Biography
Hongyuan Xia is a postdoctoral research associate at Cornell University, where he studies knowledge production, diffusion and commercialization. Xia’s research has received multiple recognitions, including Runner Up in the INFORMS/Organization Science Best Dissertation Proposal Competition (2025), the Wharton Innovation Doctoral Symposium Best Paper Award (2025) and the DRUID Steven Klepper Best Paper Award. His work has also been presented at leading conferences, including the NBER Summer Institute.
He earned his B.A. in economics from Peking University in 2020 and his Ph.D. in economics from Cornell in 2026.
Education
PhD Cornell University, 2026 BA Peking University, 2020
Awards
- Wharton Innovation Doctoral Symposium Best Paper Award (2025) The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
- DRUID Steven Klepper Award for Best Young Scholar Paper (2025) University of Mannheim
- The Howard and Abby Milstein Graduate Teaching Award (2022) Cornell University, Department of Economics