He has earned his Ph.D. in Business Administration (emphasis in Finance) from Florida Atlantic University in 2013. His research interests include illegal insider trading, mergers and acquisitions, stock indices, international finance, foreign direct investment, exchange-traded funds, industry contagion effects, and capital structure. He has been published in the Journal of Economics and Finance, Global Business and Finance Review, Journal of Economics and Business, and Institutional Investor's 8th Annual Guide to Exchange-Traded Funds.