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A graduate of the Faculty of Management and Economics at the Gdańsk University of Technology. Since 2008, he has been employed as an Assistant at the Department of Finance at the Faculty of Management and Economics of the Gdańsk University of Technology. In 2015, he defended (in the discipline of economics) his doctoral dissertation entitled "Alternative investments - profitability and risk". Since 2016, he has been employed as an assistant professor at the Department of Economic Analysis and Finance at the Gdańsk University of Technology.

His scientific interests mainly relate to understanding the mechanisms of price bubbles, the use of event analysis in the valuation of shares and the construction of an investment portfolio using not only traditional investments but also less-known alternative investments, among which he devotes the most attention to such markets as the precious stones market, the investment wines market and the raw material market. Since 2013, he has been a member of the Polish Finance and Banking Association. He organized the "First Million" competition and conference together with the Kronenberg Foundation.

Member of the Competition Committee of the international competition T.I.M.E.S.. Scientific supervisor (Faculty Advisor) of the team participating in the CFA Research Challenge competition. Mentor in the "School of Eagles" program implemented by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education under the Operational Program Knowledge Education Development co-financed by the European Social Fund.

Research Interests

  • price bubble analysis,
  • event analysis in the valuation of shares,
  • modern portfolio theory,
  • hedonic regression.

Courses taught

  • alternative investments,
  • financial mathematics,
  • corporate finance,
  • investments strategies.

Diploma theses topics

  • Optimal portfolio - theory and management.
  • Traditional and Alternative Investment Markets (for example hedge funds, wine investments, commodities, gemstones, currencies).
  • Simple and discounted methods of valuation of investment projects.
  • Real estate market.
  • Sources of financing corporates and investments.
  • Financial engineering.
  • Problems of corporate finance management (stocks, receivables and liabilities management).
  • Price bubbles theory.

Consultation hours in the winter semester 2024-2025

Wednesdays 10:00-10:45 (during teaching periods)

Saturdays 12:50-13:35 (only past-time studies)

Room 403 at: https://campus.pg.edu.pl/room/393/?lang=en

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