CAO Zhen
Associate Professor
School of Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Shandong University
E-mail:caozhen@sdu.edu.cn
I.Introduction
CAO Zhen,obtaineda Bachelor's degree in Biological Science and Technology from Nanjing University,and a Ph.D. in Biophysics and Biochemistry from Heinrich-Heine University Duesseldorf, Germany. He is qualified as a Chinese Patent Agent and Certified Financial Planner. He previously worked at a leading patent agency; served as a PCT Examinerinthe World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) in Geneva, Switzerland;heheld the position ofInvestmentDirector at the Beijing Key Industry Intellectual Property Operation Fund;heserved as an Associate Professor at the Intellectual Property School of Jiangsu University and as a Researcher at the Nanjing New Structural Economics Intellectual Property Research Institute; and in 2022, he was appointed as an Economic Sector Expert in the Patent Analysis and Early Warning Expert Pool of the China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA).
He has multiple years of professional experience in science and technology innovation management, technology transfer and commercialization, intellectual property finance, and private equity investment. His main research areas include innovation management, intellectual property, sci-tech finance, and behavioral finance. He has published over ten papers in SSCI and SCI-indexed journals.
II.Research Projects
1.Jiangsu Provincial Social Science Foundation Project, "Research on the Mechanism of Intellectual Property Finance Alleviating Financing Constraints for Innovative SMEs", Nov. 2022 - Dec. 2025 (Presided over / Ongoing).
2.Soft Science Research Project of the China National Intellectual Property Administration, "Research on the Path to Achieving Dual Carbon Goals Supported by Intellectual Property", Jul. 2022 - Jun. 2023 (Presided over / Completed).
3.Special Project for the Fifth National Economic Census under Qingdao's "Double Hundred Research Project", "Research on Green, Low-Carbon and High-Quality Development in Qingdao", Sep. 2024 - Jun. 2025 (Presided over / Completed).
4.Zhenjiang Intellectual Property Plan Project, "Patent Navigation Research for the Medical Device and Biopharmaceutical Industry", Sep. 2022 - Aug. 2024 (Presided over / Completed).
5.Shandong Provincial Social Science Planning Research Project, "Intellectual Property Protection and Corporate Risk under the Background of Old and New Kinetic Energy Conversion", Jan. 2019 - Dec. 2021 (Ranked 2nd / Completed).
6.Special Project of the China National Intellectual Property Administration, "Statistical and Monitoring Analysis of Green and Low-Carbon Technology Patents", Mar. 2022 - Oct. 2022 (Ranked 2nd / Completed).
7.Special Project of the China National Intellectual Property Administration, "Research on the Evaluation System for Intellectual Property Promoting Industrial Innovation and Development", Nov. 2023 - Mar. 2024 (Ranked 2nd / Completed).
8.Jiangsu Provincial Patent Conversion Special Plan Project, "Project for Enhancing Intellectual Property Operation Capabilities of Universities and Research Institutes", Dec. 2021 - Dec. 2023 (Participated / Completed).
9.Project from the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, "Theoretical Research on Patent Operation and Analysis of Typical Cases", Jun. 2021 - Dec. 2021 (Ranked 2nd / Completed).
10.Special Project of the Beijing Intellectual Property Office, "Research on the Path of Intellectual Property Promoting the Development of the High-End Medical Device Industry", Jun. 2018 - Nov. 2018 (Ranked 2nd / Completed).
III.Publications
1.Cao Z, Han L, Zhang Q. Stock return predictability in China: Power of oil pricetrend.Finance Research Letters,2022, 47: 102537 (SSCI, JCRQ1Top).
2.Cao Z, Han L, Wei X, et al. Fear in commodity return prediction.Finance Research Letters,2022, 46: 102502 (SSCI, JCRQ1Top).
3.Cao Z,Wang YZet al.Rare Disaster Concerns in Predicting Oil.Journal of Futures Markets.In press. (SSCI).
4.Cao Z, Kilic O, Wang X. Investor Attention, Divergence of Opinions and StockReturns.Journal of Behavioral Finance. 2021, 22(3): 265-279. (SSCI).
5.Cao Z, Chen Y, Zeng J, et al. Political connection, family involvement, and IPOunderpricing: Evidence from the listed non-state-owned enterprises of China.PacificEconomic Review. 2022, 27(2): 105-130. (SSCI).
6.Cao Z, Chelikani S, Kilic O, et al. Implied Volatility Spread and Stock Mispricing.Journal of Behavioral Finance. 2022: 1-13. (SSCI).
7.Cao Z, J Shen, X Wei, et al. Anger in predicting the index futures returns.Journal of Futures Markets. 2023, 43(4): 437-454. (SSCI).
8.Cao Z, Buttani V, Losi A, et al. A blue light inducible two-component signaltransduction system in the plant pathogen Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato.Biophysical Journal. 2008, 94(3):897-905. (SCI).
9.Cao Z, Livoti, E, Losi A, et al. A blue-light inducible cyclic diguanylatephosphodiesterase in cyanobacteria.Photochem. Photobiol.2010, 6(3):606-11. (SCI).
10.Tang, Y,Cao Z,Livoti, E, et al. Mapping the pathway of signal transmission within ablue-light photoreceptor.Photochem. & Photobiol. Sci.2010, 9(1):47-56. (SCI).
11.Ogata H.,Cao Z, Losi A, et al. Crystallization and X-ray analysis of LOV domain ofblue-light receptor YtvA from Bacillus amyloliquefaciens FZB42.Acta Crystallogr SectF Struct Biol Cryst Commun.2009, 65(Pt 8):853-5. (SCI).
12.Buttani V, Losi A, Eggert T, Krauss U, Jaeger KE,Cao Z, Gärtner W.Conformational analysis of the blue-light sensing protein YtvA reveals a competitiveinterface for LOV-LOV dimerization and interdomain interactions.Photochem. &Photobiol. Sci.2007, 6(1):41-9. (SCI).
