Zenan Wu is an economist. He graduated from the School of Economics and Management, Tsinghua University in 2008 and received his Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania in 2015. After serving on the faculty at the School of Economics, Peking University for eleven years, Zenan returned to his alma mater, joining Tsinghua University's School of Economics and Management as a tenured professor in September 2026. His research focuses on applied microeconomic theory, specifically contest theory, insurance markets, industrial organization, and behavioral economics.