Adam joined QUT as a lecturer in 2003 and was appointed at the Professorial level in April 2010. Prior to this, he was a sessional staff member and was employed in the Funds Management industry. Adam has supervised numerous postgraduate research students. His research has published in journals such as The Journal of the American Statistical Association, Journal of Banking and Finance, International Journal of Forecasting and Studies in Nonlinear Dynamics and Econometrics.