Comings & Goings

Comings & Goings

Comings

We welcome our new faculty who joined us between December 2014 and August 2015!

Professor Wayne Yu Assistant Dean (Executive Education), College of Business; and Professor of the Department of Accountancy and Department of Economics and Finance

Wayne received his PhD degree from the University of Alberta. Before joining CityU, he served as Professor of Finance at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. His research interests include capital markets, corporate finance, accounting, and financial derivatives.

Dr Wen Chen Assistant Professor, Department of Accountancy

Wen received her PhD in Accounting from University of Minnesota. Before her doctoral study, she obtained her BS in both Human Resource Management and Statistics from Peking University. She also worked as an auditor in KPMG Beijing Office. Her main research interests focus on capital and debt markets, market frictions, financial reporting and disclosure, and accounting regulation.

Dr Dongkyu Chang Assistant Professor, Department of Economics and Finance

Dongkyu completed his PhD study in Economics at Yale University. Before his doctoral study, he obtained his BA in Economics and BS in Mathematics from Seoul National University. His research is concerned with microeconomic theory, game theory, and industrial organization.

Dr Yongjin Kim Assistant Professor, Department of Economics and Finance

Yongjin received his PhD in Finance from Carnegie Mellon University. Before his doctoral study, he obtained his MS in Management Engineering and BS in Physics from Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology. His research interests are in macro-asset pricing and its implications on corporate finance.

Dr Jinyue Li Assistant Professor, Department of Economics and Finance

Jinyue received her PhD in Economics and MA in Economics from the University of Minnesota. Before her graduate study, she obtained her BS in Mathematics and Economics from Arizona State University. Her main research interests include international trade, urban economics, and economic geography.

Dr Nilanjan Roy Assistant Professor, Department of Economics and Finance

Nilanjan received his BSc (Honours) from Presidency College, University of Calcutta, India, MS (QE) from Indian Statistical Institute, India, his MS and PhD in Social Science from California Institute of Technology U.S.A. Prior to joining the City University of Hong Kong, he was an Assistant Professor at the Singapore University of Technology and Design. His main research/teaching interests include Microeconomics, Game Theory, Experimental Economics, and Experimental Finance. His current research focuses on effect of cheap talk in public good games; consumption smoothing in experimental asset markets and cooperation in dynamic networks. His work has been published in the Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization and Journal of Finance.

Dr Zachary Leung Ngai-hang Assistant Professor, Department of Management Sciences

Zachary received his PhD in operations research from the Operations Research Center at MIT, and his MSc and BSc in applied mathematics from the National University of Singapore. Prior to joining the faculty at the Department of Management Sciences, Zachary spent a year at the Tepper School of Business at Carnegie Mellon University as a post-doctoral fellow. His research interests include supply chain management, revenue management, and healthcare operations.

Goings

We extend all best wishes for future happiness, professional fulfilment and prosperity to faculty who left us during the same period.

Professor YV Hui Department of Management Science

Professor YV Hui has retired from CityU. Prof Hui joined the MS Department back in 1992, and was the first Associate Dean of the College of Business from 1996 until 2002. He also served as Associate Dean of the School of Graduate Studies from 2002 until his retirement. Prof Hui will continue his professional work and is taking up the Vice President (Academic and Research) position at the Hang Seng Management College.

Dr Syed Akhtar Associate Professor, Department of Management
Dr John Edward Nowland Assistant Professor, Department of Accountancy
Dr Takuma Kunieda Assistant Professor, Department of Economics and Finance
Dr Chia-hui Lu Assistant Professor, Department of Economics and Finance
Dr Tom Vinaimont Assistant Professor, Department of Economics and Finance
Dr Kwangho Kim Assistant Professor, Department of Management
Dr Frank Yu Kuo Assistant Professor, Department of Management
Dr Wenxia Guo Assistant Professor, Department of Marketing