Vitor is a professor at the Chair of Financial Management at RPTU Kaiserslautern-Landau. He earned his Ph.D. in finance, graduating summa cum laude from the Technical University of Munich (TUM).

His tenure at TUM extended beyond his doctoral studies, serving as a postdoctoral researcher (Akademischer Rat) from 2018 to 2021. His research primarily focuses on empirical asset pricing, behavioral finance, sustainable finance, and quantitative finance. He is particularly noted for applying artificial intelligence and machine learning techniques in asset pricing and other financial applications. Vitor is also affiliated with the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI), where he contributes to the Department of Data Science and its Applications (DSA). Before joining TUM, Vitor’s professional background included roles in the financial markets as a portfolio manager and stockbroker.