Education

Ph.D., Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences, 2016
Major: Financial Engineering
Minors: Optimization and Stochastic Modeling
Advisors: Dr. Jeremy Staum and Dr. Andreas Wächter

M.Math, Actuarial Science, GPA: 97.25%, 2011
Thesis: Coherent Distortion Risk Measures in Portfolio Selection
Advisor: Dr. Ken Seng Tan

B.Math, with Distinction, Dean's Honors List, GPA: 93.41%, 2010
Honor Actuarial Science and Management Sciences
Minor Statistics

Experience

Visiting Internship Postgraduate Student
Department of Industrial Engineering and Logistics Management, Summer 2014
Advisor: Dr. Jeff Hong
Researched robust optimization under statistical estimation error.
Developed iterative statistical estimation scheme guided by linear programming.

Actuarial Intern
AXIS Re, Summer 2012
Coded multiple linear regression and statistical tools in SQL.
Developed large-scale portfolio optimization tool in SQL and VBA.

Royal E. Cabell Terminal Year Fellowship, Northwestern University, 2015
Hickman Scholarship, Society of Actuaries, 2012 - 2015
IEMS Department Award for exceptional leadership and service, Northwestern University, 2014
Arthur P. Hurter Award for outstanding academic excellence among first year graduate students, Northwestern University, 2012
Ph.D. Entrance Scholarship in Financial Engineering, Northwestern University, 2011
The Dominion of Canada General Insurance Company Graduate Scholarship, University of Waterloo, 2010
Ailey Bailin Memorial Scholarship in Actuarial Science, University of Waterloo, 2009