Andrew W. Lo

Andrew W. Lo is the Charles E. and Susan T. Harris Professor and a Professor of Finance at the MIT Sloan School of Management. He serves as Director of the Laboratory for Financial Engineering and is a principal investigator at the MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL). His academic affiliations include the American Finance Association, Academia Sinica, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Econometric Society, and Society of Financial Econometrics. As an external faculty member at the Santa Fe Institute and research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research, Lo bridges finance, AI, and healthcare.

• BA in Economics, Yale University
• AM and PhD in Economics, Harvard University

His research focuses on evolutionary models of investor behavior, AI in financial technology, healthcare finance, and impact investing. Recent work includes adaptive market frameworks, AI-driven financial advice systems, and statistical tools for clinical trial prediction. His 2025 articles explore applications of Bayesian analysis in healthcare, endowment risk management, and market innovation dynamics.

Lo has received prestigious awards including the Guggenheim Fellowship, TIME 100 recognition, and multiple teaching and research honors. He co-founded asset management and biotech companies and serves on healthcare organization boards. MIT Sloan Executive Education courses highlight his leadership in AI and machine learning for business applications.