Research area

Performance Analysis, Applied Capital Market Theory, Empirical Finance, Climate Finance

Short biography

• 2019: Venia legendi (Privatdozent) in Business Administration, University of Augsburg
• 2018: Habilitation in Business Administation (Dr. habil.), University of Augsburg
• since 2011: Research associate and post-doctoral lecturer, University of Augsburg
• 2011: Doctorate in finance (Dr. rer. pol.)
• 2007-2011: Research associate and doctoral candidate, Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt
• 2007:  Diploma in Business Administration
• 2002-2007: Studies in Business Administration, Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt, Warsaw School of Economics (Poland), Stellenbosch University (South Africa)
• 2000-2002: Banking Apprenticeship, Frankfurter Sparkasse 1822, Degree: “Bankkaufmann”

Reviewer for refereed journals

• Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis
• Journal of Banking & Finance
• Journal of Asset Management

• Journal of Business Economics

• Journal of Empirical Legal Studies
• Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance
• Research in International Business and Finance
• Financial Analysts Journal
• The European Journal of Finance
• Small Business Economics
• Financial Review
• Eastern European Economics
• International Journal of Financial Studies
• Quantitative Finance

• Applied Economics Letters

• Emerging Markets Finance and Trade

• European Financial Management

• International Journal of Economics and Finance

• ABACUS

Miscellaneous

• Since 2019: Sustainable Finance Research Plattform ( Wissenschaftsplattform Sustainable Finance)

• Winner of the science award of the Kurt und Felicitas Viermetz Association 2017.
• Winner of the "Highest Impact Award" by the LIFE Climate Foundation Liechtenstein for the paper "Carbon Risk" (with Maximilan Görgen, Andrea Jacob, Martin Nerlinger and Marco Wilkens) at the Liechtenstein Green Summit 2017. 
• Accepted to a private discussion session with 1997 Nobel Laureat in Economics Robert C. Merton (MIT) at the 22nd Annual Meeting of the German Finance Association (DGF), Leipzig, September 25-26, 2015.

• Podcast summary of the article „Maturity-Matched Bond Fund Performance“ by Markus Natter, Martin Rohleder, and Marco Wilkens, published in the Second Quarter 2021 issue of the Financial Analysts Journal.

• Video summary of the article „The Effects of Mutual Fund Decarbonization on Stock Prices and Carbon Emissions“ by Martin Rohleder, Marco Wilkens, and Jonas Zink (Journal of Banking & Finance 2021, in  print)

*denotes presentations by co-authors

• 2019: 2019 Annual Meeting of the Financial Management Association International, New Orleans, USA, October 23-26,2019 FMA European Conference 2019, Glasgow, Scottland, June 12 - 14, 2019, 5th European Retail Investment Conference (ERIC), Stuttgart, Germany, April 10-12, 2019, 2019 American Economic Association Meetings*, Atlanta, Georgia, January 04-06.
• 2018: Southwestern Finance Association Annual Meeting, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA, March 07-10, Midwest Finance Association 2018 Annual Meeting, San Antonio, USA, March 01-03, Eastern Finance Association 2018 Annual Meetings, Philadelphia, USA, April 11-14, VHB Pfingsttagung, Magdeburg, Germany, May 23-25, FMA European Conference, Kristiansand, Norway, June 12-15, 45th European Finance Association Annual Meeting, Warsaw, Poland, August 22-25, DGF Annual Meeting, Trier, September 21-22, NAMA 2018, Augsburg, Germany, October 04-05.
• 2017: GOR AG FIFI Workshop 2017, Magdeburg, March29-30, 2017, 2017 FMA European Conference, Lisbon, Portugal, June 22-23, 2017, World Finance Conference, Cagliari University, Sardinia, Italy, July 26 - 28, 2017, 4th European Retail Investment Conference, Stuttgart, Germany, May 17-19, 2017, 79. Jahrestagung des VHB, St. Gallen, June 07-09, 2017, HVB PhD Workshop 2017*, Riederau, May 25-27, 2017, GOR International Conference on Operations Research*, Berlin, September 06-08 , 2017, 24th Annual Meeting of the German Finance Association, Ulm, October 06-07, 2017, Universität Liechtenstein Green Summit*, Vaduz, May 23, 2017, Vietnam Symposium in Banking and Finance*, Ho Chi Minh City, October 26-28, 2017, IFABS Asia Conference, Ningbo, China, August 31 - September 02, 2017, Southern Finance Association Annual Meeting*, Key West, November 15-18, 2017.
• 2016: 78. Jahrestagung des VHB, Munich, May 18-20, FMA European Conference, Helsinki, Juni 9-10, Southern Finance Association Annual Meeting*, Sandestin, November 16-19, GOR Society of Operations Research Workshop Financial Management and Financial Institutions, April 4.
• 2015: 64th Midwest Finance Association Annual Meeting*, Chicago, March 4-7, 54th Conference of the Southwestern Finance Association*, Houston, March 11-15, Eastern Finance Association Annual Meeting*, New Orleans, April 8-11, 18th Conference of the Swiss Society for Financial Markets Research*, Zurich, April 10, 3rd European Retail Investment Conference (ERIC)*, Stuttgart, April 22-24, 2015 Financial Management Association European Conference*, Venice, June 11-12, 22nd Annual Meeting of the German Finance Association (DGF), Leipzig, September 25-26, Southern Finance Association Annual Meeting*, Captiva Island, November 18-21, 28th Australasian Finance and Banking Conference*, Sydney, December 16-18.
• 2014: 63rd Midwest Finance Association Annual Meeting, Orlando, March 5-8, 53rd Conference of the Southwestern Finance Association, Dallas, March 12-15, Financial Management Association European Conference, Maastricht, June 11-13, IFABS Conference, Lisbon, June 18-20, Northern Finance Association Conference*, Ottawa, September 12-14, Conference of the Southern Finance Association*, Key West, November 19-22.
• 2013: 62nd Midwest Finance Association Annual Meeting*, Chicago, March 13-16, 59th Eastern Finance Association Annual Meeting*, St. Pete Beach, April 10-13, 20th Annual Meeting of the German Finance Association, Wuppertal*, September 27-28.
• 2012: 61st Midwest Finance Association Annual Meeting, New Orleans, February 22-25, 51st Conference of the Southwestern Finance Association, New Orleans, February 29-March 2, European Financial Management Association Symposium on Asset Pricing*, Hamburg, April 12-14.
• 2011: European Retail Investment Conference Doctoral Consortium*, Stuttgart, February 23, 9th ATINER International Conference on Finance, Athens, July 3-7, Symposium on Finance, Banking and Insurance*, Karslruhe, December 15-16.
• 2009: 48th Southwestern Finance Association Annual Meeting*, Oklahoma City, February 24-28, 12th Conference of the Swiss Society for Financial Market Research*, Geneva, April 3, Eastern Finance Association Meeting*, Washington, April 29 - May 2, 71st Annual Conference of the German Academic Association of Business Research (VHB)*, Nürnberg, June 3-6, 2009 FMA European Conference*, Turin, June 3-5, European Financial Management Association Annual Meeting*, Milan, June 24-27, FMA European Conference*, Turin, June 4-5, FMA Annual Meeting*, Reno, October 21-24, Southern Finance Association Meeting*, Captiva Island, November 18-21.
• 2008: 57th Midwest Finance Association Annual Meeting, San Antonio, February 27-March 1, 47th Conference of the Southwestern Finance Association, Houston, March 6-8, 11th Conference of the Swiss Society for Financial Market Research, Zuerich, April 11, 54th Eastern Finance Association Annual Meeting*, St. Pete Beach, Florida, April 9-12, Financial Management Association European Conference, Prague, June 4-6, 15th Annual Meeting of the German Finance Association, Muenster, October 10-11, Conference of the Southern Finance Association*, Key West, November 19-22, 21st Australasian Finance and Banking Conference*, Sydney, December 16-18.