He joined Georgia Tech after completing his PhD at Carnegie Mellon University in 2013, where he was affiliated with the Heinz College and the interdisciplinary Strategy, Entrepreneurship, and Technological Change research group. His dissertation work on innovation, firm performance, and cross-border economic activity received the William W. Cooper Award for Best Dissertation in Management at Carnegie Mellon University, while his research and teaching accomplishments have recently earned him the Faculty of the Year Award at Georgia Tech’s School of Public Policy. Dr. Drev’s research has been published in leading scholarly journals, such as The Review of Economics and Statistics, and presented at conferences and invited seminars in the United States, Europe, and Asia.