Eric Ghysels is the Edward Bernstein Distinguished Professor of Economics and a finance professor at UNC Kenan-Flagler.

His main research interests are time series econometrics and finance.

He teaches empirical finance and time series PhD courses. He has published in the leading economics, finance and statistics journals. He served on the editorial boards of several academic journals and is co-editor of the Journal of Business and Economic Statistics.

Dr. Ghysels, who speaks French, Dutch and German, has been a visiting professor or scholar at several major U.S., European and Asian universities.

He is an amateur piano player.

He received his PhD and MA from Northwestern University and his BA from the University of Brussels.