Xinyu Cao

Biography

Xinyu Cao is Assistant Professor of Marketing. She received her BS in Mathematics and Physics from Tsinghua University, her MS in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research from the University of California Berkeley, and her PhD in Marketing from MIT Sloan School of Management.

Professor Cao’s research focuses on quantitative marketing with emphasis on market research methodology, online advertising, digital marketing and social media. Her research works have appeared in Marketing Science, M&SOM, and Marketing Letters. She has won the John D.C. Little Award for the best marketing paper published in INFORMS journals, and also been a finalist for the Frank Bass Award for the best marketing thesis. She is on the editorial board for Marketing Science.

Research Interests

• Quantitative marketing
• Market research methodology
• Online advertising
• Digital marketing
• Social media

Academic Background

Ph.D., Marketing
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

M.S., Industrial Engineering and Operations Research
University of California, Berkeley

B.S., Mathematics and Physics
Tsinghua University