Igor Cunha

Igor Cunha serves as the William B. Sturgill Associate Professor of Finance and Director of the MS Finance Program at the Gatton College of Business and Economics, University of Kentucky. Prior to joining Gatton, he was an Assistant Professor at Nova School of Business and Economics in Lisbon, Portugal.

His educational background includes:

• PhD in Finance from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2013)
• MS in Economics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2008)
• BS from the University of Sao Paulo (2007)

Dr. Cunha's research centers on corporate finance, credit ratings, and liquidity management, with scholarly contributions published in top-tier journals including the Journal of Finance, Annual Review of Financial Economics, and Finance Research Letters. His work examines critical mechanisms in financial markets and corporate decision-making under liquidity constraints.