Experience Assistant Professor, University of Connecticut, Since August 2011. Assistant Professor, University of California, Riverside, July 2006 to June 2011. Visiting Scholar, University of Western Ontario, March 2010.
Education Ph.D. in Economics, University of Rochester, 2006. M.A. in Economics, University of Rochester, 2005. M. Phil. in Economics, The Chinese Univeristy of Hong Kong, 2001. B. Soc. Sc. in Economics, The Chinese Univeristy of Hong Kong, 1999.
Presentations North American Summer Meetings of the Econometric Society, St Louis, June 2011 T2M Conference, HEC Montreal, May 2011 Symposium of SNDE, Washington D.C., March 2011 University of Connecticut, January 2011 University of California, Riverside, October 2010 CEA Annual Conference, Quebec City, May 2010 Midwest Macro Meetings, East Lansing, April 2010 University of Western Ontario, March 2010 The University of Hong Kong, January 2010 City University of Hong Kong, January 2010 The Chinese University of Hong Kong, December 2009 ACE International Conference, Hong Kong, December 2009 University of Southern California, December 2009 Conference on Health and the Macroeconomy, UCSB, October 2009 Georgia State University, September, 2009 Workshop for Economists Working in Parallel, Kansas City Fed, August 2009 CEF Conference, Sydney, July 2009 WEAI Annual Conference, Vancouver, June 2009 North American Summer Meetings of the Econometric Society, Boston, June 2009 UCR Conference on Business Cycles, April 2009 Wegmans Conference, Rochester, October 2008 University of California, Riverside, October 2007, October 2008 University of Miami, November 2006 University of Southern California, October 2006 Midwest Macro Meetings, St. Louis, May 2006 University of California, Riverside, February 2006 SUNY Albany, January 2006 Carleton University, January 2006 Simon Fraser University, January 2006 University of Rochester, November 2005 Midwest Macro Meetings, Iowa, May 2005
Teaching
University of Connecticut Macroeconomics III (PhD Core Course), Spring 2012. Advanced Monetary Theory & Policy (PhD Field Course), Fall 2011. Intermediate Macroeconomics, Spring 2012.
University of California, Riverside Macroeconomic Theory (PhD Core Course) Advanced Macroeconomic Theory (PhD Field Course) Intermediate Macroeconomics, 9 times, Total Enrollment = 2,121.
Student Supervision
University of Connecticut Paul Tomolonis Major Advisor, in progress Wei Wang Major Advisor, in progress
Weiran Huang Associate Advisor, in progress Matthew Schurin Associate Advisor, in progress
University of California, Riverside Zhiming Fu Co-Advisor, in progress Dongpeng Liu Co-Advisor, in progress Sarah Daway Co-Advisor, 2012 expected Anca-Ioana Sirbu Co-Advisor, 2012 expected Xiangbo Liu Co-Advisor, 2011, Renmin University of China
Venoo Kakar Committee member, in progress Wing-Yu Leung Committee member, 2010, HKMA MeiChi Huang Committee member, 2009 Daniel Farhat Committee member, 2009, University of Otago, New Zealand
Referee Activity B. E. Journal of Macroeconomics Economic Inquiry (3 times) Economic Theory International Economic Review (8 times) Journal of Business and Economic Statistics Journal of Economics Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control (2 times) Journal of Macroeconomics Macroeconomic Dynamics National Science Foundation Regional Science and Urban Economics Review of Economic Dynamics (2 times)