José Carlos Dias is Full Professor of Finance at the Department of Finance of Iscte Business School. He holds a PhD degree in Finance from Iscte and is the Director of the Department of Finance. He was also the Director of the PhD in Finance and the Director of the Master in Finance of Iscte Business School. His current research interests include option pricing, structured products and exotic options, volatility derivatives, real options and credit risk. He has published in the Journal of Banking and Finance, Quantitative Finance, European Journal of Operational Research, European Journal of Finance, Journal of Futures Markets, International Journal of Theoretical and Applied Finance, Review of Derivatives Research, Journal of Derivatives, and Applied Mathematics and Optimization, among others.

Luciana Barbosa joined ISCTE-IUL in 2021 as an Assistant Professor. She has published articles in top-ranked international journals, such as the European Journal of Operational Research, Energy Economics and Emerging Markets Review. She has teaching experience at the undergraduate and graduate level. Her current research interests include the following topics: real options, game theory, investment decisions, renewable energy and real estate. Luciana has more than 20 years of Financial Analysis experience in Brazil, USA, UK and Portugal. Education includes a Ph.D. degree with distinction within the MIT Portugal Program at Instituto Superior Técnico, a Master degree in Finance with distinction at Lancaster University Management School (UK), and a Master degree in Industrial Engineering with distinction at Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil).

I got a PhD in Economics from the University of Alicante in 2006. I am doing research in the area of financial economics and have also taught in this area. Before ISCTE, I worked at the Catholic University of Portugal, and did three internships at the European Central Bank. I was also a visiting scholar at the Sloan School of Management of MIT.

  Education       Academic part of Doctorate Program in Corporate Finance       Universidade Complutense de Madrid e Universidade Autónoma de Madrid, Spain       from October 2008 to July 2010. Final Grade Average: 7.5 points in 10       MBA specialized in Finance       UCP - Católica-Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal       from September 1996 to July 1998. Final Grade Average: 15 points in 20       Degree in Management (electives in Finance)       ISCTE-IUL – Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal       from October 1986 to July 1991. Final Grade Average: 16 points in 20           Work experience       Since 2001, ISCTE – IUL, Lisbon. Invited Lecturer of Corporate Finance and Markets, in undergraduate, master and post-graduate degrees, namely in courses of Project Evaluation, Capital Budgeting, Financial Analysis, Return and Solvency, Financial Calculation, Capital Markets, Bonds and Shares, Capital Structure and Funding, Finance in Marketing (mostly held in English and with a very strong component of case studying). Co-author in two finance books. Communication, writing and motivating skills and flexibility.       Since 2009, Analyst, as freelancer, of new business projects of Portuguese SMEs in several industries. Capital Budgeting, Project Evaluation. Investment decision maker and financial consultant. Critical thinking skills.       Investor and Manager of own portfolio of financial and real estate assets.       From 2002 to 2009, Founder and managing director of a small business in the tourism and events industry, managing a team of 10 employees. Strong customer relations. Business sold in successful performance momentum. Interpersonal, planning and organizational skills.       From 1991 to 2001, Banco BCP / Banco Mello / Fungest (currently Banco BPI) – Portuguese Investment Banks, Lisbon. Portfolio Manager of Mutual Funds and Pension Funds. Equity analysis, Fixed income analysis, Data analysis, Investment decision, Trading operations, Performance evaluation, Financial Marketing. Analytical, quantitative and forecast skills.