Dr Zhizhen Chen BSc, MSc, PhD

Dr Zhizhen Chen joined the Accounting and Finance department in September 2017. He is in the finalising year of his PhD in Finance in the University of Glasgow, and also an early career researcher in Finance in the University of Greenwich.

Dr Chen has been very active in research. His research focus is on banking, both empirical and theoretical research. During his PhD studies at the University of Glasgow, he published two academic papers in ABS-ranked 3* journals. His co-authors before joining the department include top researchers from U.K. (e.g., Prof. Frank Hong Liu), U.S. (e.g., Prof. Kose John), and China (e.g., Prof. Haoxi Yang).

Dr Chen has also been very active in teaching related activities. He was the Graduate Teaching Assistant in the University of Glasgow from 2015 before joining the University of Greenwich. Mr Zhizhen Chen received very positive feedback from anonymous evaluations from students. For example, the overall satisfaction with the undergraduate course, Derivative Securities, is 92%, which is the second best across all undergraduate courses. He received the Teaching Excellence Award in 2016-17 from the University of Glasgow for this performance.