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Jungfrau, Switzerland, 2013

Curriculum Vitae

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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 - present 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]

Postdoctoral fellows at the University of Waterloo

Christopher Blier-Wong 2023 -
Samuel Gyamerah 2023 - [with A. Schied]
Qinyu Wu 2023 -
Jean-Gabriel Lauzier 2021 -
Yang Liu 2021 - 2022 [with A. Schied]
Assistant Professor, School of Science and Engineering, Chinese University of Hong Kong Shenzhen, China (2023)
Xia Han 2020 - 2022 [with D. Landriault]
Assistant Professor, School of Mathematical Sciences, Nankai University, China (2022)
Tolulope Fadina 2019 - 2020
Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, USA (2023)
Peng Liu 2018 - 2020 [with A. Schied]
Lecturer/Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Essex, UK (2020)
Daniel Linders 2015 (short term) [with F. Yang]
Assistant Professor, School of Economics, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands (2019)
Tiantian Mao 2014 - 2015 [with J. Cai and D. Landriault]
Assistant Professor, School of Management, University of Science and Technology of China, China (2015)

Ph.D. students at the University of Waterloo

Muqiang Huang 2023 - PhD Act Sc
Jisun Choi 2023 - [with B. Feng] PhD Act Sc
Qinghua Ren 2022 - [with M. Ghossoub] PhD Act Sc
Zachary Van Oosten 2022 - [with Y. Shen] PhD Act Sc
Zhanyi Jiao 2020 - [with J. Cai] PhD Act Sc
Liyuan Lin 2020 - [with A. Schied] PhD Act Sc
Qiuqi Wang 2019 - 2023 PhD Act Sc
Assistant Professor, Robinson College of Business, Georgia State University, USA (2023)
Yuyu Chen 2018 - 2022 [with K. S. Tan] PhD Act Sc
Lecturer/Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, University of Melbourne, Australia (2022)
Yunran Wei 2015 - 2019 [with G. Willmot] PhD Act Sc
Assistant Professor, School of Mathematics and Statistics, Carleton University, Canada (2021)
Jie Shen 2014 - 2018 [with Y. Shen] PhD Statistics
Risk Modelling Researcher, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, Canada (2018)
Haiyan Liu 2013 - 2017 [with J. Cai] PhD Act Sc
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
2024.01 - present Associate Editor, Operations Research
2023.01 - present Associate Editor, Mathematics of Operations Research
2022.01 - present Associate Editor, Canadian Journal of Statistics
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

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 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

Keynote and Special Addresses

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

Conference Organizing

2023.04 3rd Waterloo Conference in Statistics, Actuarial Science and Finance, Waterloo, Canada
2022.10 INFORMS Annual Meeting (Co-Chair, Finance Cluster), Indianapolis, USA
2022.10 3rd Waterloo Student Conference in Statistics, Actuarial Science and Finance, Waterloo, Canada
2022.07 International Conference on Robust Statistics, Waterloo, Canada
2022.06 INFORMS/CORS International Conference (Chair, Finance Cluster), Vancouver, Canada
2021.11 2nd Waterloo Student Conference in Statistics, Actuarial Science and Finance, Waterloo, Canada
2019.04 1st Waterloo Conference in Statistics, Actuarial Science and Finance (Chair), Waterloo, Canada
2017.09 Workshop on Risk Measurement and Regulatory Issues in Business, Montreal, Canada
2016.08 Random Complex Structures and Data Analysis in Finance, Beijing, China
2016.02 4th Québec-Ontario Workshop on Insurance Mathematics, Waterloo, Canada
2012.04 6th Annual Graduate Student Probability Conference, Georgia Tech, Atlanta, USA
2011.04 5th Annual Graduate Student Probability Conference, Georgia Tech, Atlanta, USA

Peer-review and Evaluation Service

Number of papers reviewed: 199 for 74 journals
Number of research grants reviewed: 14 for 7 funding agencies
Number of tenure and promotion letters written: 10 for 10 universities

Invited Presentations

Number of invited academic presentations: 189 in 15 countries (details in the CV)

Publications and Teaching

Please see the Publications and Teaching tabs