Pradeep Yadav is Professor of Finance at Oklahoma University (USA). He has held full time Visiting Professorships at the University of California in Los Angeles (UCLA) and at the Stern School at New York University. Professor Yadav was Vice-President of the European Finance Association and founding Director of the Institute for Research in Investment and Finance (SIRIF).
The main research and consulting interests of Professor Yadav are in derivatives and financial market microstructures. He has won several best research paper awards from INQUIRE, the Chicago Board of Trade, and the New York Stock Exchange. He was also awarded the Year 2000 Robert J. Schwartz Memorial Prize for the most innovative research paper in an area related to financial engineering. He is regularly published in international Top-Journals.