Leonidas Barbopoulos

Leonidas joined The University of Edinburgh as an Associate Professor (Reader) of Finance in July 2019. Prior to joining The University of Edinburgh, he was an Associate Professor of Finance at the Adam Smith Business School (University of Glasgow) and an Assistant Professor of Financial Economics within the School of Economics and Finance at the University of St. Andrews.

Leonidas is a visiting Research Professor of Finance at NYU Stern School of Business (New York University, NY) and regularly visits as an Associate Professor of Finance the Mason School of Business at the College of William & Mary (VA) and the Harvard Business School at Harvard University (MA). Leonidas is a fellow of the UK Higher Education Academy and an Associate Editor at the International Review of Financial Analysis.

BSc (University of Piraeus; LSE), MSc (University of Durham), D.Phil (University of Durham), PgCert (University of Durham).

Education

• Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Durham University (2006 — 2010)
• Master of Science (MSc) Durham University (2004 — 2006)
• BSc Financial Economics University of Piraeus (1999 — 2004)
• Int'd (BSc Mathematics and Economics) The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)

Companies

• Associate Professor (Reader) of Finance The University of Edinburgh (2019)
• Visiting Research Professor of Finance NYU Stern School of Business (2018)
• Associate Professor (Senior Lecturer) of Finance Adam Smith Business School (University of Glasgow) (2017 — 2018)
• Assistant Professor of Financial Economics University of St Andrews (2010 — 2017)
• Visiting Scholar Harvard Business School (2015 — 2015)
• Visiting Research Fellow William & Mary (2014 — 2015)
• Lecturer in Financial Econometrics Durham University (2006 — 2010)