Invited Talks

• Tianjin University, Tianjin, China, 2026

• Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, China, 2025

• Nanjing University, Nanjing, China, 2023, 2024

• University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China, 2023, 2024

• University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing, China, 2024

• University of International Business and Economics, Beijing, China, 2023

• Wuhan University, Wuhan, China, 2022, 2023, 2024

• University of Texas at Dallas - Naveen Jindal School of Management, Richardson, Texas, 2021

• Santa Clara University - Leavey School of Business, Santa Clara, California, 2021

• State University of New York at Binghamton - School of Management, Binghamton, New York, 2021

Research Grants

• Provost’s Research Grant ($6,000) in 2026, Santa Clara University

• Leavey School of Business Research Grant ($10,000) in 2023, 2024, 2025, Santa Clara University

• Faculty Summer Stipend and Research Grant ($8,000) in 2023, Santa Clara University

• Leavey School of Business Research Grant ($5,000) in 2022, Santa Clara University

• Digital Markets Initiative - Competitive Research Award Program ($21,000) in 2021, University of Florida

Honors and Awards

• Best Paper Nomination at the Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS) in 2024

• ACM SIGMIS Doctoral Dissertation Award (first runner-up) at the International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS) in 2022

• Best Dissertation Award (runner-up) at Workshop on Information Technologies and Systems (WITS) in 2021

• Outstanding International Student Achievement Award of University of Florida in 2021

• ICIS Doctoral Consortium Fellow in 2021

• AMCIS Doctoral Consortium Fellow in 2021

• OCIS Doctoral Consortium Fellow at Academy of Management in 2021

• First-class Academic Fellowship of Renmin University of China from 2014 to 2017 (Top 1%)

• Outstanding Undergraduate Thesis Award of Hubei Province in China in 2014 (Top 1%)

• Outstanding Graduate of Wuhan University in 2014 (Top 5%)                                 

• Outstanding Achievement in Social Work of Wuhan University in 2012 (Top 5%)

• China's National Scholarship for Undergraduate Students in 2011 (Top 1%)

Professional Service

Editorial Board for Journals

• Associate Editor, Decision Science Journal, FinTech and OM-Finance Interface Department, 2026 -

Conference Program Committee Member/ Associate Editor

• International Conference on Information Systems 2024 (ICIS2024) - Blockchain, DLT, and FinTech Track

• Conference on Information Systems and Technology 2023 (CIST2023)

• Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems 2023 (PACIS2023) - Workshop of Blockchain in IS: Now and Future

• Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems 2023 (PACIS2023) - Blockchain and Fintech Track

• Conference on Information Systems and Technology 2022 (CIST2022)

Session Chair / Mini-Track Chair

• Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS) 2026 - AI System Design and Interaction Track - Multimodal Human-AI Interaction Mini-Track

• 2025 INFORMS Annual Meeting - IS Cluster - AI, Algorithms, and Recommender Systems

• 2023 INFORMS Annual Meeting - AI Cluster - AI, Quantum Computing, and Recommender Systems

• 2023 POMS Annual Meeting - Social Media and Web 2.0

• 2022 INFORMS Annual Meeting - AI Cluster - AI, Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs), and Blockchain

Reviewer for Journals

• Management Science (MS)

• Information Systems Research (ISR)

• Management Information Systems Quarterly (MIS Quarterly)

• INFORMS Journal on Computing (IJOC)

• Production and Operations Management Journal (POM)

• Journal of Operations Management (JOM)

Reviewer for Conferences

• International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS)

• Conference on Information Systems and Technology (CIST)

• Workshop on Information Technologies and Systems (WITS)

• Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS)

• Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems (PACIS)

• The Hawaiian International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS)

Reviewer for Research Grants

• External Reviewer, Research Grants Council (RGC) of Hong Kong, 2025-

Referee of the Best (Student) Paper Competition

• 2022 POMS International Conference in China - Best Student Paper Competition

Service

• Teaching Effectiveness Standards and Evaluation (TESE) Committee Member, Santa Clara University, 2026

• Department Representative for Faculty Senate Council, Santa Clara University, 2022-2023

• Department Representative for Graduate Student Council (GSC), University of Florida, 2017-2022

• Honor Guard for Warrington Graduate Recognition Ceremony, University of Florida, 2018-2022

• Volunteer for ISOM Annual Research Workshop, University of Florida, 2018-2022