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Department of Finance
Contact
yguo28@lsu.edu
Education
MS Finance, Louisiana State University, 2021
MAPST Applied Statistics, Louisiana State University, 2020
MS Petroleum Engineering, Louisiana State University, 2020
BS Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology,
2015
Yingying Guo is a Ph.D. candidate in Finance with a minor in Economics at Louisiana State University, where she is advised by Dr. R. Kelley Pace.
Ms. Guo’s academic journey began at the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, where she earned her Bachelor of Science in Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering with Highest Honors in 2015. She subsequently pursued graduate studies at Louisiana State University, earning three master’s degrees: an M.S. in Petroleum Engineering (2020), advised by Dr. Andrew Wojtanowicz; a Master of Applied Statistics (2020), advised by Dr. Brian D. Marx; and an M.S. in Finance (2021).
With an interdisciplinary background that bridges engineering, statistics, and finance, Guo brings a unique perspective to quantitative research. She has authored 13 peer-reviewed publications—8 of which are in Q1 journals (SJR ranking)—spanning topics in engineering, statistics, and finance. In addition, she is a co-inventor on two patents related to high-pressure, high-temperature testing technologies designed for geotechnical and cement-based systems.
In addition to research, she has independently taught 2 undergraduate finance courses and served as a teaching assistant for eight courses across finance, statistics, and engineering.
Outside of academia, Guo enjoys baking, pencil drawing, photography, roller skating, building Lego models, observing animals, and making new friends.
Guo, Yingying, and Don Chance. "Kernel-Based Machine Learning for Option Pricing." Journal of Derivatives 32, no. 4 (2025).
Guo, Yingying, and Andrew Wojtanowicz. "Well Testing of Fracture Corridors in Naturally Fractured Reservoirs for an Improved Recovery Strategy." Energies 18, no. 14 (2025): 3827.
Yin, Qishuai, Qikang Zhu, Zehua Song, Yingying Guo, Jin Yang, Zhengqiang Xu, Kejin Chen, Lei Sun, and Mayank Tyagi. "Deep learning based early warning methodology for gas kick of deepwater drilling using pilot-scale rig data." Process Safety and Environmental Protection 196 (2025): 106844.
Cao, Bohan, Qishuai Yin, Yingying Guo, Jin Yang, Laibin Zhang, Zhenquan Wang, Mayank Tyagi, Ting Sun, and Xu Zhou. "Field data analysis and risk assessment of shallow gas hazards based on neural networks during industrial deep-water drilling." Reliability Engineering & System Safety 232 (2023): 109079.
Zhao, Xin, Qishuai Yin, Jin Yang, Yang Long, Hexing Liu, and Yingying Guo. "Risk assessment of surface conductor jetting installation during deep-water drilling in sloping seabed." Ocean Engineering 266 (2022): 113057.
You, Fuchang, Yu Wu, Yingying Guo, and Yancheng Zheng. "Rheological aspects of xanthan gum: Governing factors and applications in water-based drilling fluids and enhanced oil recovery." Carbohydrate Polymers (2025): 123579.
Teaching Interests: principles of real estate, corporate finance, asset pricing, financial modeling and analytics
Research Interests: financial derivatives, empirical asset pricing, household finance, energy finance, corporate finance
Keith and Evie Katz Superior Graduate Student Scholarship
NMIMT Honor Roll
Jereh Scholarship
Drilling 821 Scholarship
First-class Scholarship in Petroleum Engineering
