Menglu Xu is a Predoctoral Research Professional in the international economics initiative at BFI, working under the supervision of Prof. Brent Neiman, Prof. Rodrigo Adao and Prof. Rohan Kekre on a variety of international finance and trade projects. Her research interests are in international trade, international finance and labor economics. Menglu earned her MA in economics from the University of Texas at Austin and her BS in economics from Southwestern University of Finance and Economics.