{"id":4,"date":"2022-11-02T18:09:55","date_gmt":"2022-11-02T18:09:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/jianfeng-zhang\/?page_id=4"},"modified":"2026-07-30T11:51:33","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T18:51:33","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/jianfeng-zhang\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--featured-block \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--featured-block\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n  <div class=\"text-image-container\">\n    <div class=\"text-container\">\n\n      \n                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--section-title\">\n\n    \n  <h2>\n          Jianfeng Zhang\n      <\/h2>\n\n\n<\/div>\n      \n                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p><strong>Professor of <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/mathematics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/mathematics\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1525916321479000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFGuYJ-q6SxV_GzLqAWvRtMPV5M2Q\">Department of Mathematics<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usc.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=https:\/\/www.usc.edu\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1525916321479000&amp;usg=AFQjCNENGjfLup2qORjP_ytGAWfjPd8zdw\">University of Southern California<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n      \n          <\/div>\n\n          <div class=\"image-container\">\n            \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img\n                            data-src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/jianfeng-zhang\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/240\/2023\/06\/Jianfeng_Web.jpg\"\n                    data-sizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 50vw, (min-width:768px) 100vw, 100vw\"          class=\"lazyload\"\n        \n                  alt=\"Jianfeng Zhang\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n  \n\n<\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    \n  <\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <p>Prof. Zhang&#8217;s research interest lies in Stochastic Analysis, Backward Stochastic Differential Equations, Stochastic Controls and Games, Stochastic Numerics, and Mathematical Finance.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><strong>Education<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Ph.D. Mathematics, Purdue University, August 2001<\/p>\n<p>M.S.\u00a0 Computational Finance, Purdue University, May 2001<\/p>\n<p>B.S. Mathematics, Fudan University, July 1995<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><strong>Career<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Nov 2012 &#8211; present, University of Southern California, Professor<\/p>\n<p>Oct 2007 &#8211; Nov 2012, University of Southern California, Associate\u00a0Professor<\/p>\n<p>Aug 2003 &#8211; Oct 2007,\u00a0 University of Southern California, Assistant Professor<\/p>\n<p>Aug 2001 &#8211; Aug 2003, University of Minnesota, Visiting\u00a0Assistant Professor<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/jianfeng-zhang\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/240\/2026\/07\/vita.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Curriculum vitae<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":151,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - 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