Professor Yan Gong joined the Merage Faculty in the Fall of 2007. His research focuses on capabilities, routines and unexpected events in entrepreneurial firms. His current research explores dynamic paths of how new firms develop routines and capabilities, and how they respond to surprise events in entrepreneurial processes. He is a finalist for the 2006 INFORMS/Organization Science Dissertation Proposal Competition. His research has appeared in the Handbook of Organizational Routines and Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research.

Professor Gong taught courses in strategy and entrepreneurship. He has been an advisor to SunNight Solar, involved in a social initiative of developing sustainable lighting solution in Africa.