Curriculum Vitae

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Employment

• Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics, Illinois State University, 2024 - present

Professional Designation

• Associate of the Society of Actuaries (ASA)

Education

• Ph.D in Actuarial Science, University of Waterloo, 2020 - 2024
  • Supervisors: Jun Cai and Ruodu Wang
• M.Sc. in Actuarial Science, Central University of Finance and Economics, 2017 - 2020
  • Supervisor: Ming Zhou
• Visiting Student in Actuarial Science, The Univeristy of Melbourne, 2019.03 - 2019.06
• B.S. in Mathematics and Applied Mathematics, China University of Geosciences (Wuhan), 2013 - 2017
• B.Ec in Finance, Wuhan University, 2014 - 2017

Honors and Awards

Selected Honors

• James C. Hickman Scholars, (2023 - 2024) - Society of Actuaries (SOA)
• MATH Senate Graduate Scholarship, (2024) - Univeristy of Waterloo
• Women in Mathematics Directed Reading Program Mentorship Award, (2023) - Univeristy of Waterloo
• University of Waterloo Graduate Scholarship, (2023) - Univeristy of Waterloo
• International Doctoral Student Award, (2020 - 2024) - Univeristy of Waterloo
• Postgraduate Academic Scholarship, (2017 - 2020) - Central University of Finance and Economics
• The Outstanding Graduate Award, (2017) - China University of Geosciences
• Dean’s/Headmaster’s List of Distinguished Students Scholarship (2015 - 2016) - China University of Geosciences
• The Annual Outstanding Student Scholarship (2014) - China University of Geosciences

Selected Awards

• Mathematical Contest in Modeling (MCM/ICM), (2017) - Honorable Mention
• Contemporary Undergraduate Mathematical Contest in Modeling (CUMCM), (2015) - National Second Prize
• Central China Mathematical Contest in Modeling (CCMCM), (2014) - Second Prize