CV

Education

• Ph.D in Finance, University of Edinburgh, 2026 (expected)
• M.S. in Accounting and Finance, London School of Economics and Political Science, 2021
• B.S. in Economics, University College London, 2020

Work experience

• Spring 2024: Academic Pages Collaborator
  • GitHub University
  • Duties includes: Updates and improvements to template
  • Supervisor: The Users
• Fall 2015: Research Assistant
  • GitHub University
  • Duties included: Merging pull requests
  • Supervisor: Professor Hub
• Summer 2015: Research Assistant
  • GitHub University
  • Duties included: Tagging issues
  • Supervisor: Professor Git

Skills

• Skill 1
• Skill 2
  • Sub-skill 2.1
  • Sub-skill 2.2
  • Sub-skill 2.3
• Skill 3

Publications

Does Financial Development Have Roman Roots? The Legacy of Roman Roads

Information Portability and the Real Effects of Lending Relationship Disruptions: Evidence from U.S. Bank Mergers

AI Washing: Strategic Disclosure and Backlash

Why Stablecoins Fail: Design Fragilities, Regulation, and the Role of Institutions

The Legacy of Repression: Gulag Camps and Long-Run Financial Development in Eastern Europe

The Impact of LGBT-Supportive Policies on Corporate Innovation: Gold Rush Legacy

Dictatorship, Repression, and Financial Development

Political Fractionalization, Spatial Competition, and Corporate Innovation

Curiosity and Innovation: Evidence from Solar Eclipses

Labor Coercion, Anti-Market Culture, and Finance: Lessons from Historical Serfdom of the Russian Empire

Talks

The 2025 FMA Annual Meeting

October 24, 2025

Conference Presenter at Financial Management Association Annual Meeting, Vancouver, Canada

The 10th Cross Country Perspectives in Finance Conference

June 28, 2025

Conference Presenter at Cross Country Perspectives in Finance Conference, Taiyuan, China

The 9th Shanghai–Edinburgh–London Conference

May 17, 2025

Session Chair at Shanghai–Edinburgh–London Conference, Online

Conference on Asia and Pacific Economies

June 01, 2024

Conference Presenter at Conference on Asia and Pacific Economies, Suzhou, China

The 1st Elsevier Finance Conference

November 16, 2023

Conference Presenter at Elsevier Finance Conference, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

The 7th Shanghai–Edinburgh–UCL FinTech Conference

November 11, 2023

Session Chair at Shanghai–Edinburgh–UCL FinTech Conference, Online

International Symposium in Business 2023

July 24, 2023

Conference Presenter at International Symposium in Business, Greece

Teaching

Teaching Assistant - Introduction of Corporate Finance

UCL - Newham Collegiate Sixth Form Tutorial Scheme

Service and leadership

• Currently signed in to 43 different slack teams