Andrea Buraschi The University of Chicago Booth School of Business Professor of Finance | Visiting Imperial College London Business School Chair in Finance 5807 South Woodlawn Avenue Chicago, IL 60637 773.834.7123 Office HC418 Official webpage: Official webpage end_of_the_skype_highlightingE-mail: Andrea.Buraschi@ChicagoBooth.edu

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Professor Buraschi’s research interests are in the fields of Financial Economics, Asset Pricing, and Derivatives.

Since 2011, he is at The University of Chicago Booth School of Business as a Visiting Professor of Finance, where he teaches Investments (35000).

Professor Buraschi has held positions previously at London Business School and Imperial College London Business School where he still serves as Chair of Finance; until 2011 he was the Director of the Master in Finance, and the Director of the Master in Risk Management and Financial Engineering at Imperial.

He earned his PhD from The University of Chicago specializing in Financial Economics and Econometrics. His current research projects focus on four themes of finance:

1. Economic Uncertainty and Differences in Beliefs(link);
2. Correlation Risk and Optimal Portfolio Choice;
   
3. Hedge Fund Performance and Agency Contracts;
4. The Roles of Networks in Asset Pricing.

His work has been published by several journal including The Journal of Finance, The Journal of Financial Economics, Review of Financial Studies, Journal of Derivatives and The Journal of Banking and Finance.

Professor Buraschi is the recipient of the following awards:

- The 2012 NYSE Euronext Award – "Dynamic Networks and Asset Prices" (Best Paper Award).
- The 2010 Inquire Europe Award for his work "No Place to Hide: Correlation Risk and the Cross-Section of Hedge Fund Returns" with Kosowski and Trojani.
- The 2010 Q-Group Award for his work "Macroeconomic Uncertainty, Difference in Beliefs and Bond Risk Premia" with P. Whelan.
- The 2006 Inquire Europe Award for his work "Correlation Risk and Optimal Portfolio Choice" with Porchia and Trojani.
- The 1999 WFA Award for Best Paper in Investments.
- The Teacher of the Year Award (Innovation in Teaching) at London Business School; Dean Teaching Award at Imperial College London in 2007.