Laura Piovesan

Laura re­ceived her Bach­elor of Science in Phys­ics from the Fed­eral Uni­versity of Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil. Dur­ing this period, she spent a semester abroad at Porto Uni­versity in Por­tugal. She then con­tin­ued her edu­ca­tion in bank­ing and fin­ance at the Uni­versity of Vi­enna. Her mas­ter’s thesis fo­cuses on the ef­fects of sec­ond­ary share sales on IPOs. Dur­ing her un­der­gradu­ate stud­ies, Laura worked as a re­search and teach­ing assist­ant, and dur­ing her mas­ter’s course, she was an in­tern at Uni­Credit Bank Aus­tria in two dif­fer­ent de­part­ments. Laura en­joys cook­ing, read­ing, and spend­ing time with her friends.

Edu­ca­tion:

• Since 2020: PhD in Fin­ance at the Vi­enna Gradu­ate School of Fin­ance
• 2020: MSc in Bank­ing and Fin­ance, Uni­versity of Vi­enna
• 2014: BSc in Phys­ics, Fed­eral Uni­versity of Rio Grande do Sul