CV

Education

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University & University of Surrey · 2024 – 2027 (expected)
Dual PhD, School of Hotel and Tourism Management and Surrey Business School

• Thesis: Digital Transformation and Performance in the Hotel Industry: A Multi-level and Multi-period Empirical Investigation
• Supervisors: Dr Fei Hao, Dr Neil Hengyun Li (PolyU); Dr Erin Chao Ling, Dr Jason Li Chen (Surrey)

Shanghai University of International Business and Economics · 2022 – 2024
MSc in Applied Statistics, GPA 3.81/4.0, ranked 5 of 111

Shanghai University · 2017 – 2021
BEcon in Finance

University of Technology Sydney · 2018 – 2021
Bachelor of Business with Distinction, major in Finance (joint programme with Shanghai University)

Awards

• Best Paper Award, 10th International Conference of the International Association for Tourism Economics (IATE 2026), University of Palermo, Italy, June 2026, for “Policy-Induced Tourism Shocks and Local Real Estate: Causal Evidence from Visa Liberalization Policy”
• Overall Best Paper Award and Hospitality Management Best Paper Award, Council for Hospitality Management Education (CHME) Conference 2026, for “Talking Digitalization: The Automation–Augmentation Paradox in the Tourism Industry”
• Runner Up Award, Surrey Business School PGR Poster Showcase Event, University of Surrey, April 2026
• Outstanding Graduate of Shanghai Municipality (2024)
• National Second Prize, National College Student Statistical Modeling Competition (2023)
• Postgraduate First Prize Scholarship, Shanghai University of International Business and Economics (2023)
• Outstanding Graduate of Shanghai University (2021)
• National First Prize, National College Student Market Research and Analysis Competition (2020)

Conference presentations

• “Policy-Induced Tourism Shocks and Local Real Estate: Causal Evidence from Visa Liberalization Policy”, IATE 2026, University of Palermo, Italy, 23–26 June 2026
• “Talking Digitalization: The Automation–Augmentation Paradox in the Tourism Industry”, CHME 2026, University of Surrey, UK, June 2026
• “Talking Digitalization: The Automation–Augmentation Paradox in the Tourism and Hospitality Industry”, 3rd World Conference on Smart Tourism, Macau University of Science and Technology, December 2025
• “Digital Transformation in Hospitality: How Smart Check-In Transforms Performance”, APacCHRIE 2025, Chiang Mai University, Thailand, May 2025

Research experience

• Doctoral researcher, PolyU and University of Surrey (2024 – present): LLM measurement of reviews and firm disclosures, policy evaluation with staggered designs, text-based indices
• Research assistant, National Natural Science Foundation of China major project on privacy protection and iatrogenic risk in medical networking (2022 – 2023)

Skills

• Programming: Python, R, Stata, SQL, LaTeX; Git, automated testing, GitHub Actions
• Methods: causal inference (difference-in-differences, event studies, synthetic control), time-series and panel econometrics, machine learning, NLP and LLMs for text measurement
• Languages: Mandarin (native), English (IELTS 7.5)

Service

• Moderator, panel "From Graduate to Scholar: Insights from Early-Career Academics", 21st Asia Pacific Forum for Graduate Students Research in Tourism, PolyU (2025)