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I am a PhD student researching financial fraud and cybercrime under the supervision of Dr. Richard Frank. I received a Bachelor of Commerce in Accounting and a Master of Science in Business Administration (MScB) in Management Information Systems from UBC Sauder. I am an avid golfer, enjoy going for bike rides, and I like baking. Also, I spent the past summer in Quebec City learning French.

Why did you decide to pursue a PhD in criminology?

Two of my research interests while I was an MScB student were digital surveillance and technology innovation. While conducting my master鈥檚 research, I stumbled upon a couple of research papers about cybercrime and its impact on businesses. I found the connection between cybercrime and business to be a super interesting topic, and one that was becoming more prevalent in both research and practice. While I was applying for PhD programs, I found out about Richard and the International Cybercrime Research Centre through his association with an interdisciplinary cybersecurity research cluster, which prompted me to consider pursuing my PhD in criminology at SFU. When I met with Richard and with current PhD students in criminology, they helped me envision the opportunities and support I would be able to receive while being a PhD student at SFU. Even though becoming a criminology student meant that I had to switch academic disciplines, I was excited about the prospect of conducting research on financial fraud and cybercrime. The program and the people that I met with made me feel that pursuing a PhD in criminology would be a good fit for me and that I would be able to produce my best research here.

What sparked your interest in financial fraud, cybercrime and digital surveillance?

Those topics have become so relevant because so much of our lives, activities, transactions, and access to products and services are online. Therefore, there is an evolving and continuous need for knowledge, tools, and solutions that can address emerging problems that are faced by individuals, businesses, organizations and government. The problems being created are very apparent, yet the solutions are not as broadly known and talked about. I want to be a part of bringing actionable and effective solutions to the forefront of discussions.

What are you currently working on?

At this moment, all my research ideas fit under a term I鈥檝e labelled as 鈥淓ntrepreneurial Computational Criminology.鈥� The ideas and phenomena that I am currently investigating are:

• Emerging forms of crime that result from technological innovations, particularly AI and cryptocurrency.
• The conceptualization of criminals as entrepreneurs who use computers to conduct crime.
• The role that financial fraud and money laundering have in sustaining, transferring funds, and providing investments for criminal activities. 
• Computational methods that can be used to gather, create, and analyze data to predict how cybercrime is conducted and the impact of technological innovations on victimization.

What excites you about your research, and how do you believe it could benefit our community/the field?

What excites me, and sometimes stresses me out a little, are the potential directions that I can take my research. I am always hearing about cybercrime and fraud cases from the news and from those around me, as well as inquiries about how those cases are being committed and what to do about it. So, I believe there is an interest and need for what I may uncover throughout my PhD career.

What have been the most valuable lessons you've learned along your graduate student journey so far?

I鈥檒l share 3 lessons that I鈥檝e learned so far from each of the professors I鈥檝e had the opportunity to be supervised by:

• The advice that my Commerce Scholars Program mentor had given me is to write a research paper like a murder mystery novel. This involves capturing and maintaining a reader鈥檚 engagement by building up anticipation to the main research findings through the clues, evidence, and inquiries presented within the components of the scientific method.
• My master鈥檚 thesis supervisor told me that good research is 鈥渘ew, true, and relevant to practice,鈥� which is actually a quote from his PhD supervisor. Keeping this in mind has helped me evaluate research papers and has helped me with building out my own research agenda.
• My PhD supervisor, Richard, likes sketching out diagrams of research ideas that we would discuss together. I have found that being able to visualize an idea helps with figuring out how the different components work together and communicating the idea to others.

Do you have any advice for prospective students?

When deciding whether to pursue a graduate degree or an undergraduate thesis, consider your ability and motivation to contribute something new and important to your field. Crime is very complex and is a growing problem resulting in so many opportunities and topics that need to be researched. We need more creative and innovative thinkers who can contribute knowledge, expertise, and solutions.