Update: 26 January 2012
Apostolos Thomadakis

School of Economics
Faculty of Business, Economics and Law
University of Surrey
Guildford, Surrey, GU2 7XH
United Kingdom
Email: a.thomadakis@surrey.ac.uk 
              

PERSONAL DETAILS
Date of birth: March 1, 1984.
Nationality: Greek.
Languages: Greek (mother tongue); English (Fluent).

RESEARCH INTERESTS
Empirical Asset Pricing, Financial Econometrics, Time Series Analysis.

EDUCATION
PhD in Economics, University of Surrey, UK (2009-present).
Thesis: Contagion in financial markets: An investigation of the sub-prime mortgage crisis.
Supervisors: Dr Daniele Massacci and Professor Paul Levine.

MSc in Business Economics and Finance, University of Surrey, UK (2007-2009).
Dissertation: Regime-dependent correlations of stock and bond returns.
Supervisor: Dr Alex Mandilaras.

BSc in Physics, Aristotle’s University of Thessaloniki, Greece (2002-2007).
Dissertation: Econophysics, how we can combine physics and economics.
Supervisor: Professor Chariton Polatoglou

TEACHING
Teaching Assistant, Department of Economics, University of Surrey (2010-Currently):
          A. Undergraduate:
  - ECO1012: 1st Year Principles of Macroeconomics Workshops (Autumn-Spring 2010-11).
  - ECO2010: 2nd Year Intermediate Econometrics Workshops (Spring 2012).
          B. Postgraduate:
  - ECOM023: MSc Econometrics Tutorials (Spring 2011, 2012).

Maths Tutor, International Study Centre (ISC), University of Surrey (Autumn 2010).

OTHER EXPERIENCE
European Central Bank (ECB): Directorate General Economics/Monetary Policy/Capital Markets and Financial Structure (CMT) Division, Traineeship (July-November 2011).

FL-HOSES S.A., Greece, Sales Assistant (June-August 1999-2006).



PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Royal Economic Society, Econometric Society, Centre for International Macroeconomic Studies, University of Surrey (2009-), Representative of PhD Economic students University of Surrey (2010-), Member of the Surrey’s Postgraduate Research Conference 2012 Committee.  

COMPUTER SKILLS
MS-Office, Open Office, MATLAB, EViews, RATS, OX, Scientific Word.

SEMINAR PRESENTATIONS
- University of Surrey, Department of Economics, Postgraduate Research Seminar (April 2010).
- University of Surrey, Department of Economics, Postgraduate Research Seminar (May 2011). 
- European Central Bank, Capital Markets and Financial Structure Division Meeting (October 2011).

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
- Macro and Financial Econometrics Conference, Heidelberg University (September 2011).
- “Asset Pricing Models in the Aftermath of the Financial Crisis”, Discussion “Dynamic Correlations, Estimation Risk, and Portfolio Management during the Financial Crisis” by Luis Garcia Álvarez and Richard Luger, Joint Workshop by the ECB and the BoE, European Central Bank (November 2011). 
- 22nd (EC)² Conference “Econometrics for Policy Analysis: After the Crisis and Beyond” (Poster), Florence, PhD grant (December 2010).
- 5th Financial Risks International Forum on “Systemic Risk” (Poster), Paris, PhD grant (March 2012) (Scheduled).

WORK IN PROGRESS
1) Identification of Bull and Bear States in G7 Stock Markets During 2000-2010.
2) Contagion or Flight-to-Quality Phenomena in Stock and Bond Returns.
3) Measuring Financial Contagion with Extreme Coexceedances. 

REFERENCES
Dr. Daniele Massacci                                                                                       Professor Paul Levine
Department of Economics                                                                                    Department of Economics
University of Surrey                                                                                       University of Surrey
Guildford, Surrey, GU2 7XH                                                                                 Guildford, Surrey, GU2 7XH
United Kingdom                                                                                             United Kingdom
Email: dm355@cantab.net                                                                                    Email: p.levine@surrey.ac.uk 
Phone: +44 1483 68 6947                                                                                    Phone: +44 1483 68 9928  

Thomas Werner                                                                                              Mr John Wall (feedback on teaching)
Deputy Head of Capital Markets and Financial Structure Division                                            Department of Economics
European Central Bank                                                                                      University of Surrey                                     Kaiserstrasse 29, Frankfurt am Main                                                            Guildford, Surrey, GU2 7XH                                                                                        
Germany                                                                                                    United Kingdom
Email: thomas.werner@ecb.europa.eu                                                                         Email: j.wall@surrey.ac.uk 
Phone: +49 6913 44 8707                                                                                    Phone: +44 1483 68 9927