Hello, I am Ye Aung Moe (written as ရဲအောင်မိုး in my native Burmese language). Yes, I am from this perhaps little-known SouthEast Asian country called Burma/Myanmar. I am currently a Ph.D. Candidate in Finance at the College of Business, University of Nebraska - Lincoln. During my pre-PhD years, I gained diverse experience across multiple fields while in working in Singapore and Myanmar. My jobs included a junior coder (in VB.Net), a digital marketing analyst, a market research analyst, a GCE-O and GCE-A levels mathematics tutor, and a research assisant to a cryptocurrency research group.

My current research interest spans across corporate governance in relation to political ideology and connection, the trading activities of politicians in financial securities market, and market microstructure.

When I am not engaged in finance research or teaching, I like to spend most of my free time reading epic fantasy series, a hobby I picked up in my teenagehood. My favorite fantasy authors are J. R. R. Tolkien, Brandon Sanderson, and Robin Hobb. Robin Hobb's Liveship Trader series left in me an enduring love for fantasy literature.