Research Faculty

Jan Bena, Division Chair
Instructors
Emeritus Faculty
Students - PhD


Percy (Xuhui) Chen
Email: xuhui.chen@sauder.ubc.ca


Xiyue (Ellen) Li
Email: xiyue.li@sauder.ubc.ca


Xing Liu
Email: xing.liu@sauder.ubc.ca

Dongliang Lu
Email: dongliang.lu@sauder.ubc.ca

Juan Martin Rinaldi


Jin (Iris) Wang
Email: iris.wang@sauder.ubc.ca

Zhanbing Xiao
Email: zhanbing.xiao@sauder.ubc.ca


Shiqi Zhang
Email: shiqi.zhang@sauder.ubc.ca

Keling Zheng
Email: keling.zheng@sauder.ubc.ca
Students - past placements
2022 | Khalil Esmkhani | Columbia University (Post-Doc) |
Xuejing (Joyce) Guan | Shanghai Jiao Tong University | |
Coby Fang Hu | Lingnan University | |
Julian Vahl | Theory & Practice | |
2020 | Guangli Lu | The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen |
2019 | Jiri Knesl | University of Oxford |
Terry Zhang | Australian National University | |
2018 | Jinfei Sheng | University of California - Irvine |
2017 | Charles Martineau | University of Toronto - Rotman |
Ercos Valdivieso | Sung Kyun Kwan University | |
Kairong Xiao | Columbia University | |
Sheng-Jun Xu | University of Alberta | |
Ting Xu | University of Virginia - Darden | |
2016 | Alexandre Corhay | University of Toronto - Rotman |
Haibo Jiang | Tulane University | |
2015 | Milka Dimitrova | CUNEF |
Alejandra Medina | OECD | |
Gonzalo Morales | University of Alberta | |
2013 | Vincent Gregoire | University of Melbourne |
Pablo Moran | University of Calgary | |
Alberto Romero | Bank of Mexico | |
2012 | Michael J. Mueller | Bank of Canada |
Thomas Ruf | University of New South Wales | |
2011 | Zhongzhi Song | Cheung Kong, China |
Shubo Wang | Vanderbilt | |
Feng Zhang | University of Utah | |
2010 | Oliver Boguth | Arizona State University |
Mike Simutin | University of Toronto | |
2009 | Huasheng Gao | Nanyang Technological University, Singapore |
David Newton | Concordia University | |
Kyung Shim | University of New South Wales | |
2008 | Julian Douglass | Barclays Group |
Charles Gaa | University of Oregon | |
Lars-Alexander Kuehn | Carnegie Mellon University | |
2007 | Jeff Colpitts | UBS |
2006 | Jan Schneider | University of California, Los Angeles |
2005 | Amir Barnea | University of Texas at Austin |
Sean Finucane | University of Exeter | |
Longkai Zhao | Beijing University | |
2004 | Issouf Soumare | Laval University |
2003 | Xifeng Diao | University of Calgary |
Amir Rubin | Simon Fraser University | |
Joshua Slive | HEC Montreal | |
2002 | Stephen Burke | Phillips, Hager & North |
Daniel Smith | Simon Fraser University | |
James Storey | Royal Bank of Canada | |
2001 | Lorenzo Garlappi | University of Texas at Austin |
Yonggan Zhao | Nanyang Technological University | |
2000 | Nalinaksha Bhattacharyya | University of Manitoba |
Yinghu Liu | Wells Fargo Bank | |
Jacob Sagi | University of California, Berkeley | |
Patrick Savaria | Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec | |
1999 | Nathalie Moyen | University of Colorado at Boulder |
David Peterson | QuIC Financial Technologies | |
1998 | Murray Carlson | University of Texas at Austin |
Mary Kelly | Wilfrid Laurier University | |
Lisa Kramer | University of Toronto | |
1997 | Khang Min Lee | |
1996 | Bryan R. Routledge | Carnegie Mellon University |
Students - job candidates
2022 Job Market Candidates

Xing Liu
Previous degrees:
- M.A. Finance, Tsinghua University, PBC School of Finance
- B.A. Economics (Track: Insurance), Renmin University of China
Research interests: Insurance, InsurTech, FinTech, Consumer and Household Finance, Behavioral and Experimental Finance, Private Equity
Supervisory Committee Members: Jan Bena (Chair), Will Gornall, and Sabrina T. Howell (NYU)

Iris Wang
Previous degrees:
- Queen’s University, Smith School of Business
M.Sc. in Business Economics - University of British Columbia, Sauder School of Business
B.Com. in Finance (with Honours)
Research interests: Empirical Corporate Finance, Corporate Governance, Labor Finance, Venture Capital, FinTech
Supervisory Committee Members: Li Kai (Co-Chair), Jan Bena (Co-Chair), Bian Bo, Ralph Winter

Zhanbing Xiao
Previous degrees:
- B.S. Economics, Xi’an Jiaotong University, 2011 - 2015.
- MPhil. Finance, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2015 - 2017.
Research interests: Climate Finance; ESG; Big Data; Financial Institutions
Supervisory Committee Members : Supervisor: Hernan Ortiz-Molina; Committee Members: Kai Li, Isha Agarwal, Thomas Davidoff, Xin Zheng

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