Research interests
Academic Positions
- Professor for Business Administration, esp. Accounting & Capital Markets, University of Mannheim, since June 2010
- Professor for Business Administration, esp. Accounting & Finance, University of Mannheim, 2007–2010
- Visiting Assistant Professor of Accounting at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, 2006–2007
- Research Scholar at the Lancaster University, 2002
- Research Scholar at the University of Wales, Bangor, 2001
- Academic Staff Member / Assistant at the Chair of Accounting, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main (Prof. Dr. Günther Gebhardt), 1999-2005 / 2006
Education
- DFG Post-doctoral researcher at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, 2005–2006
- Dr. rer. pol. 2005 (summa cum laude)
- Doctoral Studies at Johann Wolfgang Goethe Universität-Frankfurt am Main and the European Union Doctoral Education Network HARMONIA, 1999-2004
- Graduate Studies at Johann Wolfgang Goethe Universität Frankfurt am Main, 1996-1999, Diplom-Kaufmann 1999 (sehr gut), Graduated as top student (Ranking No. 1/
138) - Graduate Studies at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 1995-1996
- Studies in Economics at Konstanz University, 1993-1995, Pre-Diplom 1995 (sehr gut)
Teaching
Academic Memberships
External Funding
- Faculty Member of EU-Network INTACCT “The European IFRS Revolution: Compliance, Consequences and Policy Lessons”, see www.intacct-research.org
Stipends
Offers (“Rufe”)
Prizes and Awards
- AAA Distinguished Contribution to the Accounting Literature Award (2016)
- AAA Financial Accounting and Reporting Section Best Paper Award (2016)
- VHB Best Conference Paper Award (2016)
- EU Scientific Report Grant (2015)
- EFMA Best Paper Award (2015)
- Emerald Citations of Excellence Award (2014)
- IAAER/
KPMG Research Grant – Informing the IASB Decision Process (2013) - Emerald Citations of Excellence Award (2012)
- DFG Research Grant (2012)
- IAAER/
KPMG Research Grant – Informing the IASB Decision Process (2010) - European Accounting Association (EAA): Best Paper Award in the Category “Financial Accounting” at the 31st Annual Meeting of the European Accounting Association, Rotterdam, 2008 (with L. Hail, C. Leuz, and R. Verdi)
- American Accounting Association (AAA) / International Accounting Section: Best Doctoral Paper Award, San Antonio, TX, 2005
- European Accounting Association (EAA): Winner of the EAA Doctoral Colloquium 2002. Selected representative of the EAA at the American Accounting Association (AAA)s Doctoral Consortium in 2002, in Lake Tahoe, CA
- J.W. Goethe-University Frankfurt am Main, Faculty for Economics and Business Administration: Price for Best Graduate in Autumn 1999
- Eichendorff Gymnasium Ettlingen (High-School): Honours for excellence in History, 1992
Experience outside the University
- Deutsche Bank, Frankfurt am Main, Intern in Mergers & Acquisitions, 2–4/1999
- Bertelsmann, Shanghai, V.R. China, Intern in Controlling, 2–4/1998
- C&L Deutsche Revision, Frankfurt am Main, Intern in Auditing, 3–4/1997
- Daimler-Benz Aerospace (DASA), Munich, Intern in Corporate Finance, 7/
96–9/1996 - Industrie- und Handelskammer Karlsruhe, Intern in Industrial Economics, 3/
1995