Yulia completed her PhD at the Erasmus University Rotterdam. Before joining Monash University, she worked at the Erasmus University, University of Stirling and University of Glasgow. She also held visiting positions in the US and Canada.

Yulia has extensive teaching and administrative experience, ranging from basic undergraduate to advanced PhD level. She supervised over 50 PhD, MSc and Honours student dissertations.

Yulia's main research interests are in corporate finance, behavioural finance, and derivatives. Her research was published in leading academic journals, including Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Journal of Corporate Finance, Journal of Banking and Finance, Financial Management and Energy Economics. She presented her research at major national and international academic and practitioner conferences.