Lena Tonzer is an assistant professor at the Finance Department at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, a head of research group at the Halle Institute for Economic Research, a SUERF Research Affiliate and an academic fellow at the Centre for Responsible Banking & Finance. Lena obtained her PhD from the European University Institute in Florence, Italy.

Lena's research interests include International Banking, Financial Intermediation and Regulation, Financial and Sovereign Debt Crises.