Efdal Ulas Misirli (Ulas) is a senior financial economist in the Supervision, Regulation and Credit department. He contributed to the Dodd-Franck Act Stress Test program as a model developer and economist and currently serves as the modeling deputy lead for its global market shock scenario design arm. His areas of expertise include public equity, private equity and traded credit.

Misirli conducts academic research in empirical asset pricing and stock market anomalies. He has published articles in Management Science and Financial Management. Prior to joining the Richmond Fed, Misirli was an assistant professor of finance at the University of Connecticut.

Misirli received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Bogazici University in Turkey and earned his doctoral degree in finance from the University of Rochester.