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Centre for Empirical Research in Finance and Banking (CERFIB)

Our people

Learn about our academic experts, from their research interests to their contact details.

Dr Jason Zhang BSc, MSc(Distinction), DPhil, AFHEA

Lecturer B

Research interests

  • Blockholders
  • Behavioural Finance and Market Efficiency
  • Cryptocurrency

Accepting applications from PhD students

Mr Jiacheng Shen

Research interests

  • Corporate finance
  • Behavioural finance

Mr Jiayang Liu MMathstat, BSc

Research interests

  • Systemic risk
  • Linear model
  • Statistical Analysis

Miss Jingya Gao

Mr Junyu Kang

Mr Kai Gao

Dr Larisa Yarovaya

Associate Professor of Finance

Research interests

  • Cryptocurrencies 
  • Financial Contagion
  • Fintech

Accepting applications from PhD students

Dr Laurie Carver

Lecturer in Banking and Finance

Research interests

  • Derivatives
  • Risk Management
  • Financial Economics

Dr Manuel Nunes

Lecturer in Banking and Finance

Research interests

  • Artificial Intelligence (AI) and eXplainable AI in Financial Markets
  • Large Language Models (LLMs) in Finance
  • Reinforcement Learning for Portfolio Management

Accepting applications from PhD students