ProfTalis Putnins

Talis Putnins is a Professor of Finance at UTS, Co-CEO & Chief Scientist of the Digital Finance Co-operative Research Centre (DFCRC), and a member of the Business Intelligence and Data Analytics Research Centre. He has also held faculty and visiting positions at the University of Edinburgh, the Stockholm School of Economics in Riga, Columbia University, and New York University. 

His research interests centre on financial markets: (i) market design and "market microstructure", (ii) Digital Finance including DeFi and decentralised markets, and (iii) forensic finance including market manipulation, insider trading, and fraud. His research has been published in peer-reviewed journals including the Review of Financial Studies, Journal of Financial Economics, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, and Review of Finance. 

Talis is the recipient of competitive research grants from the Australian Research Council (ARC) including a Discovery Award and a DECRA. Talis regularly serves as a policy advisor and consultant to governments, stock exchanges, financial institutions, and DeFi projects, and an expert witness in legal cases.