EDUCATION
PhD in Finance, National University of Singapore
Bachelor of Engineering with Honors, National University of Singapore
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES
Aug 2025 - Present: Assistant Professor, Baruch College, City University of New York
Sep 2016 - Aug 2025: Assistant Professor of Finance and Real Estate, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Sep 2013 - Aug 2016: Assistant Professor of Finance and Real Estate, School of Banking and Finance, University of New South Wales
Sep 2013 - Aug 2016: Affiliated Researcher, Real Estate Initiative Research Group, Centre for Applied Economic Research (CAER), University of New South Wales
Sep 2012 - Aug 2013: Research Analyst, Centre for Asset Management Research and Investments, National University of Singapore
Oct 2012: Visiting Scholar, New York University
Jul 2010 - Jun 2012: Research Analyst, Institute of Real Estate Studies, National University of Singapore
TEACHING EXPERIENCES
Baruch College, City University of New York
Real Estate Finance and Investment
Chinese University of Hong Kong
Management of Financial Institutions
Real Estate Finance and Investment
Real Estate Asset Management
Real Estate Finance
University of New South Wales
Bank Financial Management
Real Estate Finance
Financial Institution Management
Real Estate Finance and Investment
ACADEMIC AWARDS AND GRANTS
Baruch College Interdisciplinary Innovative Seed Grant Award, 2025-2026
PSC CUNY Research Award # 68499-00 56, $6,000, 2025-2026
CUNY Fourth Annual Cross-College Research Symposium Impact Award, 2025 March
CUHK Business School Direct Allocation Grant, HKD 90,000, 2023-2024
CUHK S. H. Ho College Student Work Fund, 2022/23
Principal Investigator, General Research Grant Project Number 14506922, with Sumit Agarwal and Bohui Zhang, “Regulatory Distance and Peer-to-peer Lending Platform Collapse”, 2022-2023
Pacific-Basin Finance Journal (PBFJ) Best Paper Award, 2022 AsianFA Conference
Best Paper Award in Real Estate Track at the 2022 Academy of Finance Conference
Best Paper Award in Global Finance Track at the 2022 Academy of Finance Conference
CUHK S. H. Ho College Student Work Fund, 2021/22
Research Grant from Alrov Institute for Real Estate Research, Tel Aviv University, Total Grant Value 30,000 NIS, 2021-2022
Best Paper Award in Real Estate Track at the 2021 Academy of Finance Conference
Co-Investigator, General Research Grant Project Number 14501320, with Hong Hong, Qiang Ye and Michael Zhang, “Locals vs. Tourists: Differential Word-of-Mouth Effect”, 2021-2023
CUHK Business School Direct Allocation Grant, total grant value HKD 80,000, 2016-2018
Rising Star Award in Real Estate Research, Shanghai Real Estate Finance Symposium, 2019
Best Paper Award at Indonesian Financial Management Association (IFMA) International Conference, 2016
Best Paper Award (3rd Place) at Global Real Estate Summit (AsRES Joint with GCREC), Washington DC, 2015
Australian Research Council (ARC) Linkage Grant, with Kevin Fox, Glenn Otto, Nigel Stapledon, Mariano Kulish, Erwin Diewert, and Iqbal Syed in collaboration with CorVal Partners Limited, total grant value AUD $625,000, 2014 - 2017
UNSW Business School Special Research Grant, total grant value AUD $5,760, 2016
UTS Business School Research Grant, with Adrian Lee, total grant value AUD $9,914, 2015 - 2016
UNSW Business School Special Research Grant, total grant value AUD $7,000, 2014 - 2015
PhD Student Travel Grant, American Finance Association (AFA) Conference, San Diego, USA, 2013