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Current Academic Appointments Link to heading

  • Dean’s Distinguished Chair Professor of Finance and Senior Associate Dean, Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB), 2024 – present

  • Senior Fellow (Research Associate), National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), 2009 – present

  • Senior Fellow, Asian Bureau of Finance and Economic Research (ABFER), 2013 – present

  • Visiting Professor, Risk Management Institute, National University of Singapore, August 2022 – present

  • Visiting Professor, International Monetary Fund, July 2023 – present

Past Academic Appointments Link to heading

  • Chong Khoon Lin Professor of Real Estate and Professor of Finance, Columbia Business School, Columbia University, July 2007 – Dec 2023

  • Visiting Professor of Finance, CKGSB, 2012, 2020, 2022-2023

  • Faculty Research Fellow, National Bureau of Economic Research, 2007—2009

  • Edward S. Gordon Associate Professor of Real Estate and Finance,

    Columbia Business School, Columbia University, July 2006—June 2007

  • Visiting Associate Professor of Finance,

    Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, July 2006—January 2007

  • Associate Professor of Finance and Economics,

    Columbia Business School, Columbia University, January 2006—June 2006

  • Assistant Professor of Finance and Economics,

    Columbia Business School, Columbia University, July 2004—December 2005

  • Assistant Professor of Finance,

    William E. Simon School of Business Administration, University of Rochester, July 2002—June 2004

Education Link to heading

  • Ph.D., Finance, The Graduate School of Business, Stanford University, 2002
  • M.I. A., The School of Global Policy and Strategy (GPS), formerly known as The Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies (IR/PS), University of California, San Diego (UCSD), 1997
  • M.S., Chemistry, California Institute of Technology (Caltech), 1995
  • B.S., Physical Chemistry, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China, 1992

Research Fields Link to heading

  • Corporate Finance, Asset Pricing, Macroeconomics, Climate Economics