• Akademischer Rat auf Zeit (German assistant professor equivalent) at the Chair of Finance and Banking (Prof. Dr. Martin Ruckes), Institute for Finance, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany, since 2015
• Visiting Scholar at the Research School of Finance, Actuarial Studies and Statistics (March 2018 to April 2018), Australian National University, Canberra, Australia, 2018
• Lecturer for Financial Accounting (freelancer contract) at the HECTOR School of Management and Engineering, since 2013
• Coordinator of the Business Administration Core Program at the Department of Economics and Business Engineering, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany:
• Scientific assistant at the Chair of Finance and Banking (Prof. Martin Ruckes), Institute for Finance, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany, 2008 - 2015 

• Personnel Economics (Compensation and Incentives, Human Capital Accumulation, Coordination, Cooperation, Knowledge Management).
• Private Equity.
• Compliance (Fraud Prevention and Detection).

• Human Capital: Incentive and Job Design (Dezember 2014, Betreuer: Prof. Dr. Martin Ruckes)

Human Capital: Incentive and Job Design, Dissertation, KITopen Publication, Karlsruhe, 2015 (composed of three essays: Promotion Incentives, Performance Pay, and Human Capital; Job Rotation and Employer Learning about Human Capital; Internal Governance of Firms)

• Real Effects of Potential Stock Recalls on M&A Premiums and Acquirer Stock Prices, with Richard Schubert presented at 68th Annual Meeting of the Midwest Finance Association (MFA), Chicago, USA; Southwestern Finance Association 58th Annual Meeting 2019 (SWFA), Houston, USA*; Research Seminar at the University of Lille II, Lille, France (forthcoming)*; 28th Annual Meeting of the European Financial Management Association (EFMA) 2019 – “Merton H. Miller” Doctoral Seminar, Ponta Delgada, Portugal (forthcoming)*; 23rd Annual Meeting of the Financial Management Association (FMA) Europe, Glasgow, Scotland (forthcoming)*; 31st Australasian Finance and Banking Conference (AFBC), Sydney, Australia; Brown Bag Research Seminar of the University of Sydney Business School, Sydney, Australia; 2018 Annual Meeting of the Financial Management Association International, San Diego, USA*; 6th Paris Financial Management Conference (PFMC) 2018, Paris, France (invited); 10th Nordic Corporate Governance Network Conference, Gothenburg, Sweden; 2nd Global PhD Colloquium 2018, University of Sydney Business School, Sydney, Australia*; 35th Annual Conference of the French Finance Association (AFFI), ESCP Europe, Paris, France; Brown Bag Research Seminar of the Research School of Finance, Actuarial Studies and Statistics, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia; Augustin Cournot Doctoral Days (ACDD), University of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France (invited)*; 5th ECGC Workshop on Governance and Control, University of Lille, Lille, France*; 24th Annual Meeting of the German Finance Association, Ulm, Germany, poster presentation; 5th HCCG Ph.D. Workshop in Corporate Governance, Hanken School of Economics, Helsinki, Finland*; Brown Bag Research Seminar of the Institute for Finance at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany
• Internal Governance of Firms Induced by Promotion-Based Incentives: Empirical Evidence from Mergers and Acquisitions, with Antti Miihkinen presented at 7th Annual Workshop of the Nordic Corporate Governance Network 2015, Copenhagen, Denmark
• Promotion Incentives, Performance Pay, and Human Capital presented at Doctoral Colloquium of the 13th EURAM Conference in Istanbul, Turkey
• Job Rotation and Employer Learning about Human Capital presented at 18th Colloquium on Personnel Economics 2014, Cologne, Germany; Ph.D. course in Personnel Economics and Education, University of Zurich, Grindelwald (external seminar), Switzerland; Doctoral Seminar in Economics, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany

• Grant for travel, hotel, and food expenses by the Research School of Finance, Actuarial Studies and Statistics, Australian National University, 2018
• Grant for equipment by the Fördergesellschaft Finanzwirtschaft und Banken am Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (i.e., privately-sponsored foundation for research in finance and banking at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology), 2018
• Grant for equipment by the Fördergesellschaft Finanzwirtschaft und Banken am Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (i.e., privately-sponsored foundation for research in finance and banking at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology), 2014

• Koordinator Kernprogramm BWL (Betreuung aller Vorlesungen, Übungen und Tutorien im Kernprogramm Betriebswirtschaftslehre).
• Gutachten für Auslandsstipendien/Studienstipendien.
• Auslandsanerkennungen von Prüfungen in Bachelorstudiengängen.

• WS0809 bis WS1112 - Vorlesung BWL C (Teil Controlling).
• WS0809 bis WS1112 - Tutorien zur Vorlesung BWL C (Teile Investition & Finanzierung sowie Controlling).
• WS1112 - Vorlesung BWL A (Teil Grundbegriffe der BWL und Übung zu Grundlagen der Unternehmensführung).
• WS1213 - Vorlesung Betriebswirtschaftslehre: Unternehmensführung und Informationswirtschaft (Teile Grundbegriffe der BWL und vertretungsweise Unternehmensführung).
• WS1213 - Tutorien zur Vorlesung Betriebswirtschaftslehre: Finanzwirtschaft und Rechnungswesen.
• Seit WS0809 Seminar "Finance" in BA und MA Studiengängen.

Prinzipiell: Betreuung von jeglichen Abschlussarbeiten im Bereich Finance and Controlling/Managerial Accounting, gerne auch geheimer Praxisarbeiten.

Bisherige abgeschlossene Abschlussarbeiten (Auswahl):

• Analyse der organisationalen Stellung und Kompensationsstrutur des Chief Compliance Officer (BA).
• Evaluierung von Portfolioabsicherungsstrategien (DA).
• Finanzielle Restrukturierung vor und in einer Insolvenz in den USA (BA).
• Analyse der organisationalen Stellung und Kompensationsstruktur des Chief Risk Officers einer Bank (BA).
• Value Creation im Private Equity - am Beispiel von PIPE-Transaktionen (BA).
• The Causes of Private Equity Transaction Waves and a Forecast of Future PE Investors' Activities (BA).
• Analyse der Umsetzung des deutschen Corporate Governance Kodex in börsennotierten Unternehmen in Deutschland (BA).

• Dr. rer. pol. with distinction (“summa cum laude”) (doctoral degree in economics) in December 2014 at the Department of Economics and Management at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany, 2014
• Doctoral student at the Chair of Finance and Banking, Institute for Finance, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany (advisor: Prof. Dr. Martin Ruckes (Professor of Finance), 2008 – 2014
• Bachelor of Science in Business Administration at the University of Münster, Münster, Germany, 2005 – 2008
• Study abroad at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in Economics und at the Anderson School of Management (UCLA) in Business Administration, Los Angeles, USA, 2008
• Diploma in Information Systems (master of science degree equivalent) at the University of Münster, Münster, Germany, 2003 – 2008
• Allgemeine Hochschulreife with distinction (German university entrance qualification with distinction), Recklinghausen, Germany, 2002

• Instructor of the Workshop “Valuation of Start-Ups” for delta Karlsruhe e. V. consultants (student consultancy), with KIT start-up tego energy (now otego GmbH, printed thermoelectric generators), Karlsruhe, Germany, 2015
• Organizer of the monthly Afterwork Get Together for all KIT PhD Students (German: Doktorandenstammtisch, not-for-profit social engagement) at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Karlsruhe, Germany, 2013-2015
• Research assistant in the project “Bester Geschäftsbericht des Manager Magazins 2008” (i.e., award of a well-known German business magazine for the best annual report) with Prof. Jörg Baetge, 2008
• Financial analyst for the valuation of non-performing loan portfolios (working student position) at GFKL Financial Services GmbH (now Lowell Financial Services GmbH, investor in non-performing loan portfolios with workout division), Essen, Germany, 2005 - 2007
• Software developer for self-developed online content management system (working student position) at the Exam GmbH (now DEKRA EXAM GmbH, inspection company), 2003 - 2005