He holds a Ph.D. in Finance with a minor in Economics. He is actively involved in investment and wealth management products. His practitioner-oriented research focuses on sell-side and buy-side equity analysts, asset management and investment banking as well as corporate finance and governance of public firms. He has received the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School-WRDS Outstanding Paper in Empirical Research in 2014, and a number of other awards. His papers have been published in leading academic journals.