Thomas Gilbert

Education

• PhD University of California, Berkeley (2008)
• MS University of California, Berkeley (2005)
• MSci Imperial College London (2002)

Academic Expertise

• asset pricing
• business valuation
• economics
• financial markets

• growth management

• investing

• managerial economics

• public finance

• regulation

Industries

• Aerospace
• Aircraft
• Airline
• Computer

• Defense

• Education

• Financial Services

• Investment Banking

• Pension Funds

• Real Estate

• Securities & Commodity Exchanges

• Technology

Current Research

• "The (Optimal) Capital Structure of Universities"
• "Are Large and Risky Endowments Signals of University Quality" with Christopher Hrdlicka
• "Why do Donors Donate to Universities with Large and Risky Endowments?" with Christopher Hrdlicka
• "The Impact of Macroeconomic News on Corporate Polices" with Ran Duchin

Positions Held

• At the University of Washington since 2008
• Researcher in Complexity Group of Didier Sornette, Department of Geophysics and Space Physics, University of California, Los Angeles, 2002-2003
• Chief Financial Officer, LIDAR Technologies, London, UK, 2001-2002
• Summer Analyst, Citigroup Global Corporate & Investment Bank, London, UK, 2000, 2001

Honors and Awards

• PACCAR Award for Teaching Excellence, 2010, 2017
• MBA Core Professor of the Year, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016 & 2017
• Poets & Quants 40 Under 40 Best MBA Professor, 2016
• Commonfund Prize for the Best Paper on Foundation and Endowment Asset Management, EFA Annual Meeting, 2013
• Ph.D. Program Mentoring Award, 2012
• Daniel R. Siegel Service Award, 2011, 2017
• Charles E. Summer Outstanding Teaching Award, 2011, 2017
• MBA Core Professor of the Quarter, Aut 2009, Aut 2010, Aut 2011, Aut 2012, Aut 2013, Aut 2015 & Aut 2016
• Outstanding graduate student instructor award, Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley, 2005-2007
• UC Regents'' Fellowship, 2006-2007
• Dean Witter Foundation Fellowship, 2003-2007
• Henry K. Hayase Ph.D. Award, 2004

Academic Service

• Referee for the Journal of Finance, the Review of Financial Studies, Management Science, the Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, the Journal of Business and Economic Statistics, the Journal of Banking and Finance, the Journal of Corporate Finance, Finance Research Letters, the Journal of Financial Markets, the Journal of Education Finance and Policy, and the Review of Finance.
• Western Finance Association Conference Program Committee, 2010-2017
• European Finance Association Conference Program Committee, 2013-2016