He received his Ph.D. in Accounting from the University of Pittsburgh and B.S. degrees in Accounting and Finance from the University of Maryland, College Park. Prior to pursuing his Ph.D., he worked as a senior auditor for Ernst &Young in Washington, DC. Professor Chan currently teaches the Fundamentals of Managerial Accounting in the McCombs Business Honors Program. His research focuses on using experimental methods to examine issues related to incentive contracting, performance measurement and evaluation, and managerial decision-making.