Karl Schmedders is a Visiting Professor of Executive MBA Education. He holds a PhD in Operations Research from Stanford University.

Professor Schmedders’ research interests include computational economics, general equilibrium theory, asset pricing and portfolio selection. His work has been published in Econometrica, The Review of Economic Studies, The Journal of Finance, and many other academic journals. He teaches courses in decision science both in the MBA and the EMBA program at Kellogg. Professor Schmedders has been named to the Faculty Honor Roll in every quarter he has taught at Kellogg. He has received numerous teaching awards, including the 2002 Lawrence G. Lavengood Outstanding Professor of the Year. Professor Schmedders is the only Kellogg faculty member to receive the ‘Ehrenmedaille’ (Honorary Medal) of Kellogg’s partner school WHU.

• PhD, 1996, Operations Research, Stanford University
• MS, 1992, Operations Research, Stanford University
• Vordiplom, 1990, Business Engineering, Universitat Karlsruhe, Highest Honors, Ranked first in a class of 350

• Head of Knowledge Center and Member of the Management Board, Swiss Finance Institute, 2013-present
• Visiting Professor of Executive Education, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, 2013-present
• Professor of Quantitative Business Administration, University of Zurich, 2008-present
• Visiting Associate Professor of Managerial Economics and Decision Sciences, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, 2011-2013
• Director of the Institute for Operations Research, University of Zurich, 2008-2010
• Associate Professor of Managerial Economics and Decision Sciences, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, 2001-2008
• Assistant Professor of Managerial Economics and Decision Sciences, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, 1998-2001
• Visiting Fellow, Stanford University, 1996-1998
• Acting Instructor and Teaching Affiliate, Stanford University, 1995-1996

• Executive MBA Program Outstanding Teaching Awards, Kellogg School of Management, 2012, 2011, 2009
• L.G. Lavengood Outstanding Professor of the Year Award, Kellogg School of Management, 2002