Berk A. Sensoy
Curriculum Vitae
Fisher College of Business Phone: 614-***-****
Ohio State University Fax: 614-***-****
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Columbus, OH 43210 fisher.osu.edu/fin/faculty/sensoy
Education
Ph.D., Finance, June 2006, Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago.
MBA, June 2006, Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago.
B.S., Physics (Music minor),summa cum laude, May 1999, Duke University.
Current Academic A liations
Assistant Professor of Finance, Fisher College of Business, Ohio State University, 2009-
present.
Teaching: Entrepreneurial Finance (MBA), Financial Management (MBA core).
Associate Editor, Review of Financial Studies, 2012-present.
Employment History
Visiting Assistant Professor of Finance, Fuqua School of Business, Duke University, 2008-
2009.
Teaching: Entrepreneurial Finance (MBA), Venture Capital and Private Equity (MBA).
Research Faculty, Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation.
Assistant Professor of Finance, Marshall School of Business, University of Southern
California,
2006-2009.
Teaching: Entrepreneurial Finance (Undergraduate and MBA).
Research Faculty, Lloyd Greif Center for Entrepreneurial Studies.
Teaching Assistant, Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago, 2002-2005
(Profs.
Gene
Fama and Steve Kaplan).
Systems Engineer, Lockheed Martin Corporation, 1999-2001
.
Publications
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Research Presentations
Conference presentations of joint work by coauthors are indicated with an asterisk.
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2012: AFA Annual Meeting, London Business School Fifth Annual Private Equity Symposium, 4
Paris Spring Corporate Finance Conference, EFA Annual Meeting.
2011: AFA Annual Meeting*, Wharton Conference in Honor of Marshall Blume*, London Busi-
ness School Fourth Annual Private Equity Symposium*, WFA Annual Meeting, EFMA Annual
Meeting*, Kauffman/RCFS Entrepreneurial Finance and Innovation Conference, Fifth
Singapore
International Finance Conference*, NBER Summer Institute Entrepreneurship Meeting*, EFA
An-
nual Meeting*, Tilburg University, Erasmus University Rotterdam, UNC/UAI Foundation
Private
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Equity Conference, University of Oxford, Washington University 8 Annual Corporate Finance
Conference (discussant), Sixth International Conference on Asia-Pacific Financial
Markets*.
NBER Fall Corporate Finance Program Meeting, Harvard Business School, University of
Illinois.
2009: Ohio State University, Duke University, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago Conference
on
Bank Structure and Competition, EFA Annual Meeting*, NBER Entrepreneurship Working Group
Meeting (discussion).
2008:University of Rochester, University of Maryland, Duke University, Vanderbilt
University, Uni-
versity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Frontiers of Finance Conference, NBER
Entrepreneurship
Working Group Meeting*, UCLA-UCI-USC Finance Day (discussion).
2007: University of Oregon.
2006: NBER Spring Corporate Finance Program Meeting, University of Rochester, Harvard
Busi-
ness School, Cornell University, Arizona State University, University of Southern
California, Wash-
ington University, University of Maryland, AEA Annual Meeting*.
2005: University of Chicago (twice), FMA Annual Meeting.
Awards, Grants, and Honors
Distinguished Referee Award,Review of Financial Studies, 2012.
Research Fellow, GE Capital National Center for the Middle Market, 2012.
Winner, Korea Investment & Securities Co., Ltd. Outstanding Paper Award, Sixth
International
Conference on Asia-Pacific Financial Markets, 2011.
Winner, Wharton School WRDS Award for Best Empirical Finance Paper, Western Finance Asso-
ciation Meeting, 2011.
Winner, Q Group Roger F. Murray Prize for Excellence in Quantitative Research in Finance,
First
Prize, 2011.
Finalist, Brattle Prize for best corporate finance paper in theJournal of Finance, 2009.
Research Grant, Lloyd Greif Center for Entrepreneurial Studies, 2007.
Fischer Black Fellowship, 2005-2006.
University of Chicago Graduate School of Business Fellowship, 2001-2006.
Professional Service
Associate Editor: Review of Financial Studies, 2012-present.
Referee:
Finance
Studies,Review of Finance,Review of Financial Studies.
Session Chair: AFA Annual Meeting (2011).
Program Committee Member: European Finance Association (2011, 2012), European Financial
Management Association (2012), Financial Management Association (2008, 2009), Paris
Spring Cor-
porate Finance Conference (2012).
Dissertation Committees: Ran Duchin (Assistant Professor, University of Michigan, 2008),
Ji-Woong
Chung (Assistant Professor, Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2010), Yingdi Wang
(Assistant Pro-
fessor, California State University - Fullerton, 2011).