His research interests include mergers and acquisitions, corporate control, and corporate governance. He is the recipient of the second-place award for best doctoral student paper at the 2010 Southern Finance Association annual meetings. He has taught corporate finance theory, derivative security markets, survey of investments, and financial management, among other courses. He received his Ph.D. in finance from Terry College of Business at the University of Georgia; M.S. in finance from Simon School of Business at the University of Rochester, and B.Sc. in accounting from the University of Benin, Nigeria. He has worked for Deloitte Consulting and is a Level III Candidate in the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) program.