His research covers aspects of empirical asset pricing and textual analysis related to information transmission and pricing in the financial markets. Alan’s work has been sponsored by a number of federal grants and has appeared in leading finance and accounting journals. Prior to his academic career, Alan was an investment banking associate and a proprietary trader for GF Securities. Alan consults for private equities and is currently a board observer of a Silicon Valley unicorn. Alan holds a PhD from the University of Colorado at Boulder, and a Master’s degree from Shanghai University of Finance and Economics.