M.Sc. Micha Bender

Research Assistant

Micha Bender focuses on empirical financial market research. Furthermore, he is interested in the application of machine learning methods, natural language processing and alternative data sets in the financial market context.

Micha Bender received his Bachelor’s degree in Business Education from Goethe University. Afterwards, he completed his Master’s degree in Business Administration at Goethe University. During his studies he worked as a student assistant at the chair of e-finance and studied a semester abroad at HEC Liège in Belgium. In his thesis, he analyzed and classified risks in the financial market context based on machine learning algorithms. Micha Bender gained professional experience working at Accenture, KfW Entwicklungsbank, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), Deutsche Bank and J.P. Morgan. Since January 2020, Micha Bender is research assistant at the chair of e-Finance.