Dr. Jiaquan YAO, Professor of Finance
Office Address: School of Management, Jinan University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China 510632
Research Interests:  Corporate Finance, Labor and Finance, Information Economics, FinTech, Textual Analysis, Machine Learning
Email: YAOJ0002[AT]e.ntu.edu.sg

Academic Experience

• School of Management, Jinan University

             Professor of Finance, 2017.07 to present

• Wang Yanan Institute for Studies in Economics, Xiamen University 

             Assistant Professor of Finance, 2014.09 to 2017.06

• Department of Finance, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

​             Visiting PhD Student, 04-05/2014

Education

• Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

             Ph.D. in Finance

• Xi'an Jiaotong University, China

             M.A. in Economics (Econometrics)
             B.Eng. in Information Engineering (with distinction)

Awards      

• 2020           Excellent Paper Award at Conference on Financial Systems Engineering and Risk Management (2 papers)
  
• 2019           Champion Team at Amazon Deep Learning Hackathon, Beijing
• 2017           Supervisor for National Excellent Master Thesis in Finance (18 theses selected countrywide)
• 2016           Excellent Teaching Award, Xiamen University
• 2013           Best Paper Award at the National Forum for PhD Students in Quantitative Economics
• 2012           Doctoral Student Travel Grant Award sponsored by the American Finance Association
• 2011           Best Paper Award at 19th Conference on the Theories and Practices of Securities and Financial Markets