Fan Chen

Fan Chen serves as Faculty Chair and Associate Professor of Finance at Pacific University, teaching undergraduate and graduate courses in Business Administration, Finance, and MBA programs since 2012 across four institutions. His teaching excellence is recognized through the Price Finance Teaching Excellence Award (University of Oklahoma, 2013), President’s Award for Excellence in Graduate Teaching (Pacific University, 2023), and Outstanding Educator of the Year (2024).

His educational qualifications include:

• PhD in Finance from University of Oklahoma (Price College of Business), August 2014
• M.S. in Finance from Singapore Management University, 2009
• M.A. in Economics from Xiamen University (Wang Ya'nan Institute for Studies in Economics), China, 2009
• B.A. in Financial Engineering from Xiamen University, China, 2006

Dr. Chen's research focuses on Corporate Finance, Market Microstructure, and Energy Economics, employing empirical methods to analyze corporate events in over-the-counter bond markets and energy commodity dynamics. His work examines liquidity effects, wealth impacts on bondholders, and market transparency mechanisms.

His publication pattern (2016-2022) demonstrates consistent expertise in corporate finance applications to bond markets, with specific emphasis on mergers/acquisitions, debt offerings, and dividend announcements. The 2017 Energy Economics paper represents a distinct contribution to energy finance research.

Scientific awards for his research include:

• Best Paper Prize in Journal of Economics and Business (2020)
• Semifinalist for Best Paper Award, Financial Management Association (2016)
• Best Paper Award, 5th Behavioral Finance Conference (2015)
• Semifinalist for Best Paper Award, Financial Management Association (2012)

Dr. Chen actively mentors students whose work has earned SUNY Robert Barry Carson Best Paper Award (2016), SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Student Excellence (2018), and Pacific University Outstanding Graduate Award (2021). His research is supported by institutional funding:

• Faculty Development Grants (Pacific University, 2019)
• Story-Dondero Professional Research Grants (2020, 2021, 2024)

He maintains active scholarly engagement through presentations at European Finance Association and Financial Management Association conferences, with no dedicated research lab or team mentioned in the source material.