Publications

International Comparison of Psychological Factors and their Influence on Travel Behavior in Hybrid Cities (with Sascha von Behren and Bastian Chlond). Research in Transportation Business & Management, forthcoming.

Working Papers

Intellectual Property Protection in M&A Negotiations
American Finance Association (AFA) Annual Meeting, Chicago, scheduled 01/2021

Measuring Competition in M&A Negotiations
Media Coverage: Columbia Law School’s Blog on Corporations and the Capital Markets

Entrenchment through Discretion over M&A Contractual Provisions (with Jan-Oliver Strych)
9th Annual New Zealand Finance Meeting (NZFM), Auckland, 12/2019*; 32nd Australasian Finance & Banking Conference (AFBC), Sydney, 12/2019*; Research Seminar, UNSW Business School, Sydney, 10/2019; European Financial Management Association (EFMA) 28th Annual Meeting, Ponta Delgada, 06/2019; Research Seminar, University of Lille, 05/2019
Media Coverage: Columbia Law School’s Blog on Corporations and the Capital Markets

The Real Effects of possible Stock Recalls on Acquirer Stocks: Empirical Evidence from M&A Premiums (with Jan-Oliver Strych)
European Financial Management Association (EFMA) 28th Annual Meeting, Ponta Delgada, 06/2019; Financial Management Association (FMA) Europe 23rd Annual Meeting, Glasgow, 06/2019; Midwest Finance Association (MFA) 68th Annual Meeting, Chicago, 03/2019*; Southwestern Finance Association (SWFA) 58th Annual Meeting, Houston, 03/2019; 31st Australasian Finance & Banking Conference (AFBC), Sydney, 12/2018*; Financial Management Association (FMA) Annual Meeting, San Diego, 10/2018; 10th Nordic Corporate Governance Network Conference (NCGNC), Gothenburg School of Business, Economics and Law, 06/2018*; The 2nd Global PhD Colloquium, University of Sydney Business School, 05/2018; French Finance Association (AFFI) 35th Annual Conference, Paris, 05/2018*; The 5th European Corporate Governance Center (ECGC) Workshop on Governance and Control, University of Lille, 03/2018; German Finance Association (DGF) 24th Annual Meeting, Ulm, 10/2017; 5th HCCG PhD Workshop in Corporate Governance, Hanken School of Economics, Helsinki, 08/2017

*) presentation by co-author

Strategic Aspects in M&A Negotiations (Supervisor: Prof. Martin Ruckes/Examiner: Prof. Hagen Lindstädt)

2019

Award for Excellent Teaching, Faculty for Economics, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, 12/2019
Karlsruhe House of Young Scientists (KHYS) Research Travel Grant, 06/2019
Research Seminar Grant of the University of Lille, 05/2019
PhD Grant of the Southwestern Finance Association (SWFA), Houston, 03/2019

2018

Award for Excellent Teaching, Faculty for Economics, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, 12/2018
Conference Grant of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) for the FMA Annual Meeting in San Diego, 07/2018
Karlsruhe House of Young Scientists (KHYS) Networking Grant, 07/2018
The 2nd Global PhD Colloquium Grant, University of Sydney Business School, 05/2018
Grant for the 5th European Corporate Governance Center Workshop on Governance and Control (ECGC), University of Lille, 03/2018

2017

Award for Excellent Teaching, Faculty for Economics, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, 12/2017

2015

PhD Scholarship in Finance, DZ BANK foundation, Essen, 10/2015
Award for the best master’s degree in Industrial Engineering, University of Technology, Ilmenau, 07/2015

2014

PROMOS Scholarship of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), University of California, Berkeley, 04/2014

Financial Management, Bachelor, ~120 students each summer term, discussion sessions (honored for being among the 5 highest rated (out of approximately 60) discussion sessions at the KIT Faculty for Economics in 2017, 2018, and 2019)
Seminars in Finance, Bachelor and Master, ~12 students each summer and winter term, supervision (Past topics: M&A, Venture Capital & Private Equity, Corporate Governance, Capital Structure Choice, Finance & Labor, Corporate Bankruptcy, Climate Finance, Corporate Risk Management)
Thesis supervision for Bachelor and Master students

Professional Experience (selection)

10/2015 – 06/2020 Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Institute for Finance, PhD in Finance
08/2019 – 11/2019 The University of Sydney Business School (Australia), Visiting Researcher, Department of Finance
07/2019 University of Lille (France), Visiting Researcher, Department of Finance
02/2012 – 04/2015 Campus Application Consulting GbR (Wuerzburg), Executive Partner of a nationwide IT Project Team (client: DAX30 company)
08/2012 – 11/2012 Volkswagen Consulting (Wolfsburg), Internship in the Business Unit for Procurement and Quality
09/2011 IPOL GmbH (Ilmenau), Internship in Production and Process Consulting
08/2010 – 10/2010 Siemens AG (Bad Neustadt a. d. Saale), Internship in Production Logistics

Education

04/2013 – 07/2015 University of Technology, Ilmenau, M. Sc., Industrial Engineering with majors in Finance and Mechanical Engineering
07/2014 – 08/2014 University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business, Finance
10/2009 – 03/2013 University of Technology, Ilmenau, B. Sc., Industrial Engineering

Interests

Commercial and private aviation (holder of a FAA U.S. private pilot license for airplanes)
Skiing, diving (PADI Advanced Open Water Diver), traveling (35+ countries) and mountaineering

Memberships

American Finance Association (AFA), Financial Management Association (FMA), Society for Financial Studies (SFS), European Financial Management Association (EFMA), Southwestern Finance Association (SWFA)
PhD representative and member of the appointments committee for “Assistant Professor (Tenure Track) in Finance (W1)” at the Institute for Finance, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Spring 2018
Member of the appointments committee for the selection of university applicants (Bachelor and Master), ongoing
Bain & Company, Inc., Red Carpet (career program)