Nasser Arshadi, Ph.D.

Nasser Arshadi is Professor of Finance at the University of Missouri–St. Louis. He received his Ph.D. in Financial Economics from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. His research spans financial markets, financial intermediation, corporate finance, deposit insurance, insider trading, and the economics of financial institutions. His current research focuses on financial technology, including blockchain, smart contracts, digital assets, and the tokenization of financial and real-world assets.

Professor Arshadi has published extensively in economics and finance journals on capital markets and the microeconomics of corporations, with particular emphasis on the assessment and management of risk. He is the author of two books, Modern Financial Intermediation and Markets (Prentice Hall) and Insider Trading (Kluwer Academic Publishers).

He currently serves as Senior Editor of Technology and Innovation, the journal of the National Academy of Inventors. Earlier in his career, he served as an economist and policy analyst at the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System in Washington, D.C. He has also served as a consultant to a range of financial and industry organizations, including the American Bankers Association, Treasury Management Association, Securities Industry Automation Corporation, Deutsche Financial Services, and Commerce Bancshares.

Professor Arshadi has held a number of academic leadership positions at the University of Missouri–St. Louis, including Vice Chancellor for Research and Economic and Community Development and Chair of the Department of Finance and Legal Studies. He has also played a leading role in the development of UMSL’s graduate program in financial technology.

He serves on the Board of Directors and Executive Committee of the Center for Emerging Technologies (CET), a St. Louis–based organization supporting the development and commercialization of emerging technologies.