Ning Gong received his Ph.D in finance from Olin School of Business, Washington University in St. Louis. In addition to his current academic appointment at the Melbourne Business School, Ning has taught MBA students at the University of California at Davis, Australian Graduate School of Management, Washington University in St. Louis, and University of Southern Illinois at Edwardsville as a visiting/adjunct faculty member. He was voted by the full-time MBA graduates at the Melbourne Business School as the recipient of Teaching Excellence award in 2007. Ning's research span regulations and legal environments of capital markets, as well as general financial economics, exploring issues including shareholder litigation, the underpricing of privatised IPOs in Australia, the volatility of financial markets, ASX stock market monitoring, and government bailout policy. His research papers received the best paper award at the Australian Journal of Management in both 2001 and 2004. Ning has consulted both within Australia and overseas, applying his knowledge of financial modeling on behalf of clients including PricewaterhouseCoopers, Mosanto, and NISA Investment Advisors.