ECU professor selected for Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award

East Carolina University professor Yizhen Zhao was one of 35 recipients selected from 134 application for a Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award from Oak Ridge Associated Universities.

Yizhen Zhao

The award includes provides seed money for junior faculty research in the amount of $5,000 with matching funding from ECU. The awards support young faculty member’s research in engineering and applied science, life sciences, mathematics and computer sciences, physical sciences or policy, management and education.

Zhao’s research interests include time series econometrics, financial economics, financial risk management and financial market microstructure. She holds a master’s degree and a Ph.D. in economics from Johns Hopkins University, and a bachelor’s in economics from The Central University for Nationalities.

She is assistant professor of economics in the Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences.