I am a fourth-year Finance PhD candidate at the University of Georgia, on the 2026–27 academic job market. My research focuses on empirical asset pricing, market microstructure, financial intermediaries, valuation, and information asymmetry in financial markets.
Originally from Spain, I came to the United States in 2013 on a soccer scholarship and later competed at the semi-professional level. Before beginning my doctoral studies, I spent five years as a financial reporting analyst. I hold an MBA from the University of Southern Mississippi and an MS in Finance from the University of South Florida.
Research
Zooming in on Insider Trading
with Gregory Eaton and Andriy Shkilko
Funding: Business, Systems, and Technology Innovation Seed Grant, University of Georgia, 2025
Fee Awareness and Brokerage Choice
with Gregory Eaton and Steven Malliaris
Presented at: Eastern Finance Association Annual Meeting, 2026 · University of Louisville, 2025 · UGA Football Conference Early Ideas Session, 2024
Looking Beyond the Bigs: What About Subsidiary and Private Targets?
with Jeff Netter, Annette Poulsen, and Mike Stegemoller
Presented at: Eastern Finance Association Annual Meeting, 2026 · Mergers & Acquisitions Research Centre Conference (MARC), 2025 · Southern Finance Association Annual Meeting, 2025
Paper Presentations
2027
American Finance Association (AFA) Annual Meeting (scheduled)
2026
Financial Management Association (FMA) Annual Meeting (scheduled) · Eastern Finance Association (EFA) Annual Meeting (×2) · 7th Annual RCF-ECGI Corporate Finance and Governance Conference (scheduled) · Atlanta Finance Workshop* · The University of Auckland* · University of Georgia*
2025
Annual Mergers & Acquisitions Research Centre Conference (MARC)* · Southern Finance Association (SFA) Annual Meeting · University of Louisville*
2024
UGA Football Conference Early Ideas Session*
* indicates presentations by coauthors
Teaching
Instructor of Record — University of Georgia
Behavioral Finance (upper-level undergraduate) · Fall 2023
Investment Management (upper-level undergraduate) · Spring 2025
