Pradeep Muthukrishnan joined the Freeman School after earning a PhD in Finance from Cornell University. Pradeep's research is in the field of empirical corporate finance with a focus on financial contracting and its applications in intermediation and labor markets. Prior to his doctoral studies, Pradeep worked at Deutsche Bank in credit derivatives trading. He holds a master's degree in financial economics from the University of Oxford and a bachelor's degree in Aerospace Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur.