ERAY GEMİCİ

ERAY GEMİCİ serves as an Associate Professor in the Department of Business Administration at Gaziantep University's Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Turkey. His academic tenure spans from 2015 to present, progressing from Lecturer (2015-2017) to Doctor Lecturer (2017-2021) and current Associate Professor (2021-present). He additionally held significant administrative roles including Deputy Dean (2018-2024) and Department Head (2020).

His academic credentials include:

• Doctorate in Business Administration, Osmaniye Korkut Ata University (2012-2016)
• Master's in Business Administration, Gaziantep University (2009-2011)
• Licence in Business Administration, Gaziantep University (2005-2008)

His research focuses on Finance, Cryptocurrency, and Risk Management, with emphasis on market efficiency, geopolitical risk transmission, and volatility spillovers. Methodologically, he specializes in quantile regression, Markov switching models, and time series econometrics, frequently analyzing oil-commodity linkages and cryptocurrency dynamics during geopolitical crises.

Recent publications (2021-2025) reveal three dominant trends: 1) Cryptocurrency-Bitcoin market interactions with traditional assets, 2) Geopolitical risk impacts on emerging markets (particularly during Russo-Ukraine War and pandemic), and 3) Quantile-based analysis of risk drivers across investment horizons. His work consistently appears in Q1 SSCI journals like Research in International Business and Finance.

He has supervised three Master's theses on cryptocurrency-asset relationships and risk appetite modeling. His research capacity is evidenced by seven professional certificates in advanced econometrics, including nonlinear time series and financial econometrics training from İnönü University.