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About Gaiyan Zhang

Dr. Gaiyan Zhang is a finance board scholar and a professor of finance at the University of Missouri-St. Louis. She is currently the Chair of the Department of Finance and Legal Studies.

She holds a Ph.D. from the University of California, Irvine (with a two-year Exchange Program at UCLA), an M.S. degree from Fudan University, China, and a Bachelor’s degree from Nankai University, China. Her areas of research and teaching include empirical corporate finance, credit risk and credit derivatives, financial institutions, financial distress, and international finance. She has over thirty publications including leading finance and IB journals such as Journal of Finance, Journal of Financial Economics, Journal of International Business Studies, Review of Finance, Journal of Financial Markets, Journal of Empirical Finance, Journal of Banking and Finance, Financial Management, Journal of International Money and Finance, and the Journal of Financial Stability. Dr. Zhang has received research awards and grants from the FDIC Center for Financial Research, the Natural Science Fund of China, University of Missouri-St. Louis, Fudan University, among others. Her papers were presented at high-profile conferences in the U.S. and abroad including NBER, FDIC, American Finance Association, Western Finance Association, New York Fed, OCC, European Central Bank, Bank of Canada, CDIC, and Bank of Finland.

She served as a referee for over forty journals and grants in the U.S. and abroad. Dr. Zhang has won the Anheuser-Busch Award for Excellence in Teaching and the Douglas E. Durand Award for Research Excellence at UMSL.

Positions

January 2017 - Present Chair, University of Missouri-St. Louis ‐ Department of Finance and Legal Studies
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March 2016 - Present Finance Board Scholar and Professor of Finance, University of Missouri-St. Louis ‐ Department of Finance and Legal Studies
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2011 - March 2016 Finance Board Scholar and Associate Professor,, University of Missouri-St. Louis ‐ Department of Finance and Legal Studies
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2005 - 2011 Assistant Professor, University of Missouri-St. Louis ‐ Department of Finance and Legal Studies
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Curriculum Vitae

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Honors and Awards

  • Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Research & Creativity

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Education

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2000 - 2005 PhD, University of California, Irvine ‐ Finance and Financial Management Services
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1999 MA, Fudan University ‐ Finance
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1996 BA, Nankai University ‐ Finance
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Contact Information

Phone: 314-516-6269

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Research Works (52)