CV
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2025 —
Federal Institute for Population Research
Wiesbaden, Germany
Postdoctoral Researcher
2024 — 2025
Goethe Universität Frankfurt
Frankfurt, Germany
Postdoctoral Researcher
2020 — 2024
Goethe Universität Frankfurt
Frankfurt, Germany
Research and Teaching Assistant
2024
The World Bank
Remote
Short-term Consultant, EAP Chief Economist Unit
2017 — 2018
Khazanah Research Institute
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Research Assistant
Education
2024
Goethe Universität Frankfurt
PhD in Economics
2016
University College London
MSc Economics
2015
University of Nottingham
Semenyih, Malaysia and Nottingham, United Kingdom
BSc (Hons) Economics
Conference Presentations
2026
European Population Conference (Bologna)
2025
23rd European Network for the Sociological and Demographic Study of Divorce — poster session (Bellaterra)
2024
51st Seminar of the European Group of Risk and Insurance Economists (Hamburg)
Annual Meeting of the American Risk and Insurance Association (Denver)
Annual Meeting of the American Risk and Insurance Association (Denver)
2023
Annual Meeting of the American Risk and Insurance Association (Washington DC)
2022
Annual Meeting of the American Risk and Insurance Association (Long Beach)
Deutscher Verein für Versicherungswissenschaft Jahrestagung (virtual)
Deutscher Verein für Versicherungswissenschaft Jahrestagung (virtual)
2021
Grüneburgseminar (Frankfurt)
2019
World Bank Half-Baked Seminar Series (Kuala Lumpur)
2018
11th International Malaysian Studies Conference (Langkawi)
Scholarships & Grants
2022
Leibniz Institute SAFE Experiment Center (€6,000) — with Volker Benndorf
2018 — 2020
Goethe Goes Global Scholarship, Johanna-Quandt-Stiftung (€24,000)
2015 — 2016
Master's Scholarship, Hong Leong Foundation (approx. €10,000)
2013 — 2014
Dean's List, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Nottingham
2012 — 2013
Dean's List, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Nottingham
2012
High Achievers' Scholarship, University of Nottingham
Skills
Computing
Python, R, MATLAB, LaTeX, STATA
HTML, CSS, JavaScript, SQL
Languages
English, Malay — native
German — intermediate
Cantonese — conversational
Mandarin, Japanese — basic
All thoughts are my own.