She received her Ph.D. degree at Guanghua School of Management, Peking University in 2015. Her research interests include Market Microstructure, and Financial Structure. Currently, She is working on the optimization of financial industry structure. Dr. Gao has published more than 10 papers in referred journals and conference proceedings. She has been principal investigator in several research projects funded by National Science Foundation of China, China Postdoctoral Science Foundation.