Prof. Zhang received her B.A. in Economics from Peking University in 1997, and Ph.D. in Finance (with honor) from Columbia Business School in 2002. Before joining Tsinghua University, Prof. Zhang worked at the Johnson School of Management of Cornell University as an Assistant Professor, and the Krannert School of Management of Purdue University as Duke Realty Chair Full Professor of Finance, and Finance Group Head. As an overseas high-level expert, Prof. Zhang joined Tsinghua University as Cheung Kong Scholar Chair Distinguished Professor in 2016.
Professor Zhang’s research interests include Chinese capital market, Fintech, empirical asset pricing, and international finance. Many of her works have been published in Journal of Finance, Journal of Financial Economics, Review of Financial Studies and other top tier academic journals, and she has won multiple best paper awards. Given her research excellence, Prof. Zhang is appointed as associate editor at Management Science, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Journal of Banking and Finance, Journal of Empirical Finance, and Financial Management. Her team’s research on Chinese capital market and Carbon neutral financial markets receives multiple grants from the National Natural Sciences Foundation of China. With the support of the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) and the Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE), Professor Zhang's research on Chinese capital market has significantly contributed to the protection and education of retail investors.
Professor Zhang enjoys teaching in investments, global capital market, financial derivatives, risk management and empirical asset pricing for undergraduate, Master of Finance, MBA, EMBA, PH.D. and executive programs. She received many teaching awards from Cornell, Purdue and Tsinghua University. In recognition of her significant contributions to teaching and research, Professor Zhang was named one of the “Global Top 40 under 40” business school professors.
张晓燕教授于1997年获得北京大学经济学学士学位，2002年获得哥伦比亚商学院金融学博士学位（优秀荣誉毕业生）。毕业后，张晓燕教授曾在康奈尔大学约翰逊管理学院担任金融学助理教授，之后在普渡大学克兰纳特管理学院担任金融学Duke Realty讲席教授及金融系主任。2016年，张晓燕教授作为高层次引进人才加入清华大学。
张晓燕教授主要的研究领域包括中国资本市场、金融科技、实证资产定价和国际金融。她在国际一流学术期刊，诸如The Journal of Finance、Journal of Financial Economics、Review of Financial Studies等上发表多篇论文，并多次获得了最佳论文奖。因其深厚的学术功底，张晓燕教授被聘为Management Science、Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis、Journal of Banking and Finance、Journal of Empirical Finance以及Financial Management的副主编。张晓燕教授关于中国资本市场和零碳金融市场的研究获得国家自然科学基金重大项目、外国资深学者研究基金项目和应急管理项目资助。
张晓燕教授热爱教学，负责讲授本科、硕士、博士、MBA、金融工程和高管项目的投资学、风险管理、全球资本市场、实证资产定价等相关课程。她曾多次获得康奈尔大学、普渡大学和清华大学优秀教学奖项。因其卓越的科研和教学水平，张晓燕教授曾获得“全球40位40岁以下最佳商学院教授”称号。
除教学科研之外，张晓燕教授积极与监管部门交流合作，撰写了多个政策报告及研究报告。在证监会和上交所的支持下，张晓燕教授关于中国资本市场的研究，尤其是中国散户投资行为的研究，受到了广泛关注，并对投资者教育起到显著推动作用。