Fan Li
Ph.D. Student
Department of Finance, Ph.D. Program
Ph.D.
Fan Li is a Ph.D. candidate in Finance at the David Eccles School of Business, University of Utah. His research interests focus on corporate finance, political finance, labor economics, financial regulation, and investment. Fan has taught corporate finance and financial management courses at the undergraduate level. Before joining the University of Utah, Fan received an MBA from the University of California, Riverside (2020), and an M.S. in Quantitative Finance with High Distinction from the University of Glasgow (UK) (2017). He earned his B.A. in Economics from Durham University (UK) and Shandong University (China) (2016).
MBA, University of California (Riverside), 2020
MS, Quantitative Finance, University of Glasgow, 2017
BA, Durham University, 2016
Fan conducts research that spans corporate finance, political finance, labor economics, financial regulation, and investment. His work has garnered significant attention and has been presented globally at prestigious institutions and conferences.
You can find his research experience here.
As presenters:
– Midwest Finance Association (MFA), 2024
– China International Conference in Finance (CICF), 2024
– Financial Management Association (FMA), 2023
– Doctoral Utah Winter Finance Conference, 2021, 2022, 2023
– Doctoral Research Brown Bag, University of Utah, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
As discussants:
– Financial Management Association (FMA) X 3, 2023
– Doctoral Utah Winter Finance Conference, 2021, 2022, 2023
Fan has demonstrated exceptional teaching abilities throughout his academic career, earning multiple awards and high evaluations from students. At the University of Utah, Fan was recognized for his teaching excellence with the University of Utah Doctoral Teaching Excellence Award at the college level in 2024, as well as the Doctoral Student Teaching Excellence Award at the department level in 2024. At the University of California, Riverside, Fan received the A. Gary Anderson Fellowship for the academic year 2019-2020 in recognition of his academic achievements and teaching contributions.
You can find his teaching experience here.
