Greek academic reaps distinction at UC Berkeley

Panos N. Patatoukas's ascent during his eight-year career in one of the most competitive academic environments in the world has been nothing short of stellar, and now he has received the Distinguished Teaching Award at the prestigious University of California, Berkeley. It is an award like few others, expressing the recognition not just of his colleagues at the world-famous US public research university, but also of his many students across a variety of programs, including undergraduates, MBAs and PhDs. 

A graduate of the Athens University of Economics and Business, with a master's from the London School of Economics and a PhD from Yale, the Greek tenured associate professor and star of Berkeley's academic community is just 37 years old but has already gained a reputation for his instructional inventiveness on the tough subject of financial information analysis and his...