Ph.D. in Business Administration - Accounting
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Patrick Kielty
5th Year Student
329 Gerson Hall
352.273.0227
Email (patrick.kielty at warrington.ufl.edu)Bio
Patrick attended the University of Massachusetts, Amherst where he was a double major in Biochemistry and Economics. After graduation, he worked as an AmeriCorps member in Little Rock, Arkansas. He then attended The Fuqua School of Business at Duke University where he obtained a master’s of management degree. After graduating from Duke, Patrick worked as a research assistant to the accounting department at Fuqua. His research interests include financial statement analysis and financial reporting. -
Hyun Jong Park
4th Year Student
338 Gerson Hall
352.273.0225
Email (hyunjpark at ufl.edu)Bio
Hyun Park received a Bachelor of Commerce degree (with honors in accounting) with double concentrations in Accounting and Finance from the University of Melbourne in 2010. He also completed a Master degree in Commerce (Finance) in Melbourne. Park’s research interests include auditing and capital markets. -
Tian Xu
4th Year Student
334 Gerson Hall
352.273.0228
Email (tian.xu at warrington.ufl.edu)Bio
Tian attended Randolph-Macon College, where she was a double major in Mathematics and Accounting and a minor in Economics. She received a Master’s degree in Actuarial Science from Columbia University. Her research interests include capital markets and taxation. -
Diana Weng
3rd Year Student
329 Gerson Hall
352.273.0227
Email (diana.weng at warrington.ufl.edu)Bio
Diana attended the University of Florida and graduated in 2015 from the Fisher School of Accounting’s 3/2 Program with a minor in Actuarial Science. Her research interests include capital markets, financial statement analysis, and corporate disclosure incentives. -
Nicholas Cicone
2nd Year Student
334 Gerson Hall
352.273.0228
Email (nicholas.cicone at warrington.ufl.edu)Bio
Nick attended the University of South Florida and graduated in 2014 with a Bachelor of Accounting and in 2016, a MAcc. His research interests include auditing, analyst roles, and earnings management. -
Nicholas Krupa
2nd Year Student
334 Gerson Hall
352.273.0228
Email (nicholas.krupa at warrington.ufl.edu)Bio
Nick Krupa received his Bachelor's in Finance and his Master's in Accounting from Florida Atlantic University. After graduation, he worked as an auditor for BDO in West Palm Beach, FL. His research interests include capital markets and financial reporting. -
Jeffery Piao
1st Year Student
329 Gerson Hall
352.273.0227
Email (Jeffery.Piao at warrington.ufl.edu)Bio
Jeffery is a first-year Ph.D. student. Before joining the Fisher School of Accounting, he obtained his Bachelor of Science in Accounting and Masters of Accounting Science with a concentration in Finance from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His research interests include information intermediaries in capital markets and information transfer among various markets participants.