03 / Experience

From econometric theory to applied research.

Education on the left; quantitative, research, and teaching experience on the right.

Right

Work experience

Quantitative Researcher Intern

PGIM · Newark, New Jersey

  • Developed FX timing alpha using nonlinear variable selection and Random Forests, with long/short strategy backtests.
  • Used SHAP values for transparent feature attribution and risk budgeting.
  • Implemented transfer-entropy signals linking daily Economic Surprise Index shocks to intraday FX moves.

Research Assistant

Rutgers University

  • Developed DrdidGmm, an R package for doubly robust difference-in-differences estimators using GMM, with heteroskedasticity-, cluster-, and spatial-robust inference.

Research Assistant

Rutgers University

  • Collected intraday TAQ observations for 380 S&P 500 constituents and SPY.
  • Applied Chao-Swanson variable selection, factor extraction, and shrinkage methods with forecasting-based cross-validation.

Research Assistant

Rutgers University

  • Constructed first-release real-time data for more than 130 macroeconomic and financial variables from FRED.
  • Built text-based emotion measures from the Reuters Historical News Archive for judgemental and econometric forecasting research.

IT Summer Associate

Thermo Fisher Scientific · Shanghai

  • Contributed to a Python-based robotic process automation project using Automagica.

Summer Risk Analyst

China Pacific Insurance · Shanghai

  • Supported critical-illness insurance data analysis and the construction and validation of risk models.
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Teaching experience

Instructor

Rutgers University

  • Econometrics, Summer 2024 · Course evaluation: 4.71 / 5
  • R Workshop, Summers 2024, 2025, and 2026

Teaching Assistant

Rutgers University

  • Economics for Big Data
  • Advanced Time Series
  • Econometrics I & II
  • Econometrics
  • Introduction to Macroeconomics
  • Money, Banking and the Financial System
  • Intermediate Macroeconomic Analysis

Economics Tutor

University of Colorado Boulder

  • Provided individual support to undergraduate economics students.

See awards, conference presentations, academic service, and references in the complete CV.

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