Research and Assistantship Opportunities

I am a finance professor in the College of Business and an affiliated faculty at AMS with the eligibility to supervise or co-supervise AMS PhD dissertation. I am seeking PhD student volunteers to collaborate on research projects using large and complex financial and blockchain data.

Preferred qualifications:

(1) AMS PhD program first or second year students

(2) Interests in pursuing research grants or graduate fellowship to support 2-3 years of graduate study

(3) Interests in working with big, complex financial and blockchain data using machine learning models

(4) Proficiency in SQL, Python, R, or other statistical software

(5) Willingness to assist in data collection, data analysis, data visualization, and relevant community outreach programs (such as workshops)

Benefits to you

(1)    I will mentor and work with you to apply research grants or graduate fellowship to support your graduate study in the dissertation stage (3rd year or after);

(2)    Excellent performer can be nominated for student research excellence awards ($500 or $1,000 per semester) at the Blockchain Business Lab;

(3)    Excellent performer will receive recommendations for relevant internship or job positions.

This position is unpaid before research grants or fellowship are funded.

To apply, send the following to Professor Danling Jiang at danling.jiang@stonybrook.edu

• Your resume

• One-page essay that includes:

  • Your personal and professional experiences that contributed to your motivation and preparation to pursue your PhD

  • Your career aspirations and future goals

The Blockchain Business Lab explores the implications of Blockchain technology for the business world. It engages students and industry partners to explore novel and timely business questions and solve challenging business problems in the blockchain space, and through these projects, to train future business leaders in the blockchain industry. 

Preferred qualifications:

• Stony Brook University undergraduate or graduate students or alums of any major

• Interested in learning about blockchain and working with large, complex data

• Programming skills of data analytics and data visualization, or web development skills to assist with data visualization

To apply to become a member of the Blockchain Business Lab, please visit https://www.stonybrook.edu/commcms/cef/BBL/index.php and click on "Applying to Dr. Jiang's research program." 

Student Research Awards  ($500 or $1,000) are available and criteria are listed at the bottom of the application form. 

We seek research volunteers interested in studying and promoting financial literacy on Stony Brook campus. 

The research volunteer will help design and survey members in the community to assess financial literacy, including basic, advanced investing, and blockchain literacy, and summarize the survey results in slides and a short video, and/or collect articles and create videos on financial literacy for the community. 

Preferred qualifications:

• Stony Brook University undergraduate or graduate students, with basic understanding of personal finance

• Interested in learning about financial literacy and presenting it to audience via articles and videos

To apply, click on "Applying to Dr. Jiang's research program" and select, among the research topic, "Personal finance and financial literacy." 

Excellent performer can be nominated for research awards  ($500) each semester.