About Me

I am the David L. and Elsie M. Dodd Professor of Finance at the Columbia Business School and director of the school's Private Equity Program. My research studies private equity, venture capital, and the financing of high-growth entrepreneurial firms.

I investigate the interactions and differences between the public and private capital markets. It has appeared in the Journal of Finance, Journal of Financial Economics, Review of Financial Studies, and Management Science (among other). It has also appeared in the Economist, Bloomberg, and the New York Times. I am a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research and Associate Editor of the Journal of Financial Economics, Management Science and Journal of Corporate Finance. I edited the JCF Special Issue on Private Equity and was co-editor of the Journal of Economics & Management Strategy through 2024.

I received a Ph.D. in economics from the University of California, San Diego. Since 2006, I have been a quantitative advisor for Correlation Ventures, a quantitative-focused venture capital firm. I teach private equity and entrepreneurial finance at the Columbia Business School. Prior to joining Columbia in 2022, I was on the faculty at the California Institute of Technology and Carnegie Mellon University's Tepper School of Business.