Centre for Empirical Research in Finance and Banking (CERFIB)

Our people

Learn about our academic experts, from their research interests to their contact details.

Dr Weiping Qin

Lecturer in Banking & Finance

Research interests

  • Empirical asset pricing
  • Market integration
  • Sustainable finance

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Mr Wilson Odek BSc, MSc, CGMA Dip MA, AFHEA

Research interests

  • Marginalised Stakeholders
  • Social Identity Theory
  • Microeconomics
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Professor Woon Sau Leung

Professor of Finance

Research interests

  • ESG  [ESG risk; Climate risk; Stakeholder governance; Diversity],
  • Financial Markets  [Reforms/Legal changes in financial markets; Pricing of intangible assets; Stock returns; Monetary policies], 
  • Supply Chains  [Shock/Risk propagation; Customer base concentration; Reshoring]

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Dr Yi Ding BSc, MSc, PhD

Teaching Fellow in Banking and Finance

Research interests

  • Forecasting financial market volatility
  • Realised volatility
  • Value at Risk and Expected Shortfall
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Miss Yijia Gao

Research interests

  • Climate Change
  • Corporate Finance
  • Machine Learning in Finance
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Dr Yongda Liu

Lecturer in Banking and Finance

Research interests

  • Customer-supplier relationship
  • Information disclosure and  information environment
  • ESG

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Dr Yue Zhou

Lecturer B

Research interests

  • Empirical corporate finance and banking
  • Regulatory reforms
  • Risk-taking

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Dr Yun Luo

Lecturer in Finance

Research interests

  • Banking
  • Foreign Direct Investment (FDI)
  • Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A)

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Dr Zenon Taoushianis

Lecturer in Finance

Research interests

  • Corporate Finance
  • Machine Learning in Finance
  • Financial Distress

Accepting applications from PhD students

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