Maria Marchica

Biography

Maria-Teresa Marchica joined the Manchester Business School as a lecturer (assistant professor) in finance in September 2005. She has a PhD in Economics from the University of York where she also worked as a teaching fellow for two years. She took her MSc in Economics and Finance at the University of York and her BA in Economics at the University of Trento, Italy. She is currently a member of the American Finance Association, European Economic Association, European Finance Association, Financial Intermediation Research Society, Financial Management Association, Society for Financial Studies, and Western Finance Association.

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Awards and Grants

Awards

Research

2013                Semifinalist for the Best Paper Award at FMA International , Chicago (US)

2012                BlackRock/Brennan Best Paper--Runner Up Award for outstanding paper in the Review of Financial Studies

This is the first time that the award has been given to academics from a British Institution. This award has been given to academics mostly affiliated to top US schools and only three top worldwide known universities (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, and Concordia University). (http://rfssfs.org/awards/)

2010                Semifinalist for the Best Paper Award at FMA International , New York (US)

1998-1993              Awards for academic excellence in each academic year from 1993/94 to 1997/98, University of Trento (Italy)

Teaching

2017                Teaching Excellence for BMAN30111 module

2016                Teaching Excellence for BMAN30111 module

2015                Teaching Excellence for BMAN30111 module

2014                Nomination for the University of Manchester Teaching Award 2014

                        Teaching Excellence for BMAN30111 module

2013                Undergraduate Academic of the Year Award

This is a student nominated award for the member of staff that they feel has most enhanced their undergraduate experience at MBS. The motivation they give is the following: "You were singled out as having consistently delivered a high standard of teaching; making finance courses pleasurable; for your enthusiasm in providing feedback to students and for being ‘not just a fantastic academic but a great educator’."

2007                Nomination for the University of Manchester Teaching Award

_ Grants _

2016            AMBS Strategic Fund, approx. £23,000. Co-Investigator

                     Lord Alliance research investment fund, approx £120,000. Principal Investigator

2015            AMBS Research Support Fund, approx. £15,000. Principal Investigator

                      AMBS Strategic Fund, approx. £23,000. Co-Investigator

2008             FP7-MC-ITN-2008-RISK, “Risk Management and Risk Reporting” , approx 3.5 million euro. Sub-programme coordinator of the Corporate Finance area

2005             RES Conference Grant

2005-2002  ESRC Research Studentship “+3” , ESRC

2004-2002 S cholarship for advanced research , University of Verona (Italy)

2001          Scholarship for postgraduate studies in Economics, University of Trento (Italy)

2000            Meritorious graduate students scholarship , University of Trento (Italy)