Teaching

I see teaching as an essential part of being an academic. Only with good education can we keep our minds attentive and prepare the next generation for a brighter future

MIT: Guest Lecturing

Program: Master of Science in Real Estate Development

Academic Year: 2023-2024

I have guest lectured for the courses: Sustainable Real Estate: Economics and Business & Portfolio Management on the topic of sustainable investing (in listed real estate)

Open University Netherlands: Value Analytics

Program: MBA

Academic Year: 2021-2023

I created this course on data analysis in practice from scratch and functioned as course coordinator for multiple years. The course enabled mid-career practitioners and government officials to work more easily with large datasets, perform statistical analyses, and automate illustrative reports. It involved multiple lectures and large practical assignments.

MIT & Maastricht University & Open University: Thesis Supervision

Program: Graduate (Masters programs in Economics, Business, and Management)

Academic Year: 2019-2024

I have supervised 43 master thesis students, 42 of whom successfully finished their thesis and graduated.

Maastricht University & Open University: Finance 1.5 (Teacher Evaluation 9.7/10)

Program: Economics and Business First-year Undergraduate

Academic Year: 2022-2023

I taught this elementary corporate finance course in the Maastricht University Problem-Based Learning (PBL) format. PBL is an innovative and highly interactive teaching format in which small groups of students prepare and present the course material, and teachers supervise the discussion and ensure the right topics and content are discussed. In this setting, I taught three groups of 20 students twice a week for eight weeks.

Maastricht University: Fixed income (Teacher Evaluation 8.8/10)

Program: Financial Economics Graduate (Masters program - Elective)

Academic Year: 2021-2022

I taught this advanced fixed-income course in the Maastricht University Problem-Based Learning (PBL) format. This course discussed, among others, Strips, Collateralized Debt Obligations, Mortgage Backed Securities, Covered bonds, Credit Ratings, Inflation Protected Bonds, Term Structures, Callable Bonds, Trenching, Seniority, and Credit Default Swaps. Further, it covered weekly Harvard cases with the associated assignments.

Maastricht University: Institutional Investors (Teacher Evaluation 8.4/10)

Program: Financial Economics Graduate (Masters program - Elective)

Academic Year: 2020-2021

I taught this advanced portfolio management course in the Maastricht University Problem-Based Learning (PBL) format. This course was primarily focused on the characteristics and operations of multiple types of pension funds, their assets allocation and portfolio maximization, and sustainable investing.

Maastricht University: Finance and Macroeconomics (Teacher Evaluation 8.2/10)

Program: Econometrics  Second-year Undergraduate

Academic Year: 2020-2021

I taught this intermediate finance course in the Maastricht University Problem-Based Learning (PBL) format. The first half of this course (which I thought) was focused on providing proof of elementary principles in finance, such as the efficient frontier and the CAPM model.

Maastricht University: Academic Skills and Competencies (Teacher Evaluation 9.4/10)

Program: International Business - Pre Master

Academic Year: 2019-2020

I taught this course introduced applied sciences students to reading and analyzing academic articles in preparation for their Master's programs. It was taught in the Maastricht University Problem-Based Learning (PBL) format