CV

Education

  • 2020-2024
    Ph.D. in Statistics (expected)
    University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
    • Research Interest: Tensor Data Model, Spatio-Temporal Statistics, Astro-statistics.
    • Advisor: Yang Chen
  • 2018-2020
    M.S. in Applied Statistics
    University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
    • Awarded Outstanding First-Year Master's Student Award in 2019.
  • 2016-2017
    Visiting Student in Economics
    University of Oxford
  • 2014-2018
    B.A. in Economics
    Xiamen University
    • Enrolled in the Wang Yanan Institude for Studies in Economics (WISE).
    • Winner of the Best Undergraduate Thesis Award in 2018.

Working Experience

  • 2023 Summer
    Quantitative Researcher Intern
    IMC Trading, Chicago
    • Project: Volatility Signal Forecast Uncertainty Quantification.
  • 2020-2021
    Graduate Student Instructor (GSI)
    University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
    • Courses taught:
      • STATS 510: Probability and Distribution Theory
      • STATS 503: Statistical Learning II: Multivariate Analysis
      • STATS 426: Introduction to Theoretical Statistics
      • STATS 406: Computational Methods in Statistics and Data Science
    • Awarded the best GSI team award (with Songkai Xue) for teaching STATS 503.
  • 2017 Summer
    Global Technology Intern
    Bank of America, Beijing
    • Internal information system testing & customer database management.

Honors and Awards

  • 2021
    • Outstanding GSI Team Award, U-M Ann Arbor
  • 2019
    • Outstanding First Year Master Student Award, U-M Ann Arbor
  • 2016
    • Oxford Prospect Program 1-year Visiting Student Fellowship
    • Top 1% in BNP Paribas Ace Manager Financial Case Study International Competition
  • 2015
    • National Finalist (rank: 19), Chinese National English Speaking Contest
    • First Place, Chinese National English Speaking Contest, Provincial Final

Skills

  • Programming: Python, R (rSTAN, Rcpp), C++, MATLAB, SQL, STATA.
  • Language: English (TOEFL: 119; IELTS: 8.0; GRE: 334+4.5), Mandarin (native).