Prof. Hefei Wang (王鹤菲) joined the International Business School Suzhou in 2022. She is currently serving as the Associate Dean for Academic Engagement at IBSS. Before joining XJTLU, Dr. Hefei Wang was a Professor of Finance and Director of the Financial Big Data Lab at the Renmin University of China. Dr. Wang holds a Ph.D. in Finance from Stanford Graduate School of Business. Dr. Wangs research interests include theoretical corporate finance, dynamic asset allocation and Financial Big Data. She has single-authored and co-authored papers published in ABDC A*/A journals, including Journal of Financial Intermediation, Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, and top Chinese academic journals including Economic Perspectives and Economic Theory and Business Management. She was co-PI for a number of research grants, including the Chicago Mercantile Exchange research grant, China National Natural Science Foundation Key Program and Youth Program. She was invited to present her research at American Economic Association (AEA) annual meetings, Society of Financial Econometrics (SOFIE), Financial Intermediation Research Society (FIRS), the US Federal Reserves, US Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Asian Development Bank Institute, etc. Dr. Wang has been awarded Renmin University Excellent Youth Scholar, Excellent Teaching Award at University of Illinois at Chicago, Stanford Graduate School of Business Jaedicke Merit Scholarship, Wellesley College Trustee Scholar, and received recognitions from the city of Suzhou including Jinji Lake Leading Talent Award and the Suzhou Industrial Park Excellent Educator Award. She is currently an independent director and risk committee member for Pengyang Asset Management Corporation, and on the board of directors for the Cambricon Fintech Research Institute and China Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (CSIAM) Algorithms and Fintech committee.

Corporate Finance Theory/Contract Theory/Information Economics

Market Microstructure

Dynamic Asset Allocation

Financial Big Data

Professor of Finance, IBSS, XJTLU, 2022 - present

Director of Financial Big Data Lab, Renmin University of China, Suzhou Campus, 2019 - 2022

Professor of Finance, International College, Renmin University of China, 2017 - 2022

Associate Professor of Finance, Hanqing Advanced Institute of Economics and Finance, Renmin University of China, 2013 - 2017

Assistant Professor of Finance, Liautaud Graduate School of Business, University of Illinois, Chicago, 2005 - 2013

Chief Risk Officer, Beijing Chief Investment, 2019

Chief Research Scientist, Beijing Motou Technology Corp. 2018

Quantitative Researcher, Risk Management, China Investment Corporation, 2012

Visiting Economist, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, 2009

Corporate Finance Theory (Ph.D.)

Hedge Fund Strategies (MS)

Managerial Finance (BA, MBA)

Suzhou Industrial Park Excellent Educator, 2020

Best Faculty Advisor for the China International Quantitative Finance Competition, 2018, 2020

Jinji Lake talent award for academics, 2017

Renmin University Excellent Youth Scholar, 2017

Excellent Teaching Award at University of Illinois at Chicago, 2006

Stanford Graduate School of Business -- Jaedicke Merit Scholarship， 2001, 2002

Stanford Graduate School of Business Knight Scholar， 2000 - 2005

Wellesley College Trustee Scholar, 2000

Lewis Atterbury Stimson Prize in Mathematics, 2000

Hughes Research Award; Fairchild Research Award, 1999

Top ten finalist in China National Programming Competition (NOI); One of 15 members of the China National Olympic Training Team in Information Science., 1993-1996