Brightness derives from days and nights' deduction

日月相推而明生焉

Dr. Yulin Liu (刘玉林)

Economist, Entrepreneur, Educator

Master in Quantum Physics and Ph.D. in Monetary Theory at ETH Zurich. Bridging the worlds of economics, technology, and education through research and innovation.

Dr. Yulin Liu
ETH
Zurich

Professional Experience

A journey through academia, entrepreneurship, and innovation

Current Roles

2025 - Present
2024 - Present
2020 - Present

Former Roles

Private Sector
Chief Economist/Economic Research Lead/Senior Economic Advisor
Public Sector
Visiting Economist/Founding President
Academia
Affiliated Economics Professor/Visiting Scholar/Guest Lecturer/Postdoctoral

Education

Ph.D. in Economics
2012 - 2016
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Advanced Doctoral Studies
2014, 2016
Study Center Gerzensee logo
Master in Physics
2010 - 2012
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Bachelor in Science
2008 - 2010
Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 logo

Research & Publications

Exploring the intersection of game theory, monetary economics, and blockchain technology

Teaching & Talks

A passion for exploring the unknowns with curious minds

Teaching & Projects Supervision

Data Science Pipeline For Academic Research & Web 3.0 Education

ICP grants

Grant Recipient & Supervisor

2023-2024

Staking Mechanism Design: Ethereum 2.0 for Good

Ethereum consensus grants

Grant Recipient & Supervisor

2022-2023

Ethereum Merge Meetup

Ethereum Foundation

Steering Committee

2022

Decentralized Finance

Duke CS+ Summer Program, Duke University

Project Advisor

Jun. - Aug. 2021

Algorithmic Stablecoin on the Internet Computer

NYU Shanghai

Project Advisor

Spring 2021

Decentralized Monetary Policy

Duke University, Kunshan Campus

Invited Guest Lecturer

Winter 2020

Financial Technology, Cryptocurrency and AI

RMDS Lab

Joint Lecturers

Summer 2020

Money, Blockchain and Decentralized Finance

Asia Europe Business School, ECNU

Invited Guest Lecturer

Spring 2020

Economics of Growth, Cycles and Policy

ETH Zurich

TA, Master and PhD Core Course

Spring 2018

Economics of Growth, Cycles and Policy

ETH Zurich

TA, Master and PhD Core Course

Spring 2016

Economics of Growth, Cycles and Policy

ETH Zurich

TA, Master and PhD Core Course

Spring 2015

Economics of Innovation and Growth

ETH Zurich

TA, Master and PhD Elective Course

Fall 2014

Talks & Conferences

The Inaugural workshop on Tech for Good (Tech4Good)

Program Committee

2024

Swiss Blockchain Capital Day

Keynote Speaker

2023

Lugano NFT Fest

Panelist

2023

Nordic Blockchain Conference

Panelist

2023

NFT Biarritz

Panelist

2023

Swiss Blockchain Finance Day

Moderator & Speaker

2023

Binance, Fireside chat

Invited Interviewee

2023

NFT Tallinn

Panelist

2023

Duke CS+ & SciEcon Symposium on Decentralized Finance

Panelist

2021

WEAI 95th Annual Conference

Presenter

2020

11th Swiss Winter Conference on Financial Intermediation

Presenter

2018

4th RES Symposium of Junior Researchers

Presenter

2018

1st RCEA Warsaw Money-Macro-Finance Conference

Presenter

2018

China International Conference in Macroeconomics

Presenter

2018

The Rimini Conference in Economics and Finance

Chair, Presenter & Discussant

2018

Research Seminars, Bank of Finland

Invited Talk

2017

Annual Congress, European Economic Association

Presenter

2017

Annual Congress, German Economic Association

Presenter

2017

9th Swiss Winter Conference on Financial Intermediation

Presenter

2016

Annual Congress, European Economic Association

Presenter

2016

Annual Congress, German Economic Association

Presenter

2016

Annual Congress, Swiss Society of Economics and Statistics

Presenter

2016