Rui (Mary) Ma

Dr Mary Ma joined La Trobe University as a Lecturer in Finance in 2019. She completed her PhD degree in 2018 at Massey University in New Zealand. Her research focuses on market microstructure, market liquidity, and climate risk. Mary’s research work has been published in internationally recognised journals such as the Journal of Financial Markets (ABDC A*), the Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions & Money (ABDC A), the International Review of Financial Analysis (ABDC A), and the Pacific-Basin Finance Journal (ABDC A). She has also been a referee for various SSCI journals, including Economic Modelling, Global Finance Journal, the Pacific-Basin Finance Journal, and Studies in Nonlinear Dynamics & Econometrics.

Mary is the recipient of a number of competitive research grants, such as the AFAANZ Mid-Career Researcher Grant and the La Trobe ASSC Research Start-up Grant. Mary has won several best paper awards at international conferences, including the INFINZ Best Paper Prize for Investments at the New Zealand Finance Colloquium, and the Best PhD Paper Prize at the Behavioural Finance and Capital Markets Conference. She has also had her research work accepted by top-quality finance conferences, such as the FMA Asia Pacific Conference, and the Australasian Finance and Banking Conference. In addition, Mary has successfully supervised PhD and undergraduate research students to completion. Her teaching areas include market risk management, applied econometrics, and investment analysis.