Dr. Schoar received her Ph.D. in Economics from University of Chicago in June 2000. She is currently a Michael M. Koerner ’49 associate professor with tenure of Entrepreneurial Finance, MIT. Her research interests include venture capital, entrepreneurial finance, corporate diversification, governance, and capital budgeting decisions in firms. She has published in many top-tier journals, like Journal of Financial Economics, Journal of Finance, Journal of Economics Perspectives, etc.