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Qianru (Cheryl) Qi is an Associate Professor of Finance at the Telfer School of Business, University of Ottawa. She has previously held academic positions at Stern School of Business, New York University, Pratt School of Engineering, Duke University, and Fudan University in Shanghai, China. In addition to her academic work, she has consulted for major financial institutions including Morgan Stanley and Citigroup. Her primary research interests lie in financial insurance technology, focusing on the impact of technology in reducing inefficiencies in heavily regulated sectors such as banking, healthcare, and education. Her published work has appeared in leading journals like Management Science and the Journal of Financial Quantitative Analysis. Dr. Qi has secured numerous grants from institutions such as the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada and the National Science Foundation in the U.S. Her educational background includes a PhD in Financial Economics from Purdue University, an MS in Applied Mathematics from the University of Kaiserslautern, Germany, and a BS in Management Science from Beijing Normal University, China.
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