Yu Zhu
Biography
Yu Zhu is an assistant professor of management information systems at the Lerner College of Business and Economics, University of Delaware, where he joined the faculty in 2024. He holds a Ph.D. in information systems from the University of Utah and a Ph.D. in finance from Zhejiang University.
His research sits at the intersection of artificial intelligence and finance, with a focus on integrating business domain knowledge into AI methods. His earlier work studied retail investors on social trading platforms and stock price reactions to earnings announcements. His current work uses deep neural networks and large language models to simulate how markets and consumers react to economic events, explain mutual fund performance, and map innovation in financial technology.
Education
- Ph.D. in business administration, University of Utah
- Ph.D. in finance, Zhejiang University, China
- B.A. in economics, East China Normal University