Faculty

Our world class faculty is among the most international in the region. They consistently earn worldwide recognition for their research accomplishments. They are at the forefront of academic achievement, exploring breakthroughs to advance global business knowledge, leading international research agendas and publishing in the world’s top journals. Their cutting-edge research extends the frontiers of business knowledge and make significant and impactful contributions to the society.

They are passionate about teaching and have extensive experience in thesis supervision. Their insights and perspectives will inspire you to pursue quality and distinctive research.

Accounting

Prof Charles HSU
Prof Charles HSU Chair Professor
Department of Accounting

(PhD, Purdue University)

Research Interests:

  • Disclosure
  • Financial analysts
  • Managerial behavior
  • Earnings management
  • Corporate governance
Prof Allen HUANG
Prof Allen HUANG Head and Professor
Department of Accounting

Associate Director of Center for Business and Social Analytics

(PhD, Duke University)

Research Interests:

  • Capital markets
  • Earnings management
  • Earnings quality
  • Executive compensation
  • Financial analysts
Prof CHEN Tai-Yuan
Prof CHEN Tai-Yuan Professor
Department of Accounting

(PhD, The University of Texas at Dallas)

Research Interests:

  • Corporate governance
  • Disclosure
  • Executive compensation
Prof CHEN Zhihong
Prof CHEN Zhihong Associate Professor
Department of Accounting

(PhD, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology)

Research Interests:

  • Corporate governance
  • Disclosure
  • Executive compensation
  • Real effect of accounting
  • Capital markets
Prof WANG Shiheng
Prof WANG Shiheng Associate Professor
Department of Accounting

(PhD, Queen’s University)

Research Interests:

  • International accounting
  • Financial reporting
  • Contracting
  • Market efficiency
Prof Amy ZANG
Prof Amy ZANG Associate Professor
Department of Accounting

Co-director of Center for Securities Analysis with Financial Technology

(PhD, Duke University)

Research Interests:

  • Earnings management
  • Financial analysts
  • Regulation
  • Textual analysis
  • Litigation risk

Economics

Prof Woo Young LIM
Prof Woo Young LIM Head and Professor
Department of Economics

UG Programs Coordinator (Economics)

(PhD, University of Pittsburgh)

Research Interests:

  • Game theory
  • Experimental economics
  • Economic theory
  • Microeconomics
  • Political economy
Prof FONG Yuk-Fai
Prof FONG Yuk-Fai Professor
Department of Economics

Associate Dean of Business and Management Professor

Academic Director of HKUST DBA and EMBA Program

Director of the HKUST Center for Economic Policy

(PhD, Boston University)

Research Interests:

  •  Industrial Organization
  •  Quantitive Marketing
Prof David COOK
Prof David COOK Professor
Department of Economics

(PhD, University of Wisconsin-Madison)

Research Interests:

  • Macroeconomics and Monetary economics
  • International macroeconomics
Prof Albert Park
Prof Albert PARK Chair Professor
Department of Economics
Division of Social Science

(PhD, Stanford University)

Research Interests:

  • Applied economics
  • Development economics
  • Labor economics
  • Chinese economy
Prof WANG Peng
Prof WANG Peng Associate Professor
Department of Economics

MSc Program Coordinator (Economics)

(PhD, New York University)

Research Interests:

  • Applied econometrics
  • Econometrics
  • Empirical macroeconomics
  • Time series econometrics

Finance

Prof Dong LOU
Prof Dong LOU Head and Chair Professor
Department of Finance

Associate Dean of Business and Management (Strategic Planning and Research)

Citi Professor of Business

Director of Institute for Financial Research

Co-Director of HKUST-DXM AI for Finance Joint Laboratory

(PhD, Yale University)

Research Interests:

  • Asset pricing
  • Investment management
  • Behavioral finance
Prof ZHANG Chu
Prof ZHANG Chu Chair Professor
Department of Finance

Director of Center for Investing

(PhD, The University of Chicago)

Research Interests:

  • Asset pricing
  • Investments
  • Asian financial markets
  • Derivatives
Prof Utpal BHATTACHARYA
Prof Utpal BHATTACHARYA Chair Professor
Department of Finance

(PhD, Columbia University)

Research Interests:

  • Behavioral finance
  • Empirical corporate finance
  • Household finance
  • International financial markets
PROF VIDHAN GOYAL
PROF VIDHAN GOYAL Chair Professor
Department of Finance

(PhD, University of Pittsburgh)

Research Interests:

  • Capital structure
  • Corporate finance
  • Corporate governance
  • Corporate valuation
  • Empirical corporate finance
  • Asian financial markets
  • Mergers and acquisitions (M&A)
Prof. LI Yingying
Prof. LI Yingying Chair Professor
Department of Finance

(PhD, The University of Chicago)

Research Interest:

  • Financial econometrics 
  • Financial risk management high-frequency data
  • Volatility estimation and market microstructure
  • Statistical inference for stochastic processes
  • Asymptotic statistics
Prof Abhiroop MUKHERJEE
Prof Abhiroop MUKHERJEE Professor
Department of Finance

Associate Director of Institute for Financial Research

(PhD, Yale University)

Research Interests:

  • Asian financial markets
  • Behavioral decision making
  • Financial intermediation
  • Law and policy issues in financial economics
Prof. Yan JI
Prof. Yan JI Associate Professor
Department of Finance

Liwei Huang Associate Professor of Business

(PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

Research Interest:

  • Asset Pricing and Its Connection to Industrial Organization
  • Marco Finance, Marco Development 
Prof. George PANAYOTOV
Prof. George PANAYOTOV Associate Professor
Department of Finance

(PhD, University of Maryland)

Research Interest:

  • Investments
  • Risk management
  • Asset pricing
  • Derivatives
  • Hedge funds
Prof. Winnie Peng
Prof Winnie Peng Adjunct Associate Professor
Department of Finance

Director of Roger King Center for Asian Family Business and Family Office

Director of Thompson Center for Business Case Studies

(PhD, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology)

Research Interest:

  • Family business
  • Family office
  • Family governance
  • Family philanthropy
  • Impact investing
Prof. YU Jialin
Prof YU Jialin Associate Professor
Department of Finance

Academic Director of HKUST-NYU Stern MSc in Global Finance

(PhD, Princeton University)

Research Interest: 

  • Investments
  • Behavioral finance
  • Market efficiency anomalies 
PROF CHEN ZHANHUI
PROF ZHANHUI CHEN Associate Professor
Department of Finance

(PhD, Texas A & M University & Tsinghua University)

Research Interests:

  • Asset pricing
  • Capital markets
  • Macrofinance
  • Investments
  • Market efficiency anomalies

Information Systems

Prof TAM Kar-Yan
Prof TAM Kar-Yan Vice-President for Administration & Business

Chair Professor
Department of Information Systems, Business Statistics and Operations Management

Acting Director of HKUST Institute for Emerging Market Studies

Associate Director of Institute for Financial Research

(PhD, Purdue University)

Research Interests:

  • Fintech
  • Adoption of Information Technologies
  • Personalization and HCI
Prof HUI Kai-Lung
Prof HUI Kai-Lung Associate Provost (Academic Development)

Elman Family Professor of Business

Chair Professor
Department of Information Systems, Business Statistics and Operations Management

Director of Center for Technology and Business Ecosystem

(PhD, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology)

Research Interests:

  • Cybercrime economics and policy
  • FinTech
  • Information technology policy
  • Information privacy
  • Electronic commerce
Prof James THONG
Prof James THONG Michael Jebsen Professor of Business

Acting Head and Chair Professor
Department of Information Systems, Business Statistics and Operations Management

(PhD, National University of Singapore)

Research Interests:

  • Technology adoption and implementation
  • Electronic government (e-government)
  • Human-computer interaction
  • Information privacy, security, and software piracy
  • IT development teams
Prof XU Yan
Prof XU Yan Professor
Department of Information Systems, Business Statistics and Operations Management

Division of Public Policy

Associate Director of Center for Business Strategy and Innovation

(PhD, University of Strathclyde)

Research Interests:

  • Corporate management
  • Competitive strategy and regulatory policy of telecommunications
  • Technology and Innovation management and policy
Prof Yanzhen CHEN
Prof Yanzhen CHEN Assistant Professor
Department of Information Systems, Business Statistics and Operations Management (ISOM)

(PhD, The University of Texas at Austin)

Research Interests:

  • Big data
  • Algorithmic trading
  • Deep learning
  • Bayesian analysis
  • Healthcare
Prof Weiyin HONG
Prof Weiyin HONG Associate Professor
Department of Information Systems, Business Statistics and Operations Management

(PhD, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology)

Research Interests:

  • Human-computer interaction
  • FinTech
  • Online personalization and privacy concern
  • Technology adoption and disadoption
Prof Tat Koon KOH
Prof Tat Koon KOH Associate Professor
Department of Information Systems, Business Statistics and Operations Management

Associate Dean (Undergraduate Programs)

Program Director of Global Business Program

(PhD, Carnegie Mellon University)

Research Interests:

  • Digital economy
  • Digital marketing
  • Open innovation and Crowdsourcing
  • Platform design and strategy
  • Tech startups
Prof WANG Jing
Prof WANG Jing Associate Professor
Department of Information Systems, Business Statistics and Operations Management

(PhD, New York University)

Research Interests:

  • Crowdsourcing
  • User-generated content
  • Crowdfunding
  • Data mining
  • Social networks
Prof Hong XU
Prof Hong XU Associate Professor
Department of Information Systems, Business Statistics and Operations Management

Co-Director of Dual Degree Program in Technology and Management

(PhD, The University of Texas at Austin)

Research Interests:

  • Strategic information communication
  • Auditing
  • Supply chain management
  • User-generated content
  • Online reputation
  • Game theory
Prof YANG Yi
Prof YANG Yi Associate Professor
Department of Information Systems, Business Statistics and Operations Management

(PhD, Northwestern University)

Research Interests:

  • Machine learning
  • Natural language processing
  • Big data
  • Deep learning

Operations Management / Business Statistics

Prof ZHENG Shaohui
Prof ZHENG Shaohui Chair Professor
Department of Information Systems, Business Statistics and Operations Management

(PhD, Columbia University)

Research Interests:

  • Supply chain management
  • Interface of operations and marketing
  • Production and quality control
  • Queuing systems
Prof Albert HA
Prof Albert HA Wei Lun Foundation Professor of Business

Chair Professor
Department of Information Systems, Business Statistics and Operations Management
Department of Industrial Engineering and Decision Analytics

(PhD, Stanford University)

Research Interests:

  • Stochastic models for production and inventory control
  • Incentive in operations
  • Supply chain management
Prof CHEN Ying Ju
Prof CHEN Ying Ju Crown Worldwide Professor of Business

Chair Professor
Department of Information Systems, Business Statistics and Operations Management
Department of Industrial Engineering and Decision Analytics

(PhD, New York University)

Research Interests:

  • Socially responsible operations
  • Operations-marketing interface
  • Supply chain management
Prof LI Qing
Prof LI Qing Deputy Head and Professor
Department of Information Systems, Business Statistics and Operations Management

Director of HKUST Li & Fung Supply Chain Institute

(PhD, The University of British Columbia)

Research Interests:

  • Intertemporal choice
  • Inventory management
  • Supply chain management
  • Behavioral operations management
  • Business Analytics
Prof Man YU
Prof Man YU Professor
Department of Information Systems, Business Statistics and Operations Management

(PhD, University of Michigan)

Research Interests:

  • Pricing and revenue management
  • OM/marketing interface
  • Operations analytics
Prof ZHANG Hongtao
Prof ZHANG Hongtao Professor
Department of Information Systems, Business Statistics and Operations Management

(PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

Research Interests:

  • Value of information and incentives for information exchange
  • Supply chain management
  • Coordination of global operations
  • Coordination in production and service systems
PROF ZHENG XINGHUA
PROF ZHENG XINGHUA Professor
Department of Information Systems, Business Statistics and Operations Management

(PhD, The University of Chicago)

Research Interests:

  • High-dimensional statistics, portfolio management
  • High-frequency financial data
  • Population models, random walk
Prof CHEUNG Ki Ling
Prof CHEUNG Ki Ling Associate Professor
Department of Information Systems, Business Statistics and Operations Management

(PhD, Stanford University)

Research Interests:

  • Total quality management
  • Supply chain management
  • Production and operations management
Prof Wang Xuan
Prof Wang Xuan Associate Professor
Department of Information Systems, Business Statistics and Operations Management

(PhD, New York Unviersity)

Research Interests:

  • Supply chain management
  • Revenue management and Online Marketplaces
  • Operations / Manufacturing Flexibility Design and Analysis

Management

Prof GONG Yaping
Prof GONG Yaping Fung Term Professor of Management

Head and Chair Professor
Department of Management

(PhD, The Ohio State University)

Research Interests:

  • Employee creativity
  • Goal orientation
  • Strategic human resource management
  • International human resource management
  • HRM/OB issues in China
Prof LI Jiatao
Prof LI Jiatao Lee Quo Wei Professor of Business

Chair Professor
Department of Management

Director of Center for Business Strategy and Innovation

(PhD, The University of Texas at Dallas)

Research Interests:

  • Multinational Corporate Strategy
  • International Expansion and Performance
  • Corporate Governance in Asia
  • Alliances/Joint Venture Success in China
  • Global R&D and Innovation in China
  • Chinese Management and Organizations
Prof Ellick WONG
Prof Ellick WONG Professor
Department of Management

Academic Director of MSc in International Management

(PhD, The Chinese University of Hong Kong)

Research Interests:

  • Managerial decision-making
  • Human judgment and decision processes
  • Language processing
  • Human attention
PROF MELODY CHAO
PROF MELODY CHAO Associate Professor
Department of Management

(PhD, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign)

Research Interests:

  • Globalization; Multicultural psychology
  • Organizational behavior; Normative judgements
  • Group processes and intergroup relations
Prof Bilian SULLIVAN
Prof Bilian SULLIVAN Associate Professor
Department of Management

Program Co-Director of BSc in Biotechnology and Business

(PhD, Stanford University)

Research Interests:

  • Behavioral theory of the firm, organizational learning and adaptation
  • Social networks
  • Organizational theories
  • Firm innovation
PROF ZHENG YANFENG
PROF ZHENG YANFENG Associate Professor
Department of Management

(PhD, University of Wisconsin Madison)

Research Interests:

  • Innovation System of China
  • Financial Technologies
  • Founding Team Dynamics
  • Venture Financing
Prof. Pavel ZHELYAZKOV
Prof. Pavel ZHELYAZKOV Associate Professor
Department of Management

Dr. Chung Sze-Yuen Associate Professor of Business

PG Programs Coordinator (Management)

(PhD, Harvard University)

Research Interest:

  • Dynamics of inter-organizational tie formation and dissolution
  • Venture capital firm syndication and fundraising 
  • Strategic alliances 

Marketing

Prof HONG Jiewen
Prof HONG Jiewen Head and Professor
Department of Marketing

(PhD, Northwestern University)

Research Interests:

  • Aging consumers
  • Sustainable consumer behavior
Prof SHI Mengze
Prof SHI Mengze Chair Professor
Yuk-Shee Chan Professor of Business
Department of Markeing

(PhD, Carnegie Mellon University)

Research Interests:

  • Sales and marketing innovations
  • Incentives and motivation
  • Customer relationship management
Prof Ralf VAN DER LANS
Prof Ralf VAN DER LANS Chair Professor
Department of Marketing

Director of PhD/MPhil Programs

(PhD, Tilburg University)

Research Interests:

  • Bayesian data analysis
  • Eye movements
  • Pricing strategies
  • Visual attention
  • Online marketing
Prof Amy DALTON
Prof Amy DALTON Associate Professor
Department of Marketing

(PhD, Duke University)

Research Interests:

  • Nonconscious influences and automatic consumer behavior
  • Self-regulation
  • Identity
Prof Kristiaan HELSEN
Prof Kristiaan HELSEN Associate Professor
Department of Marketing

Associate Director of Undergraduate Programs
School of Business and Management

Senior Lecturer
Department of Marketing

Academic Director of MSc in Marketing

(PhD, University of Pennsylvania)

Research Interests:

  • Competitive marketing
  • Hazard rate modeling
  • International marketing
  • New products modeling
  • Product harm crises
  • Empirical modeling
PROF LIN SONG
PROF LIN SONG Associate Professor
Department of Marketing

(PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

Research Interests:

  • Pricing
  • Advertising
  • New products
  • Platform designs
  • Information economics
Prof LIU Jia
Prof LIU Jia Associate Professor
Department of Marketing

Department of Industrial Engineering and Decision Analytics

(PhD, Columbia University)

Prof Jaideep SENGUPTA
Prof Jaideep SENGUPTA Chair Professor
Department of Marketing

Synergis-Geoffrey YEH Professor of Business

(PhD, University of California)

Research Interests:

  • Consumer information processing
  • Persuasion and attitude strength
  • Effects of marketing communications
  • Self-regulation and self-control
Prof June SHI Zijun
Prof June SHI Zijun

Associate Professor
Department of Marketing

(PhD, Carnegie Mellon University)

Prof WANG Wenbo
Prof WANG Wenbo Associate Professor
Department of Marketing

(PhD, New York University)

Research Interests:

  • AI generated content marketing
  • Precise targeting
  • Big data
  • Unstructured data
  • Moment to moment data
Prof ZHAO Ying
Prof ZHAO Ying Associate Professor
Department of Marketing

MPhil/PhD Programs Coordinator (Marketing)

(PhD, University of California, Berkeley)

Research Interests:

  • Competitive marketing strategy
  • Consumer choice dynamics
  • Media consumption and production behavior
PROF ZHOU RONGRONG
PROF ZHOU RONGRONG Associate Professor
Department of Marketing

(PhD, Columbia University)

Research Interests:

  • Consumer judgment and decision-making
  • Motivational influences in consumer behaviour
  • Customer experiences in services
  • The role of visual processing in decision-making