About

I am a PhD candidate in Finance at Cambridge Judge Business School, University of Cambridge, supervised by Prof. Andrei Kirilenko and Prof. Raghavendra Rau. I am currently on the 2025/2026 academic job market. My research interests lie at the intersection of Corporate Finance and FinTech, with a focus on managerial attention, capital markets, and sustainable finance. I was a visiting PhD student at Cornell University’s SC Johnson College of Business (hosted by Prof. Mao Ye) in 2024.

Education

PhD in Finance — 2021–2026 (Expected) Cambridge Judge Business School, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK Examiners: Prof. Sean Cao (Maryland), Prof. Xiao Xiao (Cambridge) Supervisors: Prof. Andrei Kirilenko, Prof. Raghavendra Rau

MRes in Management Studies (Finance Pathway) — Oct 2020–Jul 2021 Cambridge Judge Business School, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK

MPhil in Economic Research — Sep 2019–Oct 2020 Department of Economics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK

BA in Economics and Finance — Sep 2016–Jul 2019 The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK

Academic Positions

Visiting PhD Student (Host: Prof. Mao Ye) — Jan–Jul 2024 SC Johnson College of Business, Cornell University, Ithaca, US

Awards & Honors

  • Queens’ College Cambridge Weil Awards (£1,000), 2025–2026
  • Keynes Fund PhD Awards Scheme (£2,000), 2025–2026
  • CJBS Dean’s Research Excellence Prize (~£17,000), 2025–2026
  • AFA PhD Travel Grant ($800), 2026
  • AFA PhD Travel Grant ($800), 2025
  • EFA PhD Travel Grant (€400), 2025
  • Travel Grant for PhD Workshop in Governance and Sustainability (HK$4,000)
  • Honourable Mention, CJBS Winter Doctoral Conference, 2021
  • Outstanding Academic Achievement Award (£1,000), 2019

Conference Presentations

2026

  • AFA Annual Meeting (Poster Session)
  • HKUST (GZ)
  • Fudan University
  • University of Macau
  • PhD-Economics Virtual Seminar (EVS)

2025

  • CEPR Paris Symposium
  • Swiss Finance Institute “Rising Scholar Conference in Finance 2025” at UZH
  • Durham Finance Job Market Paper Conference
  • CEAM Cavalcade
  • 21st Annual Olin Finance Conference at WashU (PhD Session)
  • Junior Academics Research Seminars (JARS) in Finance
  • Applied Young Economist Webinars (AYEW) Season 11
  • AFA Annual Meeting (Poster Session)
  • Microstructure Exchange Seminar
  • 6th Annual Conference of the Canadian Sustainable Finance Network (CSFN)
  • Edinburgh Corporate Finance Conference
  • 7th QMUL Economics and Finance Workshop for PhD & Post-doctoral Students
  • University of Cambridge
  • University of Guelph
  • Wilfrid Laurier University
  • Monash Business School
  • Hong Kong Polytechnic University

2024

  • Cornell University
  • China International Conference in Finance (CICF)
  • Adam Smith Sustainability Conference
  • 8th SAFE Market Microstructure Conference
  • University of Cambridge
  • International Corporate Governance Conference
  • 5th Annual Boca-ECGI Corporate Finance and Governance Conference

References

Prof. Andrei Kirilenko — Cambridge Judge Business School a.kirilenko@jbs.cam.ac.uk

Prof. Raghavendra Rau — Cambridge Judge Business School r.rau@jbs.cam.ac.uk

Prof. Elroy Dimson — Cambridge Judge Business School / London Business School e.dimson@jbs.cam.ac.uk