科学家团队

Anthony Bellotti

Associate Professor in Computer Science

Scientists Introduction

Dr. Anthony Bellotti is Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science at University of Nottingham Ningbo, China. He received his PhD in machine learning from Royal Holloway, University of London in 2006 and was a Research Fellow in the Credit Research Centre at the University of Edinburgh from 2007 to 2010. He was senior lecturer at Imperial College London until 2019 where he taught quantitative methods in retail finance. His main research area is machine learning, with particular interest in credit risk models, dynamic survival models and reliable machine learning.

Wu Deng

Professor in Architecture and Built Environment

Scientists Introduction

The research primarily focuses on four aspects:
1) sustainable eco-city development;
2) material, energy, and carbon modeling and analysis throughout the building lifecycle;
3) passive house technology in hot summer and cold winter climates;
4) prototype construction and modeling.

Vladimir Brusic

Professor in Computing and Data Science

Scientists Introduction

He studied at the University of Belgrade (Serbia), La Trobe University, RMIT University (Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology) and Rutgers University. His research expertise is interdisciplinary, spanning bioinformatics, mathematical modeling, predictive analytics, artificial intelligence, and machine learning. He is particularly interested in the analysis of complex systems and the development of knowledge-based systems.

Jingong Huang

Assistant Professor in Economics

Scientists Introduction

Dr. Jingong Huang specialize in the research area of economic growth. In particular, He is interested in examining the impact of knowledge spillovers on economic growth. His research involves building endogenous growth model featuring a technology network and investigating the connection between the structure of the network and the behavior of the economy.

Alain Chong

Vice Provost for Global Engagement and Partnerships, Professor in Information Systems and Operations Management

Scientists Introduction

Dr. Alain Chong attended North Jakarta International School (NJIS), British International School (BIS), and Jakarta International School (JIS) from 1992 to 1998. After completing a post-doctoral research fellowship at Hong Kong Polytechnic University, he joined the University of Nottingham Ningbo China as an assistant professor, later advancing to associate professor and then full professor in information systems. His research areas are technology adoption, social media, mobile commerce, fintech, digital platform, disruptive technologies, and e-SCM.

Wei Huang

Associate Professor in Finance

Scientists Introduction

Dr. Wei Huang is an associate editor of International Review of Financial Analysis, International Review of Economics and Finance, Finance Research Letters and the China area editor of Research in International Business and Finance. His research lies in the areas of corporate finance and governance, financial reporting, market-based accounting research, ESG, entrepreneurial finance, supply chain finance, and innovation.

Ying Jiang

Associate Professor in Finance

Scientists Introduction

Dr. Ying Jiang’s main research interests lie in the fields of empirical asset pricing and applied time series econometrics. In particular, she is interested in stock return predictability, return-based trading strategies, volatility modelling and forecasting in financial markets. She publishes on leading journals such as Journal of International Money and Finance, European Journal of Finance, International Journal of Forecasting and so on. Ying is currently the associate editor of Research in International Business and Finance. She has obtained several research funding including two grants from the Ministry of Education of China.

Jin Chen

Associate Professor in Entrepreneurship & Innovation

Scientists Introduction

Dr. Jin Chen currently is an Associate Professor in Entrepreneurship and Innovation at Nottingham University Business School China. She got her PhD degree from National University of Singapore. Prior to joining UNNC, she was an Associate Professor in Management Science and Engineering in School of Business, East China University of Science and Technology. Her research focuses on technological innovation and entrepreneurship in emerging markets, especially on the interaction between public and private in the context of entrepreneurial financing.

Xiaoquan Liu

Professor in Finance

Scientists Introduction

Pro. Xiaoquan Liu's research interests include asset pricing, derivatives, and applied econometrics. She was previously a Lecturer and Senior Lecturer at the University of Essex in the UK, during which time she visited the Stephen M. Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor) and the Department of Financial Statistics at the University of Science and Technology of China.

Xiaolan Zheng

Associate Professor in Finance, Head of Department

Scientists Introduction

Xiaolan Zheng (PhD University of South Carolina, 2012) is Associate Professor of Finance at the Nottingham University Business School (NUBS) China. She is the holder of the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA). Her research focuses on capital structure, debt maturity, dividend policy, cost of capital, trade credit, corporate governance, banking, international finance, corruption, and the influence of culture on financial decisions.

Jian Tan

Professor Jian Tan is a distinguished expert in the field of independent blockchain technology entrepreneurship, having been selected as a national "Thousand Talents Plan" Special Expert.

Scientists Introduction

Professor Jian Tan is a distinguished expert in the field of independent blockchain technology entrepreneurship, having been selected as a national "Thousand Talents Plan" Special Expert. He currently serves as deputy director of the National Key Laboratory of Public Big Data (in preparation) and as director in charge of blockchain technology, data security, privacy protection technology application, performance transformation, and implementation demonstration. He holds a dual bachelor's degree in science and law from Peking University, a Ph.D. from New York University in the United States, and serves as co-founder and vice president of research and development at AvePoint.

Lenny Koh

Lenny Koh is the Chair Professor in Operations Management at the Management School and the Centre for Energy, Environment and Sustainability (CEES) at the University of Sheffield, UK.

Scientists Introduction

Lenny Koh is the Chair Professor in Operations Management at the Management School and the Centre for Energy, Environment and Sustainability (CEES) at the University of Sheffield, UK. She is the Founder and Director of the Logistics and Supply Chain Management (LSCM) Research Centre. Additionally, she serves as the Co-founder of the Supply Chain Management and Information Systems Consortium, a global network of leading academics and practitioners aimed at advancing research and knowledge exchange in supply chain and information systems.

Lean Yu

Professor at Beijing University of Chemical Technology.

Scientists Introduction

Lean Yu is a Professor at Beijing University of Chemical Technology. He has been awarded the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars and was selected into the first batch of the "Ten Thousand Talents Program" by the Organization Department of the CPC Central Committee and the "Hundred Talents Program" of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. His primary research areas include business intelligence, big data mining, economic forecasting, and financial management. He has authored 5 monographs and published over 90 SCI/SSCI-indexed papers, with nearly 3,000 citations in SCI/SSCI journals and over 6,700 citations on Google Scholar.

Xiaofeng Zhang

Associate Professor at the School of Computer Science and Technology

Scientists Introduction

Xiaofeng Zhang is an Associate Professor at the School of Computer Science and Technology, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen. He serves as a Senior Program Committee Member for IJCAI and AAAI, Co-Program Chair of the International Conference on Security, and is a recipient of the Shenzhen "Peacock Plan Class C" Talent award. His primary research areas include data mining, web mining, machine learning, artificial intelligence, and related fields.

Bohui Zhang

Bohui Zhang is Presidential Chair Professor at the School of Economics and Management of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen

Scientists Introduction

Bohui Zhang is Presidential Chair Professor at the School of Economics and Management of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, Associate Dean of the Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Finance, and Director of the Research Center for FinTech and Social Finance. His research interests include FinTech, media, Chinese and international capital markets. He has secured and led several research projects supported by the Australian Research Council (ARC), UNSW Business School Research Grants (Australia), and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC).

Zhitao Wan

CTO of the UNNC-NFTZ Blockchain Laboratory, PhD in Computer Science and Technology (Software Service Engineering) from Peking University.

Scientists Introduction

CTO of the UNNC-NFTZ Blockchain Laboratory, PhD in Computer Science and Technology (Software Service Engineering) from Peking University. He was the CTO of Hangzhou Gelian Technology Co., LTD., Researcher and Project Manager for International Cooperation of Siemens/Nokia Siemens. He has in-depth research and rich engineering experience in blockchain, 5G network, parallel and distributed computing, cloud computing and other fields.