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General Information

Full Name Linfeng Zhang
Languages English, Chinese

Education

  • 2023
    PhD Mathematics
    University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Illinois
    • Concentration in Actuarial Science and Risk Analytics
  • 2016
    MS Finance
    University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Illinois
  • 2015
    BS Actuarial Science, Statistics
    University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Illinois
    • Minor in Astronomy

Academic Experience

  • now
    Assistant Professor
    The Ohio State University, Ohio
  • 2022-2023
    Visiting Assistant Professor of Actuarial Science
    Drake University, Iowa
  • 2019-2021
    Graduate Supervisor/Project Manager
    Illinois Risk Lab, University of Illinois, Illinois
  • 2016-2019
    Research Assistant
    Information Trust Institution, University of Illinois, Illinois

Professional Experience

  • 2019-2021
    Data Scientist
    Charlee.ai

Grants

  • 2024
    CKER Individual Grant Competition
    Casualty Actuarial Society and Society of Actuaries
    • with Zhiyu Quan
  • 2022
    SOA Cyber Risk Literature Search Grant
    Society of Actuaries
    • with Wing Fung (Alfred) Chong, Runhuan Feng, and Zhiyu Quan
  • 2020
    Impact of COVID-19 Grant
    Canadian Institute of Actuaries
    • with Xiaowei Chen, Wing Fung (Alfred) Chong, and Runhuan Feng

Honors and Awards

  • 2022
    ARC Graduate Student Presentation Award Honorable Mention
    Society of Actuaries
    • 2022 Actuarial Research Conference
  • 2021
    Maplesoft Best Student Paper Awards
    Virtual 24th International Congress on Insurance: Mathematics and Economics
  • 2020
    CAS Best of 2020
    Casualty Actuarial Society
    • 2020 CAS Annual Meeting
  • 2019
    State Farm Mathematics Doctoral Scholarship
    State Farm Insurance