Cristian I. Tiu is the Chair of the Department of Finance and an Associate Professor of Finance at the University at Buffalo. Cristian is interested in determinants of performance for non-standard institutional investors such as university endowment funds and hedge funds. He published in outlets such as the Review of Financial Studies, Mathematical Finance, or the Journal of Portfolio Management. He presented his work at venues such as the American Finance Association or Western Finance Association meetings or practitioner events such as the Global ARC. He was an associate editor of the Asia-Pacific Journal of Financial Studies, a member of the Investment Committee of the University at Buffalo Foundation, an over $1 billion university endowment, and an academic adviser to Quent Capital, a New York hedge fund. Cristian is an expert in endowment management, including aspects related to governance, compensation, integration with the university as well as investments, and consulted for a variety of dedicated organizations such as UTIMCO, Perella Weinberg, or TIAA.Cristian is a member of the American Finance Association, the Western Finance Association, the Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges, and a TIAA Institute Fellow.