Christian Lundblad is the Richard Levin Distinguished Professor of Finance at the University of North Carolina’s Kenan-Flagler Business School.  He is also a Senior Fellow and Board Member at the Institute for Private Capital and the Director of Research at the Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise. He earlier served as the Senior Associate Dean for Faculty and Research, the Chair of the Finance Area, and the Associate Dean of the Ph.D. Program. Finally, he holds a courtesy appointment as a Special-Term Professor at the  PBC School of Finance, Tsinghua University in Beijing, China.

His research spans asset pricing, investment management, and international finance, with a specialization in emerging market development. His research has been published in top academic journals, including the Journal of Finance, the Review of Financial Studies, and the Journal of Financial Economics.  He served as an Associate Editor for the Journal of Finance and Financial Management, and now serves at the Journal of Banking and Finance.

He also served as a financial economist at the Federal Reserve Board in Washington, D.C., where he advised the Board of Governors on international financial market developments.

He is the recipient of the Weatherspoon Award for Excellence in Research, the Roy W. Holsten Award for Outstanding Service and Dedication to UNC Kenan-Flagler, and the MBA for Executives and OneMBATeaching Excellence awards.

He received a PhD in financial economics and a master’s degree in economics from Duke University. He earned his BA in economics and English literature with highest honors from Washington University in St. Louis.