EDUCATION Ph.D., Finance (2007) Georgia Institute of Technology        Thesis: Three Essays on the Role of Information Networks in Financial Markets B.Tech (Honors), Chemical Engineering (2002) Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT Assistant Professor of Finance, July  2007-present Loyola University Chicago, Graduate School of Business RESEARCH/TEACHING INTERESTS Investments: Mutual funds; Private equity and venture capital Corporate Finance: IPOs; Mergers and acquisitions Behavioral Finance Information Economics PUBLICATIONS “Are there Real Effects of Licensing on Academic Research? A Life Cycle View” (with Marie Thursby , Jerry Thursby) Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Vol. 63, August 2007, 577-598; NBER WP #11497; funded by National Science Foundation (SES 0094573), Alan and Mildred Peterson Foundation and the Marion Ewing Kauffman Foundation “Mars-Venus Marriages: Culture and Cross-border M&A” (with Rajesh Chakrabarti, Narayanan Jayaraman) Journal of International Business Studies, forthcoming. WORKING PAPERS “Informal Information Networks: The Impact on Performance of Mutual Fund Portfolios” American Finance Association (AFA) Annual Meeting 2008 (New Orleans) “When Active Fund Managers Deviate from their Peers: The Impact on Performance” American Finance Association (AFA) Annual Meeting 2009 (San Francisco); CRSP Forum 2008 “What Drives Home Bias in Corporate Investments? Evidence from U.S. domestic M&A”  (with Cheol Eun)  “Information Networks and the Psychology of Success: The Case of Venture Capital Funds” RESEARCH IN PROGRESS M&A, IPO and Venture Capital  (with Susan Chaplinsky) Asset Prices and Information Networks in the Mutual Fund Industry Syndication Networks, Signaling and Valuation in Biotech Start-up Financing  (with Matthew Higgins, Marie Thursby) Social Networks in the Venture Capital Industry (with Richard Fu) HONORS AND AWARDS Summer research award, Center for Risk Management, Loyola University Chicago (2008) National Science Foundation (NSF) IGERT Graduate Associate (2004-2006) American Finance Association Student Travel Award (2006) National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER- Cambridge, MA) Fellowship (2003) Best Graduating Student, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) (2002) IIT Joint Entrance Examination All India Top 0.5% West Bengal Joint Entrance Examination Top 0.1% CONFERENCES AND PRESENTATIONS “When Active Fund Managers Deviate from their Peers: The Impact on Performance” American Finance Association (AFA) Annual Meeting 2009 (San Francisco); CRSP Forum 2008 “The Changing Face of Venture Capital”, University of Virginia “Informal Information Networks: The Impact on Performance of Mutual Fund Portfolios”   American Finance Association, January 2008 (New Orleans, LA), Loyola University Chicago, Clemson University, California State University- Fullerton, University of Hawaii “Home Bias in Corporate Investments: Evidence from U.S. domestic M&A”              EFM- Behavioral Finance Symposium, April 2006 (Durham, UK), Georgia State University              Finance Seminar Series, March 2006 (Atlanta, GA), Georgia Institute of Technology Seminar,               May 2005 (Atlanta, GA)           “Are there Real Effects of Licensing on Academic Research? A Life Cycle View” National Bureau of Economic Research Conference, April 2005 (Santa Fe, NM)   National Bureau of Economic Research, Summer Institute 2004 (Cambridge, MA) COURSES TAUGHT FINC 335 – Investments (Undergraduate) FINC 452 – Investment Management (Graduate) FINC 342 – Advanced Business Finance (Undergraduate) CONTACT 1 E Pearson St, 550, Chicago, IL 60611 Email: sguptamukherjee@luc.edu Ph (o): (312) 915 6071