Ying LOWREY, 刘鹰 Professor of Economics, Tsinghua University; Deputy Director of Tsinghua Research Center for Chinese Entrepreneurs.

Dr. Ying LOWREY is an Economic Professor at School of Social Sciences, Tsinghua University and Deputy Director of Tsinghua Research Center for Chinese Entrepreneurs, Senior Researcher of Tsinghua Research Institute of Innovation Development, Senior Adviser for several privately owned Chinese enterprises, and research or government institutions. Her teaching and research interests include Economics of Innovation and Entrepreneurship in the Internet and Platform Economy, Modern Microfinance Market, Business Demographics, Characteristics of Business Owners, and the Role of Free Enterprise in the Macroeconomy. She received her economics Ph.D. from Duke University, economics MA from Yale University and mathematics BA from Wuhan University. Before joining Tsinghua University in 2012, she served as senior economist at the Office of Advocacy, U.S. Small Business Administration; she taught many economic courses at George Washington University as assistant professor and San Diego State University as instructional professor. She was an assistant researcher at the Economic Institute, Chinese Academy of Social Science and assistant professor at Wuhan University.