Curriculum
The Academic & Professional Roadmap
Education
02/2025 – 12/2027Oestrich-Winkel, Germany
PhD in Finance
EBS Universität für Wirtschaft und Recht
- —First Supervisor: Raša Karapandža, PhD (EBS). Second Supervisor: Yaw Nyarko, PhD (NYU)
- —For research papers, please visit the Research page
- —Multiple EBS Summer Schools in e.g. Advanced Econometrics
- —Summer School at Barcelona School of Economics (BSE) in Advanced Portfolio Management
- —Summer School at Oxford University (OxML, Math Institute) in MLx Representation Learning & Generative AI
08/2026 – 12/2026Cambridge, USA
Visiting PhD Researcher
Harvard University
- —Visiting PhD Researcher at the Chair of Economics
- —Invited by Jeffrey Miron to write Paper Nr. 4; attendance dependent on visa approval
02/2026 – 02/2026Abu Dhabi, UAE
Visiting PhD Researcher
NYU Abu Dhabi
- —Invited by my doctoral supervisor Raša Karapandža, PhD
09/2023 – 01/2025Lisbon, Portugal
MSc in Finance
Nova School of Business and Economics
- —Thesis: The Impact of Liquidity on ESG/SRI Performance. Evidence from European Equities
- —Elected to join NSP, a 1-year program to run a fund of >400.000 EUR in collaboration with Banco Invest
- —Initiatives: Portfolio Manager at the Portfolio Management Club (PMC)
09/2020 – 05/2023Oestrich-Winkel, Germany
BSc in Business Studies
EBS Universität für Wirtschaft und Recht
- —Thesis: Integrating Impact: Different Approaches of Investors
- —Initiatives: Head of Start-up Relations at EBS Accelerate, Head of Legal & Finance at EBSpreneurship Forum, Chief Coordinator & Tutor at the EBS Onboarding Project 2021
01/2022 – 05/2022Montréal, Canada
Exchange Semester
HEC Montréal
- —Modules: e.g. Building SMEs, Sustainable Development, Business French
- —Initiative: Club de Trading HEC
Experience
02/2025 – 12/2027Oestrich-Winkel, Germany
Research Assistant, Chair of Finance
EBS Universität
- —Researcher at the NYU Center for Technology, Economics, and Development (CTED) led by the New York University (NYU) under Yaw Nyarko, PhD and Raša Karapandža, PhD
- —Assisting with hosting the 2025 IED program of the Ministry of Investment in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- —Teaching MSc 'Wealth Creation through Active Asset Allocation' and BSc 'Investments & Decision Theory'
- —Organizing the MSc Onboarding Project 2025 at EBS. Teaching Bloomberg Fundamentals at the Bloomberg HQ and on campus for MSc students
08/2024 – 01/2025Hamburg, Germany
Intern, Global Family & Institutional Wealth (GFIW)
UBS Europe SE
- —Structuring derivatives with a volume exceeding USD 100 M
- —Collaborating with AM and IB units to set up a cross-border leveraged commodity fund
05/2023 – 07/2023Stuttgart & Munich, Germany
Intern, Discretionary Portfolio Management
Pictet & Cie
- —Evaluated both conventional & alternative investments (Equities, PE, HF)
- —Direct work with the Head of Local Portfolio Management Germany
09/2022 – 04/2023Frankfurt, Germany
Working Student, M&A
Lazura Corporate Finance GmbH
- —Leading projects on my own. Evaluating companies and markets
- —Direct work with the CEO with in-person exposure to clients and investors
07/2022 – 08/2022Frankfurt, Germany
Intern, Asset Management
Source For Alpha AG (S4A)
- —Establishing value-driven fund structures based on ESG criteria
- —Developed portfolio modeling code using MATLAB and SQL
05/2022 – 06/2022Munich, Germany
Intern, Strategy Consulting (CDD)
CIL Management Consultants Limited
- —Analyzed market-sizing estimates through both primary and secondary research
- —In-depth interviews with industry experts to gain knowledge of market characteristics
09/2021 – 12/2021Düsseldorf, Germany
Working Student, EMEIA Financial Services - Audit Banking
Ernst & Young GmbH
- —Prepared and analyzed data sets for annual audits using e.g., random sampling
- —Conducted interviews with clients and experts
05/2021 – 09/2021Cologne, Germany
Intern, Business Development
Sourc-e GmbH
- —Negotiated order-pricing with clients and partners
- —Organized data structures to build shop systems for API enabled systems
03/2021 – 07/2021Oestrich-Winkel, Germany
Student Assistant, Research
EBS Lehrstuhl für Wirtschaftsinformatik under Prof. Dr. Julia Krönung
- —Conducted interviews with clients to gain knowledge of concerned market
- —Analyzed datapoints to further investigate results
Social Engagement
02/2025 – PresentFrankfurt, Germany
Member
Young Transatlantic Initiative | Junge Transatlantiker
- —Fostering transatlantic relations through events and discussions
09/2022 – 12/2022Uganda, Remote
Social Initiative
SCI Project
- —Working with 'Go Smile Uganda' and Makerere University to connect NGOs
Summers of 2018 and 2020Wermelskirchen, Germany
Child Care Provider
FFTW (Freies Familien Trägerwerk)
- —Organizing full-day vacation programs
Awards
CFA Level 1 Exam
Passed in April 2025
6th Edition BOX Challenge
Winning team, awarded with 1000 EUR. Awarded in January 2024
NOVA Starters Academy
Honorable Mention (2nd place). Awarded in June 2024
ERASMUS+ Scholarship
Awarded in April 2025
OxML Scholarship
Awarded in May 2025
CAIA Level 1 Scholarship
Awarded in May 2025
CFA Level 1 Scholarship
Awarded in February 2024
5-Year Google Research Credit Program
Accepted in May 2025
Efellows
Awareded in March 2021
External Courses
Private Equity & Venture Capital
Bocconi University. Completed in April 2021
Negotiation Course
Yale University. Completed in January 2022
Bloomberg Market Concepts
Certificate. Completed in May 2022
Other
Languages
German (mother tongue), English (C2), French (B1.2), Chinese (A1)
Financial Data Tools
Bloomberg, Amadeus- and Markus- Database (Orbis), Thomson Reuters Datastream, Thomson Reuters Eikon, CRSP