Faculty Profile
Mengnan Zhu
Assistant Professor of International Business & Management (2022)
Contact Information
Althouse Hall
717-245-1261
Bio
Mengnan Zhu received his Ph.D. in International Economics and Finance from Brandeis University in 2022 and has been a certified Project Management Professional (PMP)® since 2011. He specializes in utilizing machine learning techniques to investigate empirical corporate finance issues, such as capital structure, initial public offering (IPO), and the impact of financial regulations on both firms and investors. In recent research, "Does the Confidential IPO Registration Process Create Value?" he conducts textual analysis on corporate disclosures and documents that valuable information is produced during the confidential revise-and-resubmit process between the going-public firm and the SEC. Before coming to the U.S., Mengnan worked in a private equity firm in Beijing, where he was a Senior Financial Analyst focusing on large-scale natural gas infrastructure projects.
Education
- B.S., Shandong Technology and Business University, 2008
- M.B.A., The State University of New York at New Paltz, 2010
- M.S., Brandeis University, 2017
- Ph.D., 2022