Education

2014 Shandong University, B.S.
2015 Case Western Reserve University, M.S.
2019 Oregon State University, M.S.
2024 University of Houston, Ph.D.

Courses Taught

Financial Management
Intermediate Financial Management

Career Specialties

Tian's research interests include FinTech, Corporate Finance, and Asset Pricing.

Professional and Community Activities

Tian's research papers have been presented in many finance conferences including American Finance Association (AFA) Poster Session, China International Conference in Finance (CICF), Summer Research Conference in Finance at Indian School of Business, North American Summer Meeting of the Econometric Society, Midwest Finance Association (MFA), and Financial Management Association (FMA).

His research, “Volatile Safe-Haven Assets: Evidence from Bitcoin” coauthored with James Yae, was published in the Journal of Financial Stability in August 2024.Mollmann has written about science fiction for popular venues such as the Tor.com blog, Unreality SF and Sense of Wonder (a science fiction textbook). He has also co-authored several works of Star Trek fiction.

Honors and Awards

2021 Semifinalist for FMA Best Paper Award in Fintech
2023 Semifinalist for FMA Best Paper Award in Corporate Finance
2023 MFA Doctoral Symposium Travel Grant
2023 Best Paper Award at India Finance Conference
2024 Dean’s Award for Academic Excellence, University of Houston