Tippie Research Fellow at the University of Iowa, where he teaches corporate finance to undergraduate, MBA, and PhD students. Dr. Lie has conducted research on executive stock option grants, poison pills and defensive payouts by takeover targets, fixed price and Dutch auction self-tender offers, open market share repurchases, financial restructuring in Chapter 11, debt-reducing exchange offers, and dividend policy. He has been retained as an expert witness and/or consultant in cases on hostile takeovers and executive stock option grants. In November, 2006, SmartMoney Magazine listed him among the 30 most influential people on Wall Street. Previously, Dr. Lie was an Associate Professor at the College of William and Mary. He received his PhD in Finance from Purdue University. Last visited: ICG 04/23/2007