Education:

• PhD in Economics, University of Southern California, 2010-2015.
• MA in Economics, Guanghua School of Management, Peking University, 2006-2008.
• BS in Statistics, Hunan Normal University, 2000-2004.

Employment History:

• 2025 - present, Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, Louisiana State University.
• 2025 - present, Freeport-McMoran Endowed Professorship in Economics.
  
• 2020 - 2025, Associate Professor of Economics with tenure, Department of Economics, Louisiana State University.
• 2019 - 2025, Thomas Singletary Business Partnership Professor.
• 2017 - 2020, Assistant Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, Louisiana State University.
• 2015 - 2017, Assistant Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, State University of New York at Binghamton.

Research Interests:

• Analysis of Big Data/High Dimensional Models,
• Causal Inference/Treatment Effects Estimation,
• Economic Forecasting,
• Financial Econometrics,
• Panel Data Econometrics, 
• Semi/Non-parametric Econometrics.