Staff listing
Find out more about staff members at Deakin Business School's Department of Finance. Here you can see staff profiles, link through to their publications and get in touch.
Department of Finance staff
As a leading Australian department in both finance and real estate, we aim to produce world-class research, deliver excellent education and contribute to the Australian economy and the community around us.
Our research and teaching focus on financial markets and institutions, financial decisions of firms, real estate economics and property law. Our academic staff, comprising of experts in finance and real estate, consistently earn worldwide recognition for their research. We foster a dynamic research and teaching culture, emphasising academic significance and real-world impact.
Key contacts
Professor Xiangkang Yin, Head of Department
Dr Hoa Nguyen, Director of Teaching
Associate Professor Hong Feng Zhang, Director, Researcher Development
Dr Saikat Sovan Deb, Director, HDR
Course directors
Dr Ruipeng Liu, Course Director, Bachelor of Commerce (Finance Major)
Dr Ameeta Jain, Course Director, Bachelor of Property and Real Estate
Dr Ning Gong, Course Director, Master of Finance and Graduate Certificate of Digital Finance
Dr Christopher Ratcliffe, Course Director, Postgraduate Courses of Property and Real Estate
Academic contacts
Dr Tze Ang, Senior Lecturer
Dr Sohel Azad, Senior Lecturer
Professor Tarun Chordia, Professional Research Fellow
Dr Saikat Sovan Deb, Senior Lecturer
Dr Daisy Doan, Lecturer
Dr Mong Shan Ee, Senior Lecturer
Dr Ning Gong, Senior Lecturer
Dr Abdul Aziz Hayat Muhammad, Senior Lecturer
Dr Ameeta Jain, Senior Lecturer
Tom Keel, Associate Lecturer
Dr Alok Kumar, Professional Research Fellow
Associate Professor Adrian Lee
Dr Fengfei Li, Lecturer
Dr Emma Li, Senior Lecturer
Associate Professor Xiaoyang Li
Dr Jerry Liang, Senior Lecturer
Dr Ruipeng Liu, Senior Lecturer
Dr Sagarika Mishra, Senior Lecturer
Dr Annette Nguyen, Senior Lecturer
Dr Hoa Nguyen, Associate Head of School
Dr Wei Opie, Senior Lecturer
Associate Professor Edward Podolski
Dr Christopher Ratcliffe, Senior Lecturer
Associate Professor Susan Sharma
Associate Professor Harminder Singh
Dr Kannan Thuraisamy, Senior Lecturer
Dr Peipei Wang, Lecturer
Dr Vincent Xiang, Lecturer
Dr Robert Xiao, Senior Lecturer
Associate Professor Hong Feng Zhang
Dr Xinwei Zheng, Senior Lecturer
Research
Centres
Centre for Disaster Resilience and Economic Recovery Education
Professor Mehmet Ulubasoglu, Director
Centre for Refugee Employment, Advocacy, Training and Education (CREATE)
Alfred Deakin Professor Alex Newman, Director
Deakin Integrated Reporting Centre
Professor Peter Carey, Research Director
IPA-Deakin SME Research Centre
Professor George Tanewski, Director
Units
Arts & Creative Industries Research and Engagement (ACiRE)
Professor Hilary Glow, Director
Better Consumption Lab
Associate Professor Josh Newton, Director
Deakin MarTech Clinic
Associate Professor Ali Tamaddoni, Director
Deakin MarTech Clinic
Professor Andre Bonfrer, Director
Impact Finance Hub
Dr Emma Li, Director
Leadership Futures Hub
Associate Professor Jeff Shao, Director
Leadership Futures Hub
Dr Yuen Lam Bavik, Director
Women's Entrepreneurship Research Alliance
Dr Andrea North-Samardzic, Director
Contact us
Get in touch or visit us at our Melbourne Burwood, Geelong Waterfront or Warrnambool Campuses.
+61 3 9244 6555