Albert Menkveld is Associate Professor of Finance at VU University Amsterdam. In 2002, he received a Tinbergen PhD from Erasmus University Rotterdam. He spent 18 months of his PhD as visiting scholar at Wharton and Stanford on a Fulbright scholarship. He visited NYU-Stern in 2004-2005 and in 2008-2010.
Albert has published in various journals, e.g., Journal of Finance, Journal of Business and Economic Statistics, and Journal of Financial Intermediation.
In 2007 he received the Pierson medal ("Dutch Bates Clark") from the Royal Dutch Economic Association; in 2004 a three-year VENI grant from the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO); in 2003 a Lamfalussy scholarship from the European Central Bank; and in 2001 the Josseph de la Vega Prize from the Federation of European Exchanges.
Albert has been a member of the academic council of the Autorité des Marchés Financiers ("French SEC") since 2004.