Jones Graduate School of Business at Rice University. His research focuses on the financial intermediation between institutional investors and households. Prior to joining the faculty at Rice, Kunal completed a Ph.D. in finance from Columbia Business School. He previously graduated MIT Sloan School of Management with an M.Fin., and Queen’s University (Canada) with a B.A. and B.Sc. in Economic and Electrical Engineering, respectively. In-between graduate degrees, Kunal worked as a research analyst for a multi-billion dollar fund-of-funds managed by BlackRock.