Lionel Martellini, PhD is Senior Advisor of EDHEC Climate Institute, Professor of Finance at EDHEC Business School and the former Director of EDHEC-Risk Institute. He is a former member of the Finance Faculty at Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California, and was a visiting professor at Princeton University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He holds a Master’s degree in management, economics, mathematics and statistics and a PhD in finance from the Haas School of Business, University of California at Berkeley. He also holds a doctorate in Relativistic Astrophysics (University Côte d'Azur) with extensive research on the foundations of quantum mechanics. He is a member of the editorial board of The Journal of Portfolio Management, The Journal of Alternative Investments, and The Journal of Retirement.

His work related to investment solutions for individual and institutional investors has been published in leading academic and practitioner journals and has been featured in major dailies such as The Economist, The Financial Times and The Wall Street Journal. He has also launched two digital specialization programs on Data Science for Investment Management and on Climate Finance and Sustainable Investing.