Fangyuan Zhang, PhD is a Senior Research Engineer at EDHEC Climate Institute where she contributes to the research programme on climate scenarios, seeking to understand and apply them while addressing their uncertainties. Fangyuan was previously a postdoctoral researcher for the Data Science Department at EURECOM, where she worked on the interdisciplinary research between economics and machine learning. She holds a PhD in economics, an MSc in finance and insurance from the University of Ulm in Germany and also Master’s and bachelor's degrees in economics from Fudan University in China. She has published academic research on pension systems and portfolio optimisation and is a recipient of the Chris Daykin Prize (2023), the best paper award presented by the International Actuarial Association.