معرفی
Dr. Yuqian Zhao is an Associate Professor in Finance at the University of Sussex Business School, specializing in financial econometrics and empirical asset pricing. He holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Birmingham (2013–2017) and has held prior roles at the University of Kent, University of Essex, and a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Waterloo. His research focuses on change-point detection, functional data analysis, and energy markets, with applications in commodity volatility and cryptocurrency systemic risk. He is a member of the Quantitative FinTech Group and a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (2021).
Teaching expertise includes econometrics and quantitative methods at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels, covering modules like financial econometrics and algorithmic trading. His research has been published in journals such as the Journal of Business & Economic Statistics and the International Journal of Forecasting.
- Education:
- PhD in Economics, University of Birmingham, UK (2013–2017)
- Awards:
- Fellow of The Higher Education Academy (2021)
- Research Themes: Financial econometrics, energy markets, cryptocurrency analysis, and structural change modeling.
He advises on PhD topics related to forecasting methods in finance, functional data applications, and empirical asset pricing. His work bridges theoretical econometric methods with practical financial market analysis, particularly in commodity and cryptocurrency sectors.
