Ph.D. Candidate in Business Economics and Public Policy
2021 – Present
Ross School of Business, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Curriculum Vitae
Education
B.A. in Economics and Mathematics, magna cum laude
2015 – 2018
New York University, New York, NY
Research
Teaching Experience
Academic Awards
Best Ph.D. Student Paper Award
2026
IAAE Annual Conference
Thomas William Leabo Fellowship for Teaching and Research Excellence
2024
University of Michigan, Ross School of Business
Katherine Terrell Prize for Best Student Paper (Runner Up)
2024
University of Michigan, Ross School of Business
Emeritus Award for Best Student Paper as Second-Year Ph.D. Student
2024
University of Michigan, Ross School of Business
Spivey Hall Fellow
2023
University of Michigan, Ross School of Business
Katherine Terrell Prize for Best Student Paper (Winner)
2023
University of Michigan, Ross School of Business
Presentations
- 2026 · IAAE, MEG, NTA
- 2024 · Michigan Student Symposium for Interdisciplinary Statistical Sciences
Reviewer
International Tax and Public Finance, Journal of Economic Growth, Journal of Macroeconomics, Conference on Learning Theory
Skills
- Programming Languages · (Advanced) R; (Intermediate) Stata (Mata), Python, SAS, SQL
- Other Technical Skills · (Advanced) LaTeX, ArcGIS; (Intermediate) Bash
- Statistical Packages Developed · stc (Stata package)
Languages
Chinese / Mandarin (Native), English (Near-Native)
Community Involvement
Microeconomic Theory Reading Group
2025 – 2026
Econometrics Methods Reading Group
2022 – 2024
Ross Ph.D. Forum
2021 – 2024
2021 – 2024
Other Professional Experience
Analyst
2018 – 2021
NERA Economic Consulting
- Performed econometric analyses to study competitive harm, price fixing, economic damage from violations of WTO treaties, and other antitrust issues arising from proposed mergers and acquisitions.
- Evaluated magnitude and severity of potential antitrust concerns by analyzing public and parties’ proprietary datasets using R, STATA, SAS, Python, and SQL.
- Analysed spatial competitive overlaps of merging parties by illustrating market definitions in ArcGIS.
- Prepared exhibits to present analyses and findings to counsel of merging parties.