Axel Grossmann, associate professor of finance, completed his Ph.D. in finance at the University of Texas Pan-American and holds an MBA from the University of Texas Pan-American and a Bachelor of Engineering from the University of Applied Sciences, Giessen-Friedberg, Germany. He joined Georgia Southern University in 2013 after holding positions at Radford University and at the University of Texas Pan-American.

Grossmann has 25 scholarly articles, which are published or forthcoming, in peer-reviewed journals, including Journal of Behavioral Finance, the International Journal of Finance & Economics, Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, Journal of International Financial Markets Institutions and Money, International Review of Economics and Finance, North American Journal of Economics and Finance, International Review of Financial Analysis, Journal of Asian Economics,Applied Financial Economics and the Financial Service Review. Grossmann has received the Best Paper Award at the Academy of Economics and Finance, and his research has been presented at several national and international meetings.

In 2011, he was honored as Professor of the Year by Beta Gamma Sigma and received the Outstanding Faculty Award of the College of Business and Economics at Radford University. In 2015, he received the M. Albert Burke Faculty Award of the College of Business at Georgia Southern University. In 2016, he was selected as the Georgia Southern University Faculty Spotlight and received the W.A. & Emma Lou Crider Award for Excellence in Teaching from the College of Business. In 2017, he received the William A. Freeman Professor of the Year Award.

Currently, Grossmann serves as the faculty advisor of the Finance Association and the Southern Investment Association at Georgia Southern University.