Curriculum Vitae

Academic History

Assistant Professor of Finance, E. J. Ourso College of Business Since 2023

Ph.D. in Finance, Rice University 2017-2023

M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering, Rice University 2014-2017

B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering, Sharif University of Technology 2010-2014

Research Interests

Information Economics, Asset Pricing, Textual Analysis.

Working Papers

Disseminating Information on Twitter: Evidence from Investment Advisers

Available on SSRN.

Finfluencers

with Ali Kakhbod, Dmitry Livdan, and Norman Schürhoff

Available on SSRN.

Publications

Discretionary Announcement Timing and Stock Returns

with Kerry Back, Bruce Carlin, and Chloe Xie

Forthcoming in the Journal of Finance

Available on SSRN.

Validity, Tightness, and Forecasting Power of Risk Premium Bounds

with Kerry Back and Kevin Crotty

Journal of Financial Economics 144 (3), 2022, pp. 732–760.

Other Publications

Micrometer-Sized Sensors with Free-Space Optical Energy Harvesting in CMOS

with Mahdi Forghani and Aydin Babakhani

Published in 2020 Topical Meeting on Silicon Monolithic Integrated Circuits in RF Systems.

Methods and Systems Related to Remote Measuring and Sensing

with Aydin Babakhani, Mahdi Forghani, Yuxiang Sun, and Yaswanth Kumar Cherivirala.

U.S. Patent 11048893.

Presentations

AFA 2025^*, NBER Summer Institute on Big Data and High-Performance Computing for Financial Economics 2024, 2024 Jackson Hole Finance Conference^*, Claremont Graduate University 2023, EuFA 2023^*, NFA 2021

^*: presented by a coauthor

Professional Services

Journal Reviews: European Financial Management, Journal of Banking and Finance, Management Science.

Program Committee: MFA (2025, 2023), EFA 2023

Discussions: FMA (2023, 2020)

Media Appearances

Line Your Own Pockets Podcast: Episode 11 - October 11, 2024

Teaching

Financial Management (UG), Financial Modeling and Analytics (UG, MS)