Education

• Ph.D. in Industrial Systems Engineering and Management, National University of Singapore (2019 - 2023)
  • Supervisor: Xiaobo Li
  • Thesis Title: E-commerce Product Recommendation and Warehouse Assortment Selection: the Impact of Customer Multi-Purchase Behavior
• B.S. in Mathematics with Honors, University of Texas at Austin (2017 - 2018)

Work Experience

• March 2024 - Present: Non-Tenured Associate Professor
  • Faculty of Business for Science and Technology, School of Management, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, China
• Jan. 2023 - Jan. 2024: Research Assistant
  • National University of Singapore, Singapore
  • Duties included: Developed models and algorithms for multi-warehouse assortment selection.
  • Supervisor: Xiaobo Li
• Sept. 2021 - Feb. 2022: Research Intern
  • Cainiao Network, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
  • Duties included: Developed models and algorithms for analyzing customers’ choice behavior and designing coupon bundles.
  • Supervisor: Lixia Wu

Teaching Experience

• Instructor, School of Management, University of Science and Technology of China, China
  • MSAE6408P Revenue Management and Pricing Analytics (Spring 2025), teaching evaluation: 5.0 / 5.0 (24 students)
• Teaching Assistant, Department of Industrial Systems Engineering and Management, National University of Singapore, Singapore
  • IE4211 Modeling and Analytics (Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022)
  • IE5208 Systems Approach to Project Management (Fall 2019, Fall 2020, Fall 2021)

• Learning Assistant, CalcLab, Department of Mathematics, University of Texas at Austin, United States (Spring 2018)

• Math Tutor, Sanger Learning Center, School of Undergraduate Studies, University of Texas at Austin, United States (Aug. 2017 – Sept. 2018)

Honors and Awards

• Winner for 2022 MSOM Data Driven Research Challenge (Oct. 2022)
• NUS Research Scholarship (2019 - 2022)
• Distinguished College Scholar of University of Texas at Austin (Apr. 2018)