Research Alumni of the Chair of Finance

Dr. Marcel Rothenberger

Short Biography 2010-2012 Apprenticeship to bank clerk at Deutsche Bank, Hamburg 2013-2015 Bachelor of Science in Business Administration at the Georg-August-University Göttingen 2015-2017 Master of Science in Finance, Accounting, and Taxes at the Georg‑August‑University Göttingen 10/2017-03/2022 Research Assistant and Ph.D. Student at the Chair of Finance, Georg-August-University Göttingen 04/2022 Doctorate degree Dr. rer. pol. Since 2022 at Actieninvest AG, Zurich

Dr. Julian Dörries

Short Biography 2012-2015 Bachelor of Science in Business Administration at the Georg-August-University Göttingen 2015-2017 Master of Science in Finance, Accounting, and Taxes at the Georg‑August‑University Göttingen 09/2017-01/2022 Research Assistant at the Chair of Finance, Georg-August-University Göttingen 11/2021 Doctorate degree Dr. rer. pol. Since 2022 at NORD/LB

Dr. Sebastian Trabert

Short Biography 2007-2010 Apprenticeship to bank clerk at VR-Bank NordRhön eG, Hünfeld 2010-2010 Bank clerk at VR-Bank NordRhön eG, Hünfeld 2010-2013 Bachelor of Science in Business Administration at the Georg-August-University Göttingen and the University of Technology Sydney, Australia 2012-2015 Internships at KPMG and the BMW Group 2013-2016 Master of Science in Management at the Georg-August-University Göttingen 11/2017-03/2018 Visiting Scholar at Macquarie University Sydney, Australia 07/2021 Doctorate degree Dr. rer. pol. Since 2022 at HDI/Talanx

Dr. Alexander Merz

Short Biography 2003-2006 Bachelor of Science in International Business from Maastricht University and the Saint Mary's University, Halifax, Canada 2006-2008 Master of Science in Management from Georg-August-Universität Göttingen 10/2008-04/2014 Research Assistant and Ph.D. Student at the Chair of Finance, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen 10/2010-12/2010 Research Stay at the Centre for Financial Risk at Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia 03/2014 Doctorate in Economics 05/2014-04/2019 Assistant Professor ('Habilitand') at the Chair of Finance 05/2019-08/2020 Program Coordinator B.Sc. Business Administration 09/2020-08/2021 Assistant Professor ('Habilitand') at the Chair of Finance Since 09/2021 at Landesrechnungshof Nordrhein-Westfalen

Dr. Philipp Möller

Short Biography 2011-2015 Bachelor of Science in Mathematics from Georg-August-Universität Göttingen 2013-2016 Internships at NORD/LB Capital, Hannover Re and zeb 2015-2016 Master of Science in Mathematics from Georg-August-Universität Göttingen 10/2016-03/2021 Research assistant and Ph.D. student at the Chair of Finance, Georg-August-Universität 09/2018-12/2018 Visiting researcher at the Capital Markets Collaborative Research Center in Sydney (Australia) 01/2021 Doctorate in Economics Since 2021 at HDI/Talanx

Dr. David Volkmann

Short Biography 2006-2012: Studies in Industrial Engineering (degree: Dipl.-Wi.-Ing.) at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) 2010: Study term abroad in the MBA programm of the Owen Graduate School, Vanderbilt University, USA 2013-2015: Studies in Mathematical Finance (degree: MSc. UZH ETH Quantitative Finance), Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH) and University of Zurich (UZH) 2015-2019: Research Assistant and PhD candidate at the Faculty of Economics, Chair of Finance, Georg-August University Göttingen 2020 Doctorate in Economics 2019-2020 Fincad Europe Ltd., Dublin Since 2020 at EY, Zurich

Dr. Laura-Chloé Kuntz

Short Biography 2005-2007 Apprenticeship to bank clerk at Landesbank Saar in Saarbrücken 2008-2011 Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Georg-August-Universität Göttingen and the Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, Netherlands 2007-2008 Bank clerk at Landesbank Saar in Saarbrücken 2011-2014 Master of Science in Finance, Accounting and Taxes from Georg-August-Universität Göttingen 12/2015-04/2016 Visiting researcher at Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia 2014-2018 Research Assistant and Ph.D. Student at the Chair of Finance, Georg-August-Universität 2014-2018 Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin und Doktorandin an der Professur für Finanzwirtschaft an der Georg-August-Universität Göttingen 2018 Doctorate in Economics Since 2018 at Deutsche Bundesbank

Dr. Peter Reus

Short Biography 10/1977-04/1982 Studies of Business at the University of Göttingen 1982-1987 Research Assistant at the Chair of Finance 1987 Doctorate in Economics 1988-06/2018 Research Assistant and lecturer at the Chair of Finance 04/2005-06/2018 Coordinator of the Master Degree Program Finance, Accounting and Taxes

Dr. Paolo Krischak

Short Biography 2004-2010 Studies of Mathematics and Finance at the University of Hamburg 2006-2007 Studies of Mathematics at the University of Dundee, Scotland 10/2010-01/2017 Research Assistant at the Chair of Finance, Georg-August University Göttingen 12/2013-03/2014 Research Stay at the Centre for Financial Risk at Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia 05/2016 Doctorate in Economics 02/2017-09/2020 Positions at the Federal Financial Supervisory Authority and at Banque de France/ACPR, Paris, France Since 10/2020 Green Finance Expert at Deutsche Bundesbank

Dr. Kristina Martin (née Schlüßler)

Short Biography 2006-2009 Bachelor of Science in Business Administration at the University of Göttingen 2009-2011 Master of Science in Finance, Accounting and Taxes at the University of Göttingen and the University of Bologna, Italy 01/2012-09/2012 Research Assistant and Ph.D. candidate at the chair of Business Administration, Controlling, University of Hamburg 10/2012-03/2016 Research Assistant and Ph.D. candidate at the Chair of Finance, University of Göttingen 09/2014-10/2014 Visiting Scholar at the Centre for Financial Risk, Macquarie University, Sydney 2016 Doctoral Degree Since 2016 Uniper SE

Dr. Felix Brinkmann

Short Biography 2004-2009 Studies of Mathematics and Business at Westf. Wilhelms-University Münster 03/2010-04/2014 Research Assistant and Ph.D. candidate at the Chair of Finance, University of Göttingen 02/2012-05/2012 Visiting Scholar at the Centre for Financial Risk, Macquarie University, Sydney 2014 Doctoral Degree 05/2014-06/2015 bank consulting Since July 2015 at Deutsche Bundesbank

Akad. Rat. a.D. Dr. Gerhard Liebau

Short Biography 10/1970-03/1975 Studies of Business at the University of Göttingen 1980 Doctoral Degree 1975 - 2014 Researcher at the Chair of Finance

Dr. Sven Saßning

Short Biography 2001-2006 Studies of Business Information Systems at Georg-August-University, Göttingen 2007-2013 Research Assistent at the Chair of Finance, Georg-August-University, Göttingen 09/2009-01/2010 Research Stay at Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand 2012 Doctoral Degree Since March 2013 position in consulting

Prof. Dr. Rainer Baule

Short Biography 1995-2000 Mathematics and Business Studies at the University of Göttingen 2000 Diploma in Mathematics Since 2000 Research Assistant at the Chair of Finance (formerly IFBG) 2004 Doctoral Degree 2008 Postdoctoral Lecture Qualification ("Habilitation") 2010-2012 Professor at the University of Siegen Since 2012 Professor at the FernUniversität in Hagen

Dr. Philipp Koziol

Short Biography 2000-2005 Studies in Industrial Engineering at the University of Karlsruhe (TH) and the American University, Washington, DC 2005-2007 Research Assistant at the Chair of Corporate Finance, WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management 04/2007-12/2008 Research Assistant at the Chair of Finance, University of Göttingen 2008 Ph.D. in Business Since 2008 Deutsche Bundesbank

Dr. Lyudmil Zyapkov

Short Biography 1998-2003 Studies in Business Administration at the University of Göttingen 2004-2007 Research Assistant at the Chair of Finance, University of Göttingen 2007 Ph.D. in Business 2008 Award for the best doctoral thesis of the Faculty of Economic Sciences, University of Göttingen Since 2008 positions with different international banks

Prof. Dr. Christian Tallau

Short Biography 1999-2003 Studies in Business Administration at the University of Göttingen 2004-2007 Research Assistant at the Chair of Finance, University of Göttingen 2007 Ph.D. in Business 2007 Visiting Researcher at the Auckland University of Technology Since 2012 Professor of Finance at the University of Applied Sciences, Münster

Dr. Kai Ammann

Short Biography 1995-1997 Apprenticeship to Banker at the Deutsche Bank AG 1997-2002 Studies in Economics at the University of Göttingen 2002-2007 Research Assistant at the Chair of Finance, University of Göttingen 2003-2007 Assistant Lecturer for Bankcontrolling and Riskcontrolling at the Welfen Akademie, Braunschweig 2004-2007 Assistant Lecturer for Corporate Finance and Capital Budgeting at the HAWK University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Göttingen 2007 Ph.D. in Business Since 2007 positions in consulting and industry