Fernando Heineck Comiran

Associate Professor Fernando Heineck Comiran is a faculty member at the University of San Francisco, specializing in accounting and finance. His research focuses on earnings management, accounting fraud, voluntary disclosure, and security valuation. He examines how disclosure impacts stock returns and explores market reactions to natural disasters. Prior to academia, he worked as an engineer optimizing telecom networks in Brazil.

• Ph.D. in Business Administration (Accounting) from UC Berkeley (2014)
• M.Sc. in Finance and Accounting from Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (2009)
• B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (2005)

His research integrates real-world applications with academic inquiry, particularly analyzing individual investor behavior and corporate incentives. Recent work includes studies on subprime crisis impacts on oil companies and currency risk management using VaR models.