Zhangfan's research interests are mainly in the areas of market-based accounting research, corporate finance, Environment, Society and Governance (ESG) and capital markets.

Zhangfan Cao (Ph.D. The University of Edinburgh, 2019) is a Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Accounting at the Nottingham University Business School (NUBS) China. His research focuses on market-based accounting research, corporate finance and governance, supply chain finance, Environment, Society and Governance (ESG), and capital market. He has published in Accounting and Finance, Accounting Forum, British Accounting Review, Corporate Governance: An International Review, Journal of Business Research, Journal of Corporate Finance, and Regional Studies among others.

Zhangfan also serves as an ad hoc reviewer for many journals including Accounting and Business Research, Accounting and Finance, Accounting Forum, Applied Economics, Australian Accounting Review, Asia-Pacific Journal of Accounting & Economics, British Accounting Review, British Journal of Management, China Economic Review, Corporate Governance: An International Review, Economic Modelling, European Accounting Review, European Financial Management, European Journal of Finance, Emerging Markets Finance and Trade, Frontiers of Business Research in China, International Journal of Finance and Economics, International Review of Economics and Finance, International Review of Financial Analysis, Journal of Business Ethics, Journal of Business Finance and Accounting, Journal of Contemporary Accounting & Economics, Journal of Corporate Finance, Journal of Financial Research, Journal of International Accounting Research, Journal of International Financial Management & Accounting, Journal of Multinational Financial Management.