01/2024–present: Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Chair for Energy Trading and Finance, Prof. Dr. R. Kiesel
12/2019–12/2023: Research Assistant, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Chair for Energy Trading and Finance, Prof. Dr. R. Kiesel
10/2017–12/2019: Research Aide, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Chair for Energy Trading and Finance, Prof. Dr. R. Kiesel
10/2017–12/2019: Research Aide, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Chair of Econometrics, Prof. Dr. C. Hanck
04/2017–09/2017: Student Assistant, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Chair for Energy Trading and Finance, Prof. Dr. R. Kiesel
04/2016–09/2017: Student Assistant, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Chair of Econometrics, Prof. Dr. C. Hanck
10/2014–01/2015: Student Assistant, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Chair of Econometrics, Prof. Dr. C. Hanck
Education
2019–2023: Doctor (Dr. rer. pol.) in Mathematical Finance, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Chair for Energy Trading and Finance, Prof. Dr. R. Kiesel, magna cum laude
2017–2019: M.Sc. Energy & Finance, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, with distinction
2013–2017: B.Sc. Business Administration, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, among the top 2.5%
Honours and Awards
Best Paper Award at the 8th Conference of the Energy Finance Italia
Best Paper Award (ESG & Sustainable Finance) at the Clermont Financial Innovation Workshop
Blasberg, A.; Kiesel, R.: Climate Risk in Structural Credit Models. In: Benth, F. E.; Veraart, A. E. D. (Ed.): Quantitative Energy Finance: Recent Trends and Developments. Springer, 2023, p. 247-267. doi:10.1007/978-3-031-50597-3_7Details
Blasberg, A.; Kiesel, R.; Taschini, L.: Carbon Default Swap – Disentangling the Exposure to Carbon Risk Through CDS, 2021. Details
Blasberg, A.; Graf von Luckner, N.; Kiesel, R.: Modeling the Serial Structure of the Hawkes Process Parameters for Market Order Arrivals on the German Intraday Power Market. In: 16th International Conference on the European Energy Market (EEM) (2019), p. 1-6. doi:10.1109/EEM.2019.8916326Details
Courses
SS 2024: Structuring & Valuation
WS 2023/2024: Energy Trading
SS 2023: Selected Topics in Risk Management
WS 2022/2023: Energy Trading, Basic Course Financial Mathematics, Selected Topics in Risk Management
SS 2022: Structuring & Valuation, Selected Topics in Risk Management
WS 2021/22: Energy Trading, Basic Course Financial Mathematics
SS 2021: Structuring & Valuation
WS 2020/21: Energy Trading
SS 2020: Structuring & Valuation, Selected Topics in Risk Management
WS 2019/20: Energy Trading
Tutored Theses
Climate Risk in CDS (Master Thesis Business Administration, in progress)
Mergers & Acquisition and Carbon Risk (Master Thesis Business Administration, in progress)
Empirical Risk Assessment of the European Carbon Market (Master Thesis Business Administration)
Climate Change & COVID-19 - Catastrophic Bonds as a Suitable Hedging Instrument? (Master Thesis Business Administration)
The Divergence of ESG Ratings - Do They Really Measure the Same? (Bachelor Thesis Business Administration)
Financial Modeling and Analysis of Transitional Climate Risk Measures (Master Thesis Business Administration)
Portfolio Optimization under ESG Constraints (Master Thesis Business Administration)
Climate Risk in Credit Models (Master Thesis Business Administration)
Climate Risks in Bond Markets (Master Thesis Business Administration)
Incorporating Climate Risk in Merton's Credit Risk Model (Master Thesis Business Administration)
Conferences
02/2024: Stochastic Modelling in Insurance, Asset Management and Banking Workshop, Burghausen, Germany.