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Jungfrau, Switzerland, 2013
Curriculum Vitae
Academic Appointments
| 2023.05 - present | Canada Research Chair (Tier 1) in Quantitative Risk Management, NSERC |
| 2022.07 - present | Professor, Statistics and Actuarial Science, University of Waterloo |
| 2021.07 - 2023.06 | Sun Life Fellow, University of Waterloo |
| 2021.07 - 2023.06 | Associate Chair - Research, Statistics and Actuarial Science, University of Waterloo |
| 2018.07 - 2023.06 | University Research Chair, University of Waterloo |
| 2017.07 - 2022.06 | Associate Professor, Statistics and Actuarial Science, University of Waterloo |
| 2012.08 - 2017.06 | Assistant Professor, Statistics and Actuarial Science, University of Waterloo |
Education
| 2009.08 - 2012.05 | Ph.D. Mathematics, Georgia Institute of Technology. Advisor: Liang Peng |
| 2006.09 - 2009.06 | M.S. Financial Mathematics, Peking University. Advisor: Jingping Yang |
| 2002.09 - 2006.06 | B.S. Mathematics, Peking University |
Academic Supervision [Group Webpage]
Current postdoctoral fellows and PhD students
| Chenxi Xia Postdoc 2026 - | [with A. Schied] |
| Liulei Sun Postdoc 2025 - | |
| Yinhuan Li Postdoc 2024 - | |
| Jiahao Ming PhD 2025 - | [with Y. Shen] |
| Chenxin Lyu PhD 2024 - | |
| Benjamin Côté PhD 2024 - | [with A. Schied] |
| Jingcheng Yu PhD 2024 - | [with H. Li] |
| Muqiang Huang PhD 2023 - | |
| Jisun Choi PhD 2023 - | [with B. Feng] |
| Qinghua Ren PhD 2022 - | [with M. Ghossoub] |
| Zachary Van Oosten PhD 2022 - | [with Y. Shen] |
Past postdoctoral fellows and PhD students and their placement
(Lecturer positions are tenure track and research active in the UK and Australian systems)
| Xiyue Han
Postdoc 2024 - 2025
[with A. Schied] | Senior Quantitative Analyst Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, Canada (2025) |
| Qinyu Wu Postdoc 2023 - 2025 | Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Economics Yale University, USA (2025) |
| Christopher Blier-Wong Postdoc 2023 - 2024 | Assistant Professor, Department of Statistical Sciences University of Toronto, Canada (2024) |
| Samuel Gyamerah Postdoc 2023 - 2024
[with A. Schied] | Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics Toronto Metropolitan University, Canada (2024) |
| Jean-Gabriel Lauzier Postdoc 2021 - 2024 | Assistant Professor, Department of Economics Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada (2024) |
| Yang Liu Postdoc 2021 - 2022
[with A. Schied] | Assistant Professor, School of Science and Engineering Chinese University of Hong Kong Shenzhen, China (2023) |
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Xia Han Postdoc 2020 - 2022
[with D. Landriault] | Assistant Professor, School of Mathematical Sciences Nankai University, China (2022) |
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Tolulope Fadina
Postdoc 2019 - 2020 | Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, USA (2023) |
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Peng Liu
Postdoc 2018 - 2020
[with A. Schied] | Lecturer, School of Mathematics, Statistics and Actuarial Science University of Essex, UK (2020) |
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Daniel Linders
Postdoc 2015 - 2015 [with F. Yang] | Assistant Professor, School of Economics University of Amsterdam, Netherlands (2019) |
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Tiantian Mao
Postdoc 2014 - 2015 [with J. Cai and D. Landriault] | Assistant Professor, School of Management University of Science and Technology of China, China (2015) |
| Zhanyi Jiao PhD 2020 - 2024 [with J. Cai] |
Assistant Professor, School of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences Arizona State University, USA (2025) |
| Liyuan Lin PhD 2020 - 2024 [with A. Schied] | Senior Lecturer, Monash Business School Monash University, Australia (2024) |
| Qiuqi Wang PhD 2019 - 2023 | Assistant Professor, Robinson College of Business Georgia State University, USA (2023) |
| Yuyu Chen PhD 2018 - 2022 [with K. S. Tan] | Lecturer, Department of Economics University of Melbourne, Australia (2022) |
| Yunran Wei PhD 2015 - 2019 [with G. Willmot] | Assistant Professor, School of Mathematics and Statistics Carleton University, Canada (2021) |
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Jie Shen PhD 2014 - 2018 [with Y. Shen] | Risk Modelling Researcher Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, Canada (2018) |
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Haiyan Liu PhD 2013 - 2017 [with J. Cai] | Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics Michigan State University, USA (2017) |
Editorial Duties
| 2018.01 - present | Co-Editor, ASTIN Bulletin - The Journal of the International Actuarial Association |
| 2016.08 - present | Co-Editor, European Actuarial Journal |
| 2024.10 - present | Associate Editor, Finance and Stochastics |
| 2024.01 - present | Associate Editor, Operations Research |
| 2023.01 - present | Associate Editor, Mathematics of Operations Research |
| 2020.01 - present | Associate Editor, Journal of Mathematical Economics |
| 2016.07 - present | Associate Editor, Acta Mathematicae Applicatae Sinica (English Series) |
| 2014.12 - present | Editorial Advisory Board, Dependence Modeling |
| 2022.01 - 2024.12 | Associate Editor, Canadian Journal of Statistics |
Awards and Honours
| 2023 | Best Paper Award on Financial Engineering in Operations Research, INFORMS | |
| 2023 | Tier 1 Canada Research Chair, NSERC | |
| 2022 | Fellow of IMS, Institute of Mathematical Statistics | |
| 2021 | SOA Actuarial Science Early Career Research Award, Society of Actuaries | |
| 2018 | Discovery Accelerator Supplement Award, NSERC | |
| 2018 | University Research Chair, University of Waterloo | |
| 2017 | The Faculty of Mathematics Golden Jubilee Research Excellence Award, University of Waterloo | |
| 2017 | Annual Department Teaching Award, Statistics and Actuarial Science, University of Waterloo | |
| 2012 | Laha Travel Award 2012, Institute of Mathematical Statistics | |
| 2011 | Bob Price Fellowship, School of Mathematics, Georgia Tech |
Media Coverage
| 2021.11 | An interview with Ruodu Wang in Expanding Horizons published by the Society of Actuaries | |
| 2020.04 | Riskier CLOs get big boost from S&P in ‘new ratings shopping’, Bloomberg |
Peer-review and Evaluation Service
Number of papers reviewed: 227 for 82 journals
Number of research grants reviewed: 20 for 9 funding agencies
Number of tenure and promotion letters written: 15 for 13 universities
Invited Presentations
Number of invited academic presentations: 219 in 15 countries
Including seminars at: Yale, Penn, Princeton, Stanford, Columbia, Berkeley, Chicago, Carnegie Mellon, Cornell, ETH Zurich, ...
Keynote and Special Addresses
| 2026.01 | Plenary Speaker, 1st ASTIN Bulletin Conference | |
| 2025.11 | Van Eenam Lectures, University of Michigan | |
| 2023.10 | Keynote Speaker, 2023 CSIAM Conference on Actuarial Theory and Applications | |
| 2021.08 | Keynote Speaker, 56th Actuarial Research Conference | |
| 2021.07 | Keynote Speaker, 24th International Congress on Insurance: Mathematics and Economics | |
| 2018.09 | Keynote Speaker, 4th European Actuarial Journal Meeting |