PhD (Economics), Queen’s University, Canada; Research Chair Professor, Finance, Asia University, Taiwan; Erasmus Visiting Professor, Quantitative Finance, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands; Adjunct Professor, Economic Analysis, ICAE, Complutense University Madrid, Spain; Adjunct Professor, Mathematics and Statistics, University of Canterbury, New Zealand. Elected Distinguished Fellow of International Engineering and Technology Institute (DFIETI); elected Fellow of Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia (FASSA), International Environmental Modelling and Software Society (FIEMSS), Modelling and Simulation Society of Australia and New Zealand (FMSSANZ), Journal of Econometrics, Econometric Reviews. E-in-C of 6 international journals, editorial boards of 45 international journals, published 915 journal articles and books.