Desmon Lam is a visiting senior research fellow at the School of Marketing, University of South Australia. He holds a PhD (marketing) from the University of Western Australia and MBA from the University of Melbourne. Desmond's interest lies in the understanding of gaming psychology and behavior, with specialty in Chinese gaming management and policies.He has written extensively on gaming-related issues, Chinese in particular. These were featured in premier trade publications like Casino Journal, Global Gaming Business, Casino Enterprise Management, and Macau Business as well as top scholarly journals like Journal of Gambling Studies, Marketing Letters, and Psychology & Marketing.

Desmond is one of the judges for International Gaming Awards, an editorial board member for the Journal of Hospitality Marketing & Management, and an invited speaker for Global Gaming Expo (G2E) Asia and Asian i-gaming conferences.

He was interviewed and quoted by a number of media on Chinese gaming issues including New York Times, TIME, China Economic Review, US-China Today, Financial Post, Macau Business, Macau Closer, and Macau Daily Times.