Other activities

Grants and honours

• ‘Institute for Quantitative Investment Research (INQUIRE) UK’, Research Grant, 2006-2008, for the project titled: ‘Hedge fund return predictability: model selection and implications for wealth allocation’ (joined with I.D. Vrontos)

• ‘D.N. Chorafas Foundation’ award in recognition of the work ‘Return-Based Pricing Kernels: Inferring Investors’ Risk Preference from Option Prices and Asset Returns’, 2001

• ‘City University Business School PhD Scholarship’, 2000 – 2001

• ‘Alexander S. Onassis’ Public Benefit Foundation Scholarship, 1998 – 2001

• ‘Astron Maritime Co. SA’ Scholarship, 1998 – 2001

• ‘Eugenides Foundation’ Scholarship, 1998 – 1999

PhD Committees

• 'Advanced techniques for the measurement of financial risk'. Department of Accounting and Finance, Athens University of Economics and Business, February 2005.

• 'Contigent claims valuation (provisional title)'. Department of Accounting and Finance, Athens University of Economics and Business, February 2005.

• 'Estimation of the business and credit risk in shipping investments (provisional title)'. Department of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, 2003 -.

Conference program committees, seminars etc.

• Financial Management Association 2008 Annual Meeting, Texas/USA, October 2008 (Scientific Committee)

• SNAME 2nd International Symposium on 'Ship Operations, Management, and Economics', Athens/Greece, September 2008 (Member of the Scientific Committee)

• European Financial Management Association 2008 Annual Meeting, Athens/Greece, June 2008 (Program/Scientific and Organizing Committees)
  
• 'Advances of Derivatives, Asset Allocation and Alternative Investments' in the 2nd International Symposium AFF (with G. Skiadopoulos).

Member of the:

• AFA (American Finance Association), IAFE (International Association of Financial Engineers), GARP (Global Association of Risk Professionals), AFFI (Association Francaise de Finance).