He completed his doctoral studies in Finance at the University of Bern. Before joining EHL, he was a Visiting Assistant Professor at Pennsylvania State University and a Lecturer at University of Bern. He currently also teaches in the EMBA International Management program at Bern University of Applied Sciences. His research focuses on empirical corporate finance. He has several working papers pending publication with top finance journals. He has also acted as a referee for the Journal of Empirical Finance and Journal of Business Economics.