Dr. Zhong Chen

Biography

Zhong Chen is a Senior Lecturer in Accounting and Finance at King's College London. His research operates at the intersection of financial technology and corporate finance, with a particular focus on machine learning in finance, blockchain, mergers and acquisitions, and sustainable finance. He has published extensively in leading journals such as Management Science, the Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, and Contemporary Accounting Research, and has received several Paper Awards from prestigious conferences including the U.S. Southern Finance Association and the British Accounting and Finance Association. As an Associate Editor for the Journal of Chinese Economic and Business Studies, Dr. Chen is actively involved in major international conferences. His research has practical implications, with insights featured in Bloomberg and cited by asset managers like WisdomTree Investments as well as referenced in policy discussions by OECD/UNCTAD. At King's, Dr. Chen teaches Mergers and Acquisitions at both MSc and BSc levels and supervises doctoral researchers who have gone on to hold positions in academia and industry. His research is funded by the Centre for Sustainable Business Seed Funding and the Research Incubator Fund. He is currently accepting new PhD students and is involved in multiple research outputs related to corporate finance and acquisitions.

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