Dr. Yu Gao is an Assistant Professor of Guanghua School of Management, Peking University. She obtained her PhD degree from Erasmus University Rotterdam in 2017, majoring in behavioral economics. 

Dr. Gao is doing research in decision theory, decisions under uncertainty and over time, and applying theoretical insights in behavioral economics to promote better individual decisions in various domains, for example planning for retirement and mitigating climate change. Her research was published on leading journals such as American Economic Review, Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, Experimental Economics, and Environmental Research Letters.