Dr Weihao Han is a Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Finance at the University of Aberdeen. He joined the business school in January 2023 after gaining his Ph.D. in Finance (with University Research Studentship Award) at the University of Bath. Weihao also holds an M.Sc. in Financial Forecasting (with Adam Smith Scholar Award for Excellence) from the University of Glasgow, and a B.A. in Economics from Yonsei University.

His research interests primarily lie in FinTech, climate finance, empirical and theoretical asset pricing, portfolio management, NLP, machine learning, and deep learning with an application in finance. His work has been published in world-leading journals such as European Financial Management, Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting, and European Journal of Finance.

He serves several roles at the University of Aberdeen Business School, such as Department Lead for Student Experience, interim MSc Financial Technology programme director, and academic integrity committee member, among others.

He is also a member of the Scotland Beyond Net Zero, in which he contributes to tackling urgent climate issues.