Associate Professor of Finance
I’m Thomas,
a researcher in Utrecht.
I study commodity and energy markets, climate finance, and financial econometrics at Utrecht University.
“Essentially, all models are wrong, but some are useful”
Recent publications
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Financialization and the Drivers of Commodity Futures Returns
How financial investors change what drives commodity returns—and when market fundamentals matter most.
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Reassessing the Illiquidity–Return Relationship
International Review of Financial Analysis
2025
Commodity Literature
Database
A searchable collection of academic research on commodity markets.
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Teaching and bringing researchers together.
At Utrecht University
I direct the Master’s in Banking and Finance, and teach Financial Data Analytics and Algorithms in Finance.
A research community
I co-founded the Dutch Sustainable Finance Network and initiated the European Sustainable Finance PhD Workshop.