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1 XIN ZHENG 96 City Road Chippendale Sydney NSW 2008 Mobile: EDUCATION The University of Sydney Doctor of Philosophy in Economics School of Economics, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Thesis Topic: Culture, Financial Volatility and Productivity: A Bayesian DSGE Model of Endogenous Growth Supervisors: Associate Professor Dilip Dutta and Dr Stephen Whelan Research webpage: Award and Research Grant: University of Sydney International Scholarship Teaching Training Workshops: Workshop of Providing Effective and Efficient Feedback for Student Learning and workshop of Developing Students Critical Thinking, Business School, University of Sydney, March Introduction to Teaching, University of Sydney Semester 1, 2014 Teaching Development Program, University of Sydney, 2013-Semester 1, 2014 Principles & Practice of University Teaching & Learning, University of Sydney, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Peer Observation Program Engaged Enquiry Course, University of Sydney, Semester 2, 2013 Sydney Teaching Colloquium: Blended Learning for Engaged Enquiry, University of Sydney, 2013 Sydney E-Learning Training, University of Sydney, Semester 2, 2013 Focus on the Grade Centre, Focus on Communications, Assessment Rubrics for Marking Criteria, Learning Space Introduction, Focus on Assignments, Focus on Tests and Surveys, Up Skill to the University LMS (Learning Management System) School of Economics Tutor Training, University of Sydney, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Tutor Training Session, Research Training Courses: Mathematical Modeling (High Distinction) Introduction to Thesis Writing Economic Measurement Group Workshop, University of New South Wales, 2013 Effective Qualitative Research Workshop, Instructor: David Silverman, 2013 Introduction to Choice Modeling, Discrete Choice Experiments and Best-Worst Scaling, Instructor: Professor Jordan Louviere, 2013 Time Series Modeling and Analysis, Instructor: Professor Andrew Harvey, 2013 Economic Policy Master Class, Instructor: Professor Francis Vella, 2013 Introduction to Applied Productivity and Efficiency Analysis, Instructor: Professor Chris O'Donnell, 2013 DSGE Lectures: Bayesian Analysis of DSGE Models, Instructor: Professor Frank Schorfheide, 2013 Master of Philosophy in Economics (Distinction) July 2011 November 2012 School of Economics, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences 1

2 Thesis Topic: Trade Liberalization s Impact upon Economic Growth in an Endogenous Growth Theoretic Framework: Experiences from Asymmetric Countries Supervisors: Associate Professor Dilip Dutta and Dr Stephen Whelan Awards: Postgraduate Research Support Scheme, Ian Hudson Award, Rosalie McCutcheon Award, Graeme de Graaff Bursary Research Training Courses: Quantitative Approaches of the Social Science Methods, Analysis and Research Training (SSMART2012) organized by the United States Studies Center at the University of Sydney Teaching Training Courses 2012 Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Peer Observation Program St Andrew s College Tutor Training Program, Master of Economics (Distinction) March 2010 July 2011 Double majors: Econometrics and Financial Economics Award: Beta Gamma Sigma Permanent Membership (AACSB s highest honor) Courses: Quantitative Finance (High Distinction) Principles of Econometrics (Distinction) Capital Markets and Corporate Finance (High Distinction) Econometric Applications (Distinction) Financial Economics (Distinction) Applied Financial Econometrics (Distinction) Microeconomic Theory (Distinction) Mathematical Methods of Econ Analysis (High Distinction) Macroeconomic Theory (Distinction) Analysis of Panel Data (Distinction) Microeconomic Analysis 1 (High Distinction) Macroeconomic Analysis 1 (High Distinction) EMPLOYMENT HISTORY School of Economics, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, the University of Sydney Tutor of Business and Economic Statistics B (ECMT1020) Semester Context: Essentials of Econometrics Tutor of Business and Economic Statistics B (ECMT1020) 2013 and Summer School 2014 Context: Australasian Business Statistics Tutor of Introductory Macroeconomics (ECON1002) Summer School 2013 Assignment markers of Business and Economic Statistics B (ECMT1020) and Introductory Macroeconomics (ECON1002), 2013 Exam invigilator of Business and Economic Statistics A (ECMT1010), Introductory Macroeconomics (ECON1002), Intermediate Microeconomics (ECOS2001) 2013 Exam marker of Development Economics (ECOS3002) 2012 Business and Economic Statistics A (ECMT1010) Computer Lab Tutor 2012 St Andrew s College within the University of Sydney 2011, 2012 and 2013 Financial Econometrics (ECMT2130) Tutor Regression Modeling (ECMT2110) Tutor Applied Economic Modeling (AGEC2105) Tutor Business and Economic Statistics A (ECMT1010) Tutor Business and Economic Statistics B (ECMT1020) Tutor Quantitative Business Statistics (BUSS1020) Tutor Investments and Portfolio Management (FINC3017) Tutor Corporate Finance I (FINC2011) Tutor Corporate Finance II (FINC2012) Tutor International House within the University of Sydney 2013 Senior Tutor (Academic Dean of Students) 2

3 International Office, the University of Sydney Summer School 2013 Macroeconomic Theory (ECON5002) Tutor Sancta Sophia College within the University of Sydney Semester Business and Economic Statistics B (ECMT1020) Tutor Quantitative Business Statistics (BUSS1020) Tutor Intermediate Microeconomics (ECOS2001) Tutor Corporate Finance I (FINC2011) Tutor Introductory macroeconomics (ECON1002) Tutor St John s College within the University of Sydney 2011and 2012 Intermediate Microeconomics (ECOS2001) Tutor Business and Economic Statistics A (ECMT1010) Tutor Business and Economic Statistics B (ECMT1020) Tutor Corporate Finance I (FINC2011) Tutor Agricultural Economics Tutor Introductory Microeconomics (ECON1001) Tutor Regression Modeling (ECMT2110) Tutor UTS Business Statistics Tutor The Women s College within the University of Sydney 2011and 2012 Discrete Choice Data Analysis (ECMT2120 with the Application of STATA) Tutor Economics for Business Decision Making (BUSS1040) Tutor World Business Institute, Melbourne Office 2011and 2012 Associate Fellow Research paper reviewer Institute for Economics & Peace (IEP) Sydney Office October 1 st 2011-January 6 th 2012 Research Analyst Project: China Peace Index Construction Pacific Road Corporate Finance and Capital Management January 21 th February 18 th 2011 Research Analyst at Sydney Office Project: Australian Agriculture Business Econometric Modeling and Price Forecasting Research Institute of Asia and the Pacific, the University of Sydney October 2010 Sydney World Program Internship Project: Asia and Pacific Regions Asymmetric Economic Development Analysis PUBLICATIONS Oil Price Shocks, Macroeconomic Stability and Human Welfare in the Australian Economy Human Welfare: An International Journal of Graduate Research, Special Issue: 'Well Defined? Interdisciplinary Understandings of Human Welfare", Green Templeton College, the University of Oxford, Volume 2, Issue 2, 2013, pp Oil Crisis, Market Reforms and Human Welfare: An Econometric Analysis of the Australian Economy Journal of Modern Accounting and Auditing, David Publishing Company, U.S.A., Volume 9, Number 12, 2013, pp The Transmission Mechanism from Australian Mining Stock Volatility to Australian Exchange Rate 3

4 Volatility Global Review of Accounting and Finance (Australian ERA, Cabell's and Ulrich Directories), Volume 3, Number 2, September 2012 Empirical Analysis of Stock Return Distribution s Impact upon Market Volatility: Experiences from Australian Securities Exchange International Review of Business Research Papers (Australian ERA, Cabell's and Ulrich Directories), Print Issue, Volume 3, Number 5, Page , Online Issue Volume 8, Number 5, July 2012 The Determinants of Exchange Rate Regime and Impacts upon the Stability of Economy: Experiences from Australia Journal of Accounting, Finance and Economics (Cabell's and Ulrich Directories), Volume 2, Number 1, July 2012 Oil Crisis, Market Reforms and Economic Growth: Evidence from Australia, International Review of Business Research Papers (Australian ERA, Cabell's and Ulrich Directories), Print Issue Volume 3, Number 4, Page , Online Issue Volume 8, Number 4, May 2012 Trade Liberalization and Economic Development: Experiences from Asymmetric Countries Journal of Business and Policy Research (Australian ERA, Cabell's and Ulrich Directories), Volume 7, Number 1, Page , April 2012 Special Issue CONFERENCES PRESENTATIONS Culture, Investment Behaviour and Stock Market Volatility-A Bayesian GARCH-in-Mean Approach The Association for Cultural Economics International 2014 (The 18 th International Conference on Cultural Economics) hosted by School of Management, the University of Quebec in Montreal, Canada, June 24 st - 27 th 2014 Maximum Likelihood and Bayesian Estimation of GARCH Models Forecasting Regional Stock Market Volatilities Advances in Econometrics Conference on Bayesian Model Comparison hosted by Department of Economics, University of California, Irvine, California, U.S.A., February 22 nd -23 rd 2014 Gender Difference, Fertility Choice and Household Wealth Cooperation and Conflict in the Family Conference, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, February 2 nd -5 th 2014 Member of Conference Organizing Committee for Higher Degree Research Conference on Social Justice hosted by the divisions of Arts and Social Sciences, Education and Social Work, and Law at the University of Sydney on November 27 th 2013 Trade Liberalization in an Endogenous Growth Theoretic Framework: Experiences from Two Asymmetric Countries of the USA & China (with Associate Professor Dilip Dutta) Econometric Society Australasian Meeting 2013 (ESAM 2013), the University of Sydney, Sydney, July 9 th - 11 th 2013 One of the session chairs in the economics division Oil Price Shocks, Market Reform and GDP Growth: Experiences from Australia 41st Australian Conference of Economists, The Economic Society of Australia and Victoria University, Melbourne, July 8 th -12 th 2012 Stock Return Distribution Assumptions' Impacts upon Market Volatility Forecasting: Experiences from 4

5 Australian Securities Exchange 3rd Financial Markets and Corporate Governance Conference, La Trobe University, Melbourne, April 12 th - 13 th 2012 Revisiting Economic Growth and its Immunity against Energy Crisis: Evidence from Australia, Asia-Pacific Economic and Business History Conference, Australian National University, Canberra, February 16 th -18 th 2012 Economic Growth and its Immunity against Energy Crisis: Evidence from Australia, Society of Heterodox Economists (SHE) Conference, University of New South Wales, Sydney, December 5 th Trade Liberalization s Impact upon Economic Development: Experiences from Asymmetric Countries 15 th International Business Research Conference, World Business Institute, Sydney, November 16 th One of the session chairs and discussants in the economics division JOURNAL REVIEWS Economic Modelling published by Elsevier STATISTICAL SOFTWARES MATLAB, SAS Enterprise Guide, Stata, R, Eviews, SPSS, OxMetrics, NLOGIT, Frontier, Mplus, Gretle, Microsoft Office Software QUALIFICATIONS Certificate of Teaching Development Program, issued by the University of Sydney Certificate of Introduction to Teaching, issued by the University of Sydney Certificate of Principles and Practice of University Teaching and Learning, issued by Institute for Teaching and Learning, the University of Sydney Certificate of The Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Peer Observation of Teaching Semester 2, 2013, issued by Professor Carole Cusack, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Best Paper Award for my paper Trade Liberalization s Impact upon Economic Development: Experiences from Asymmetric Countries at the 15 th International Business Research Conference, Sydney, Australia, 2011 Certificate of Rank Third in the division of Funds Management/Derivatives/Risk Management/Quantitative Finance in the 3 rd Financial Markets and Corporate Governance Conference hosted by Business School, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia, 2012 Certificate of Completion in Introduction to Choice Modelling, Discrete Choice Experiments and Best- Worst Scaling, issued by Centre for the Study of Choice, University of Technology Sydney Certificate of Completion in Time Series Modeling and Analysis Certificate of Completion in Introduction to Applied Productivity and Efficiency Analysis Certificate of Completion in Introduction to Thesis Writing National Computer Rank Examination Certificate: Grade: 2, Language: C++ Certificate of Appreciation in Sydney World Program Internship issued by Research Institute of Asia and the Pacific in the University of Sydney Certificate of Completion in Customer Service Excellence issued by Sydney Talent Certificate of Associate Fellowship at World Business Institute, Melbourne Office PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP The Association for Cultural Economics International, The Society for Financial Econometrics, American 5

6 Economic Association, Royal Economic Society, Economic Society of Australia, the Econometric Society, Canadian Economic Association, Association for Cultural Economics International, International Association for Applied Econometrics ACADEMIC REFEREES Name: Dilip Dutta Job Title: Associate Professor Organization: School of Economics, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Sydney Phone: Relationship: My Main Supervisor for Master of Philosophy in Economics and Doctor of Philosophy in Economics Name: Stephen Whelan Job Title: Senior Lecturer and Research Coordinator Organization: School of Economics, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Sydney Phone: Relationship: My Associate Supervisor for Master of Philosophy in Economics and Doctor of Philosophy in Economics and Research Coordinator 6