University of Colorado Denver Business School, offering Bachelor, MBA, MS, and PhD degrees

Educ​​ation

• PhD Finance Major, Mathematics Minor, Indiana University Bloomington
  
• MBA Finance, Southern Methodist University
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BTech Honors in Chemical Engineering Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
  

Cours​es 

• Financial Management, BUSN 6640 
  
• Commodities and Financial Derivatives, FNCE 6382
  
• Real Options, FNCE 6410
  

Areas of Expertise

• Credit and Default Risk
  
• Financial Markets and Institutions
  
• Household Finance
  

Professional H​istory

Academic Experience:

• Assistant Professor, University of Colorado at Denver, October 2011 - 
  
• Assistant Professor, Norwegian School of Economics, August 2007 – January 2011  (on leave February 2009 – January 2011
  

Selected Publicatio​ns 

Art​icles​ 

• “Financial Distress and Idiosyncratic Volatility: An Empirical Investigation”, with Jing Chen and Lorán Chollete, in the Journal of Financial Markets, 2010, vol 13, 249 - 267
  
• “The Role of the Media in the Internet IPO Bubble”, with Utpal Bhattacharya, Neal Galpin and Xiaoyun Yu, the Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, 2009, vol 44, 657 – 682
  

• Center for Economic Policy Research Conference 2007, Solstrand
  
• European Finance Association Meetings 2005, Moscow
  
• European Finance Association Meetings 2006, Zurich
  
• European Financial Management Symposium 2008, Oxford University
  
• Gerzensee Summer Symposium 2008 (evening session)
  
• Western Finance Association Meetings 2008, Hawaii
  

Current​ Research

• Consumer Finance
  
• Heterogeneous Beliefs and Asset Prices
  
• Supplier Firm Relationship

Non-A​cademic Employment and Experience

• Crestmont Holdings LLP (Fund III, Wingate Partners), Dallas

  
• Nancy Chambers Underwood Fund, Southern Methodist University, Dallas

  
• Oil and Gas Industry: Indian Oil, Caltex, Exxon International/Exxon-Mobil 
  

Achievem​ents and Honors

• Research Grant from the National Stock Exchange of India
  
• Faculty Research Grants, Norwegian School of Economics
  
• Indiana University Kelley School of Business Fellowship for Best Doctoral Student
  
• American Finance Association Student Travel Grant
  

Academic and Professional Activities 

• Ad Hoc Reviewer: Journal of Banking and Finance, Journal of Corporate Finance
  
• Chairperson: Financial Management Association
  
• Discussant: EFMA, FMA, FIRS and Front Range Conferences