Yuehua Tang

Education

• Master of Arts (M.A.) University of Antwerp (2007 — 2008)
• Master of Arts (M.A.) Renmin University of China (2006 — 2008)
• Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Nankai University (2002 — 2006)

Academic Experience

• UF Term Professor, University of Florida, August 2021 -
• Emerson-Merrill Lynch Professor, University of Florida, January 2020 -
• Associate Professor of Finance (with tenure), University of Florida, August 2020 -
• Assistant Professor of Finance, University of Florida, August 2016 - July 2020
• Visiting Assistant Professor of Finance, Emory University, Fall 2014
• Assistant Professor of Finance, Singapore Management University, July 2013-June 2016

Research Interests

• Investments
• Mutual Funds
• Hedge Funds
• Capital Markets
• Corporate Finance
• Climate Finance

Fellowship, Grants, and Awards

1. AMTD FinTech Centre Prize, Asian Finance Association Conference, 2022

2. Yihong Xia Best Paper Award, China International Conference in Finance, 2018

3. First Prize, Chicago Quantitative Alliance (CQA) Academic Competition, 2017

4. Best Paper Award, Conference of the Paul Woolley Centre for the Study of Capital Market Dysfunctionality, 2015

5. Dean’s Teaching Honor List, LKC School of Business, Singapore Management University, 2015

6. First Prize, Chicago Quantitative Alliance CQAsia Academic Competition, 2014

7. D.S. Lee Foundation Fellowship, Singapore Management University, 2014-2016

8. Singapore Ministry of Education Tier 1 Research Grant, 2013-2014

9. Georgia State University Dissertation Grant, 2012

10. Stephen Smith Research Award, Georgia State University, 2012

11. Best Ph.D. Student Paper Award, Eastern Finance Association, 2011

12. Third Prize, Chicago Quantitative Alliance (CQA) Academic Competition, 2010

13. Q-Group Research Grant, 2009