Melissa Porras Prado is a Full Professor of Finance at Nova School of Business and Economics. She has a Ph.D. in Finance from RSM Erasmus University. A primary theme of her research is to understand how market frictions affect institutional investor trading behaviour and asset prices. She published in leading academic journals such as the Journal of Finance, Journal of Financial Economics, and Review of Financial Studies among others. Her research has been presented at many international conferences, including the WFA, AFA and EFA meetings.

2012 - PhD in Finance - RSM Erasmus University

2010 - Visiting Research - Scholar University of Florida

2006 - Master in Finance - RSM Erasmus University

2005 - International Management, CEMS - RSM Erasmus University

2004 - Bachelor in Business Administration - RSM Erasmus University

Institutional Investment and Mutual Funds, Empirical asset pricing, Short Selling and Real Estate.