Carolina Manzano Tovar is an associate professor in the Department of Economics at Universitat Rovira i Virgili. She has a PhD in Economic Analysis from Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (1996) and a Degree in Mathematics from Universitat de Barcelona (1991). She currently teaches Microeconomics and Finance.

Her research interests are in the area of Financial Economics and, in particular, in Microstructure of Financial Markets. She has served as referee for different journals of her field of specialization and has been member of Scientific Committees of several conferences.