Currently he is a visiting Assistant Professor of Finance at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania where he teaches corporate finance in the MBA program. His research is centered on the issue of counterparty risk, with particular focus on credit default swaps. He has published his work in the Quarterly Journal of Economics and has presented his research at many conferences, Universities and Central Banks/Government institutions including the Bank of England, the German Bundesbank, the Bank of Canada and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. He holds a Ph.D. degree from Queen’s University.