Zyaire Li
Department:
Finance
Biography
Zhengzhuo (Zyaire) Li is a fifth-year finance Ph.D. student at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Haslam College of Business. His interdisciplinary background informs his empirical research on corporate governance and executive decision-making. Li’s research seeks to uncover how leadership choices are shaped by governance structures, incentives and personal experience. Li’s work has been presented at major conferences, and he is excited to present at the upcoming 2026 AFA Annual Meeting.