Xin Zhang is an Assistant Professor in the Financial and Risk Engineering (FRE) department at New York University. Before joining NYU, he was a University Assistant at the University of Vienna from 2021 to 2024. He earned his Ph.D. in Mathematics from the University of Michigan in 2021, after completing a B.S. in Mathematics at Fudan University in 2016.
Xin Zhang’s research focuses on optimal transport, stochastic analysis and control, particularly their applications in Finance and Machine Learning. His specific interests include viscosity solutions of nonlinear partial differential equations and optimal transport in robust finance.