His research lies at the intersection of Computer Science and Game Theory, with a focus on (electronic) market design. He received his PhD in Computer Science at Harvard University. Since joining the University of Zurich in 2011 he has received multiple awards and research grants, including three grants from the SNF, a Google Faculty Research Award, and he was recently ranked as one of the "Top 40 under 40" in the category "society and science" by the German business magazine Capital. He is also interested in practical applications of market design: he is the Chief Economist at BandwidthX (USA); he works as a market designer for Tremor Technologies, Inc. (USA); and in 2017, he co-founded a Swiss start-up in the legal tech sector, where he is also in charge of market design.