About me
Yang joined the School as a Lecturer in Accounting and Finance in September 2021. Prior to that, Yang earned her PhD in Finance from the University of Aberdeen (UK) and an MSc degree with Distinction in Accounting and Finance from the University of Surrey (UK). Yang has previously worked as Graduate Teaching Assistant at the University of Aberdeen. Her research interests lie in the fields of cryptocurrency, blockchain and empirical corporate finance.
Teaching
Yang teaches the following courses at the University of Westminster
Global Banking (PG),
Financial Market and Institutions (PG),
Introduction to Finance (UG),
Current Theme in Finance (UG),
Yang was a teaching assistant at the University of Aberdeen in 2018-2020 including Financial Market and Regulation (UG), Financial Analysis and Markets (PG), and Advanced Financial Market and Regulation (PG).
Research
Yang research interests include the traditional corporate finance and Fintech in particular on cryptocurrency and blockchain.
Yang collaborated with researchers in Computer Science and Engineering on Blockchain-enabled privacy-preserving contact tracing for the COVID-19 pandemic, published in a top journal in Engineering and received funding from a USA company for developing the testing platform and mobile phone App.
Publications
For details of all my research outputs, visit my WestminsterResearch profile.