Ernan is an analyst in the Beijing office of Gavekal Dragonomics, who has covered a range of topics related to the Chinese consumer for more than a decade. Her research areas include major macroeconomic issues like demographics, urbanization, the labor market and household savings, as well as government policy and trends in consumer sectors, with a special focus on the automobile market in China.

Prior to joining Dragonomics in 2013, she interned at Standard Chartered and Accenture, and was a part-time researcher at the University of Chicago's Beijing Center. Ernan graduated from Renmin University of China with an MA in economics and a double bachelor’s degree in economics and mathematics.