Dr. A. Sinan Cebenoyan received his M.Phil. and Ph.D. in Finance from New York University, and his B.A. and
M.A. in Economics from Bogazici University in Istanbul, Turkey.  

He is currently a Full Professor at the Frank G. Zarb School of Business at Hofstra University and he occasionally teaches at NYU-Stern School and ALBA, Greece.   Before coming (back) to Hofstra, Cebenoyan taught at the Stern School of Business at NYU, the University of Baltimore, Fordham University, SUNY at New Paltz, and Hofstra University. He specializes in Financial Institutions, Capital Markets, and Corporate Finance. His publications appeared in the Review of Economics and Statistics, Financial Management, Journal of Banking and Finance, Journal of Financial Services Research, Financial Review, Global Finance Journal, and the Real Estate Economics (former AREUEA journal). He has also worked as a referee for a number of finance journals. Cebenoyan's work on 'efficiencies in banking', and on 'foreign direct investment' has been cited extensively in leading academic journals in finance. Recently Dr. Cebenoyan's models that estimate the likelihood of failure for financial institutions have been used by expert witnesses working for the Department of Justice in litigation filed by financial institutions against the United States in U.S. Court of Federal Claims.  

Currently Dr. Cebenoyan is working on a variety of research ideas related to Risk Management, Ownership
Structure and Performance Issues, Market Discipline, and Takeover Activities in Financial Markets and Institutions. He is an active member of various academic associations.  

In 1998, at the University of Baltimore, Cebenoyan made it to the Top Ten faculty, and in 1997, he was
awarded the Merrick Teaching Stipend for Outstanding Contributions in Teaching. At the University of Baltimore Cebenoyan has chaired the Department of Economics and Finance from June 1993 to June 1997.  

In 1996 Parris N. Glendening, Governor of the State of Maryland, appointed Cebenoyan to the State Banking Board for a term expiring in July 1, 2000.