Ufuk is currently a senior lecturer in finance at the University of Bath School of Management. He previously worked at the University of Edinburgh Business School and holds a PhD in Finance from the University of Lancaster.
Ufuk's broad area of research is corporate finance. He is particularly interested in initial public offerings (IPOs). His research examines the cyclical nature of IPO activity and the formation of hot issue markets. He has also researched on adverse selection in IPO markets, with an emphasis on the issues of signalling and winner's curse.