ANN ARBOR—As Chrysler Corp. files for bankruptcy, experts at the University of Michigan are available to lend insights. U-M experts include:

Sreedhar Bharath, assistant professor of finance at the Ross School of Business, is an expert on corporate bankruptcy, mergers and acquisitions, capital structure, stock return volatility and pricing and contracting debt securities. He can be reached at (734) 763-0485 or sbharath@umich.edu.

Bruce Belzowski, associate director of the Automotive Analysis Division at the U-M Transportation Research Institute, is an authority on the North American and global auto industry and a consultant to car manufacturers, suppliers and dealers. He can be reached at (734) 936-2704 or bbl@umich.edu.

Gerald Meyers, professor of management and organizations at the Ross School of Business, is former CEO of American Motors Corp. and former executive at Chrysler Corp. and Ford Motor Co. He can be reached at (248) 851-6834 or gmprof@umich.edu.

John Pottow, professor of law, is an expert in bankruptcy and commercial law. He can be reached at (734) 647-3736 or pottow@umich.edu.

Noel Tichy, professor of management and organizations at the Ross School of Business, is an expert on organizational structure and design, corporate leadership and management styles. He can be reached at (734) 764-5134 or tichy@umich.edu.

Martin Zimmerman, the Ford Motor Company Clinical Professor of Business Administration at the Ross School of Business, is an authority on energy policy, government regulation of business and economic developments in the automotive industry. He is a former chief economist at Ford Motor Co. and can be reached at (734) 615-7234 or mbzimmer@umich.edu.

Walter McManus, director of the Automotive Analysis Division at the U-M Transportation Research Institute, is an expert on the impact of government corporate average fuel economy standards on the automotive industry. He can be reached at (734) 615-6743 or watsmcm@umich.edu.

David Lewis, professor emeritus of business history at the Ross School of Business, is an authority on automotive history, especially Ford Motor Co. He worked for both Ford and General Motors in the 1950s and ’60s. He can be reached at (734) 663-0199 or lewisdl@umich.edu.

Don Grimes, senior research economist at the Institute for Research on Labor, Employment, and the Economy, can discuss the economic impact of the auto industry. He can be reached at (941) 330-5973 or dgrimes@umich.edu.