Jian Chen is Professor of Finance at the School of Economics and the Paula and Gregory Chow Institute for Studies in Economics, Xiamen University. Professor Chen’s primary research fields are  fintech, asset pricing, and financial engineering. He is interested in issues related to cryptocurrency pricing, behavior asset pricing, labor finance, return predictability, application of machine learning and AI in finance, option market, and China's financial market. His papers in these areas have been published in the Management Science, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, Journal of International Money and Finance, Journal of Futures Markets, Journal of Financial Research (in Chineses), and Journal of Management Sciences in China. Before joining Xiamen University, Professor Chen was working for Dagong Credit Rating Ltd., as an analyst for bond rating and structural financing. He earned a PhD in finance from the Essex Business School.