Academic CV

This page adapts the public academic CV from my earlier Google Site for the current portfolio. For current professional work, see Experience and About.

Education

  • Ph.D., Economics, Boston University, 2021 Dissertation: Essays on Firm Dynamics Advisor: Stephen J. Terry
  • Master in Economics and Finance, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 2015
  • M.Sc., Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, 2013
  • B.Com., Economics, University of Melbourne, 2012 Bachelor of Commerce Medal 2011

Fields of Interest

  • Firm dynamics
  • Macroeconomics
  • Asset pricing
  • Natural language processing

Research and Professional Experience

  • Economist, Amazon.com, Seattle, May-Aug 2020
  • Quantitative Researcher, Geode Capital Management, Boston, Jun-Aug 2019
  • Research Associate, Boston University (NBER-affiliated project), May 2018-Jan 2019

Teaching Experience

Boston University, Department of Economics

Teaching Fellow, 2016-2020

  • EC 202 Intermediate Macroeconomic Analysis (Undergraduate), Fall 2019, Spring 2020
  • EC 102 Introductory Macroeconomic Analysis (Undergraduate), Spring 2019
  • EC 502 Macroeconomics (Graduate), Fall 2016, Spring 2017, Fall 2017, Spring 2018

Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Department of Economics

Teaching Fellow, 2014-2015

  • Microeconomics 2 (Undergraduate), Spring 2015
  • Advanced Macroeconomics 1 (Undergraduate), Fall 2014, Spring 2015

Barcelona Graduate School of Economics

Teaching Fellow, 2014-2015

  • Advanced Macroeconomics II (Graduate), Fall 2014
  • Advanced Macroeconomics III (Graduate), Spring 2015

University of Melbourne, Department of Economics

Teaching Fellow, 2012

  • Quantitative Methods 1 (Undergraduate), Semester 1 2012

Skills

  • Computer: Python, R, MATLAB, STATA, Julia, EViews, SQL, TensorFlow, Keras, Git, Unix
  • Languages: English (Fluent), Cantonese (Native), Mandarin (Native)

Fellowships and Awards

  • Dean’s Fellowship, Boston University, 2015-2020
  • Teaching Fellowship, Boston University, 2016-2020
  • Teaching Fellowship, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 2014-2015
  • Bachelor of Commerce Medal 2011 (GPA ranked #1), University of Melbourne, 2012
  • Dean’s Honours List 2011, University of Melbourne, 2012
  • Francis J. Wright Exhibition Quantitative Methods Award, University of Melbourne, 2010

Memberships and Affiliations

  • American Economic Association
  • National Association for Business Economics

Working Papers

  • “Firm Dynamics with Firm-specific Intangible Capital,” November 2020
  • “Price-setting under Bounded Rationality,” October 2017