Professor Zhaowei Zhang is an Assistant Professor of Finance at the School of Accounting and Finance, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. He obtained his Ph.D. in Finance from the Fox School of Business, Temple University. Prior to that, he was a Ph.D. candidate and received his M.S. degree from the Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, The Pennsylvania State University. He obtained his B.S. in physics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Professor Zhang’s research interests encompass asset pricing, derivatives, FinTech, machine learning & AI, commodities, cryptos, and banking.

• Doctor of Philosophy in Finance, Temple University

• Master of Science in Astronomy & Astrophysics, The Pennsylvania State University

• Bachelor of Science in Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign