Anup Agrawal is a professor of Finance and Powell Chair of Finance at the University of Alabama. He is known for his research in corporate finance and investments, including corporate governance, mergers and acquisitions, executive compensation, corporate innovation, corporate fraud, insider trading, security analysts, and market efficiency.

Agrawal has published numerous papers in the top journals in Finance, Accounting, and Law and Economics, including the Journal of Finance, the Journal of Financial Economics, the Journal of Accounting & Economics, the Journal of Law & Economics, the Journal of Business, the Journal of Financial & Quantitative Analysis. His research has received over 20,000 citations in academic papers according to Google Scholar. Agrawal is considered one of the most prolific authors in finance.

Agrawal has served on the editorial boards of several academic journals, including the Journal of Corporate Finance, International Review of Finance, Journal of Financial Research, Journal of Risk and Financial Management, Review of Financial Economics, North American Journal of Economics and Finance, Finance India, Journal of Small Business Management, and International Review of Business & Finance.

He has also served as the academic director of the Financial Management Association and as a track chair at several of their annual meetings and the Eastern Finance Association.

In 2021, Agrawal received the Burnum Distinguished Professor Award at the University of Alabama.