Dr. Nan Hua is a full professor in hospitality financial management and the chair of the hospitality services department at the Rosen College of Hospitality Management, University of Central Florida. The college provides world-class hospitality education to over 3,500 students and is ranked No. 1 in the US by ShanghaiRankings. He teaches hospitality accounting, finance, and methodology classes.

Dr. Hua is a board director and the immediate past president of the International Association of Hospitality Financial Management Education (iAHFME) and an Associate Editor, the Chair of the Finance & Accounting Track, and an editorial board member of the Refereed Papers Committee of the International Council on Hotel and Restaurant and Institutional Education Conferences (I-CHRIE). He also serves as a Contributing Editor of Journal of Hospitality Financial Management and editorial board member of International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management, Tourism Economics, and Journal of Hospitality Financial Management.

Nan's current research interests lie in hospitality financial management with a focus on performance and intangible assets analysis and valuation. He has published widely in his fields of expertise and is the author of over 120 research articles, book chapters, and conference proceedings. Besides, Nan has secured a number of grants, consulting, and research projects for various clients in the US and overseas. He has received several honors, such as UCF Research Incentive Award, UCF Excellence in Research Awards, the Penn State Hotel & Restaurant Society (PSHRS) Emerging Professional Award, His Majesty Sultan Qaboos Award, HFTP-iHITA Best Research Paper Award, UCF Fellow of Academy Award, JHTT Best Paper Award, and iAHFME Best Graduate Student Research Paper Award.