Linda Schilling is an Assistant Professor for Financial Economics at Ecole Polytechnique in France. Linda holds degrees in pure and financial mathematics from the University of Bonn and Edinburgh. She obtained her PhD in Economics from the University of Bonn while spending two years as a visiting PhD student at UC Berkeley. Linda does research on financial intermediation, asset pricing, and international finance. Her current research focuses on the impact of regulation on financial stability, crypto currency markets, exchange rates, and incentives involved with blockchain.