Distinguished Research Professor of Economics & Finance at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville and a Research Fellow at the Economic Research Forum. Research interests include investments, asset pricing and risk management. Recent work focuses on asset pricing and risk management issues in emerging stock markets and commodity markets.
I have taught a variety of courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels including Financial Management, Investment Analysis, Security Valuation, International Finance, and Fixed Income. I have served as an ad hoc reviewer for numerous academic journals as well as research organizations including the National Science Foundation (NSF) Decision, Risk, and Management Science – Economics program, Qatar National Research Fund and Deanship of Research at King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals.