She is currently Assistant Professor of Finance at the Southern University of Science and Technology China. Earned her Ph.D in Finance in 2016 from the Bocconi University Italy and a M.Sc. in University of Amsterdam The Netherlands.

Her research focusses on the financial markets in emerging markets and she is also interested in the topics in corporate finance and behavioral finance. Her current research is focused on how financial frictions affect the finance-growth relationship in emerging markets through direct and indirect financing channels.

You can also get a quick impression about her research and teaching expertise and her latest working papers research projects conferences via the links on her personal website：http://faculty.sustech.edu.cn/yans/en/