Dr Lu Zong is currently an associate professor in the Department of Financial and Actuarial Mathematics, School of Mathematics and Physics, Xi’an Jiaotong - Liverpool University in Suzhou, China. Dr Lu Zong’s research interest lies at the intersection of mathematics, financial economics and artificial intelligence. With a total research income of over two million RMB, she has managed approximately 1.5 million RMB grants as the principal investigator, and successfully completed one Jiangsu Science and Technology Programme. Dr Zong has been supervising six PhD students with one to successful completion and has been producing high-quality research outputs including papers in top-ranking journals and leading conferences.

Textual analysis for cyber risk management

Network analysis for global capital flow

Developing and applying deep learning algorithms in financial risk prediction.

Financial contagion and risk transmission channels

Financial early earning systems

Assistant Professor, Xian Jiaotong-Liverpool University - 2019 to present

Lecturer, Xian Jiaotong-Liverpool University - 2016 to 2019

MTH008 Multivariable Calculus

MTH301 Final Year Project

MTH116 Foundations of Financial Computing

MTH202 Introduction to Financial Mathematics

MTH222 Financial Modelling with Excel VBA

MTH401 Computational Methods in Finance I

MTH411 Dissertation