Olga is an Associate Professor of Finance and a research fellow at the Gillmore Center for Financial Technology at Warwick Business School. Olga's research interests are in the areas of market microstructure, algorithmic and high-frequency trading, fintech and decentralized finance. In particular, she studies the impact of technology on liquidity and efficiency of security prices, both on traditional as well as decentralized exchanges (DEX). In her recent joint industry project with ChainSolid Labs, she investigates how blockchain scaling solutions improve liquidity concentration on the largest DEX, Uniswap. Olga has also advised FCA on the future of digital finance in the UK. She has been a member of the programme committee of European Finance Association and is a co-organizer of an annual WBS Gillmore Centre Conference on DeFi and Digital Currencies. She has developed and taught undergraduate, masters and PhD courses in market microstructure, advanced trading strategies, corporate finance and investment management. Prior to joining WBS, Olga was a post-doctoral research fellow at E-Finance Lab of the University of Frankfurt. She holds a Ph.D. in Finance from the University of Mannheim, Germany. She received her MSc in Finance and Economics from the University of Magdeburg in Germany and her BSc in Economic Theory from the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy in Ukraine.

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Media Coverage

1. CEX vs DEX: The battle for the future of cryptos - WBS Core Insights, Fintech Podcast

2. How the future of decentralized exchanges will impact financial services - Finextra

3. Polygon vs Ethereum: which platform is the future for the rise of DEX? - WBS Core Insights

Research Interests