Altan Pazarbasi joined Bilkent University as an Assistant Professor of Finance in September 2022. He holds a PhD in Finance from Frankfurt School of Finance and Management, an MBA from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, and a BSc in Industrial Engineering from Bogazici University. Before joining academia, he also worked in the industry as a research analyst, fund manager, and consultant both in Turkey and abroad.

His research focuses on asset pricing, macro-finance, and derivatives. He has taught undergraduate and graduate-level courses on financial economics, financial products & modeling, corporate finance, and programming.