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Michael W. Brandt is the Kalman J. Cohen Professor Emeritus at the Fuqua School of Business, Duke University. He holds a Ph.D. in Finance, an M.B.A., and an M.Sc. in Economics from the University of Chicago and the London School of Economics, respectively. His research focuses on empirical theoretical finance, particularly in the areas of real-time processing of macroeconomic data in financial markets. He specializes in quantitative portfolio management, risk management, currency and fixed income markets, and financial econometrics. Brandt's work has been published in leading academic journals such as the American Economic Review, Journal of Business, Journal of Finance, Journal of Financial Economics, Journal of Monetary Economics, and the Review of Financial Studies. He has served as co-editor of the Review of Finance, which is the official journal of the European Finance Association, and as an associate editor for the Journal of Finance, the official journal of the American Finance Association. In addition, he is a Faculty Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER). Before joining Fuqua in 2003, he worked at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania for six years.
Duke University's Fuqua School of Business • Durham, NC
Conducts empirical theoretical research in finance and teaches courses related to finance and investments.
Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania • Philadelphia, PA
Focusing on quantitative finance and served in various roles within the finance department.
Department of Biomedical Engineering (MS program)