CV

Work Experience
Apr 2025 —
Federal Institute for Population Research Wiesbaden, Germany Postdoctoral Researcher
Jan 2020 —
Apr 2025
Goethe Universität Frankfurt Frankfurt, Germany
Apr 2024
Postdoctoral Researcher
Jan 2020
Researcher & Teaching Assistant
Jun 2024 —
Jul 2024
The World Bank Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (remote) Short Term Consultant, EAP Chief Economist Unit
Oct 2017 —
Aug 2018
Khazanah Research Institute Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Research Assistant
Education
Oct 2018 —
Apr 2024
Goethe University Frankfurt Frankfurt, Germany PhD in Economics
Sep 2015 —
Sep 2016
University College London London, United Kingdom MSc Economics
Sep 2012 —
Jul 2015
University of Nottingham, Malaysia Campus Semenyih, Malaysia BSc (Hons) Economics
Conference Presentations
2026
European Population Conference (Bologna)
2025
23rd Conference of the European Divorce Network (Barcelona)
2024
51st Seminar of the European Group of Risk and Insurance Economists (Hamburg)
Annual Meeting of the American Risk and Insurance Association (Denver)
2023
Annual Meeting of the American Risk and Insurance Association (Washington DC)
Finance Workshop (Passau)
2022
Annual Meeting of the American Risk and Insurance Association (Long Beach)
UHH Finance, Insurance & Accounting Seminar (Hamburg)
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
GGG Scholarship, Johanna-Quandt-Stiftung (€24,000)
2015 — 2016
Master's Scholarship, Hong Leong Foundation (approx. €30,000)
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

DISCLAIMER: All thoughts are my own.