DrSohel Azad

Dr Sohel Azad is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Finance in Deakin Business School. Previously, Sohel held lecturer and assistant professor positions at various universities in Bangladesh and Japan. He was a Visiting Research Fellow at Kobe Gakuin University in Japan and the American University of Sharjah in UAE. He earned his PhD in Finance from Monash University in 2012. Prior to this, he did an MSc in Development Economics from Ritsumeikan APU with the highest CGPA among the graduating class and, a Bachelor and Masters in Business Administration in Finance with first classes from the University of Chittagong in Bangladesh.

Sohel has published in various finance and economics journals that include Journal of Financial Research, Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money; International Review of Finance, International Review of Financial Analysis, Emerging Markets Review, Economic Modelling and Applied Economics. He also obtained some domestic and international research grants. Sohel presented his research papers in various domestic and international seminars and conferences.

His research interests include Islamic finance and banking, modelling and decomposing volatility and correlations in financial markets; financial contagion and asset pricing.

In addition to Sohel's research performance, he has received the AAUT citation Award 2018 and Deakin University Vice-Chancellor Award for teaching in 2017.