University of Mannheim -- Business School
Chair of International Finance
L9, 1-2, Room 502
D-68161 Mannheim

Phone: +49 (0)621 181 1625
Email: brunner(at)bwl.uni-mannheim.de

Office hours: on appointment

Current Position

• Research and teaching assistant at the Chair of International Finance
• PhD Student in Finance at the CDSB of the Graduate School of Economic and Social Sciences, University of Mannheim

Research Interests

• Asset Management
• Behavioral Finance
• Market Efficiency

Work in Progress

• Reference-Dependent Return Chasing

Education

• Since 2016: PhD student in Finance at the Graduate School of Economic and Social Sciences (GESS) of the University of Mannheim

• 2014 - 2016: Master of Science in Business Administration ("MMM") at the University of Mannheim
  • 2015 - 2016: Business Research Program joint with the GESS
  • Master Thesis: Investors' Assessment of Mutual Fund Returns and Lottery Preferences

• 2011 - 2014: Bachelor of Science in Business Administration at the University of Mannheim
  
  • 2013: Semester abroad at San Diego State University, California, US

Teaching

• Teaching assistant FIN580 Derivatives I
• Teaching assistant and advisor in FIN 780 Seminars
• Advisor for Bachelor's and Master's Theses

Professional Experience

• 2015: Internship at Metzler Asset Management GmbH: Applied Research - Absolute Return and Capital Preservation

• 2014 - 2015: Internship and Research Assistance at the Center for European Economic Research (ZEW): Research Unit International Finance and Financial Management

• 2012: Internship at HeidelbergCement AG: Finance