I am currently an associate professor in the Department of Statistical and Actuarial Sciences at the University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario, Canada. My research interests lie in the area of Actuarial Science, Mathematical Finance, and Stochastic Processes. In particular, I focus on mortality risk modeling and its related problems such as pricing and risk management of insurance policies with the consideration of different risk factors. Some other facts about me:•I received my Ph.D. degree from the University of Toronto, specializing in Actuarial Science. My thesis was entitled “Stochastic Mortality Modelling”.•I was born in China; before I came to Canada in 2001, I taughted at Renmin University of China.•I do sports regularly; in particular, I love running, playing badminton and table tennis. •Here, you can find some photos taken at where I work and live.