Honors and Awards:
- Peter B. Vaill Faculty Member of the Year Award, the Doctoral Program of the School of Business, George Washington University, 5/2019,
- Summer Research Grant, School of Business, George Washington University, Summer 2012 and 2013,
- Dean's Scholar Research Award, School of Business, George Washington University, 6/2010-5/2012,
- GWU Service Excellence Award Nomination, George Washington University, 11/2010,
- Marquis Who's Who in America, 2011-present, (but I still can't figure out how I ended up being listed in this embarrassing publication),
- Peter B. Vaill Faculty Member of the Year Award, the Doctoral Program of the School of Business, George Washington University, 5/2010,
- Outstanding Master of Science in Finance Faculty Award, the MSF Program of the School of Business, George Washington University, 5/2009,
- Peter B. Vaill Faculty Member of the Year Award, the Doctoral Program of the School of Business, George Washington University, 5/2008,
- Peter B. Vaill Faculty Member of the Year Award, the Doctoral Program of the School of Business, George Washington University, 5/2007,
- George Washington University Research Facilitating Fund Award, Summer/2006,
- Outstanding Academic Paper in Derivatives, received for ``Modeling Credit-Risky Bonds with Correlated-factor Models,'' (coauthored with Leonard Tchuindjo) Eastern Finance Association, 4/2006,
- J. Wendell and Louise Crain Research Fellowship, School of Business, George Washington University, Summer/2006,
- Morton Bender Teaching Award, George Washington University, 5/2004,
- Undergraduate Teaching Award, School of Business, George Washington University, 5/2004,
- Outstanding Academic Paper in Derivatives/Microstructure, received for ``A Simple Option Pricing Formula,''
Eastern Finance Association, 4/2002,
- Outstanding Graduate Teaching Award, University of Georgia, 4/1999,
- Edward T. Comer Fellowship, University of Georgia, 9/1996-5/1999,
- Fulbright Scholarship, Fulbright Committee and Western Illinois University, 8/1993-6/1994,
- RTU Senate 1st Scholarship, Riga Technical University, 9/1991-1/1994,
- 1st Award in Descriptive Geometry, Riga Technical University, 12/1989,
- 2nd Award in Chemistry, Riga Technical University, 11/1989,
- 2nd Award in Mech. Eng. Conferences, Riga Technical University, 3/1990 & 3/1991,
- Graduation with Silver Medal, High school, 5/1989.