks) fuel the rest.
You can find my current CV here.
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