Yanlei Zhang holds the PhD from Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (2017), and he also conducted research stay at ESSEC Business School. Yanlei's main research interests include empirical research in financial accounting,  auditing, taxation, and social and environmental accounting. He is also interested in accounting practices in emerging markets such as China. His research has been presented in various major conferences such as the American Accounting Association, European Accounting Association, Financial Management Association, and British Accounting and Finance Association conference etc.