Master of Science in Insurance, 1993, University of Hartford, Hartford, CT, U.S.A.

Master of Business Administration in Finance, 1990, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan

Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering, 1988, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan

Academic Experience：
Professor, Department of Finance, National Taiwan University, 2002-present

Visiting Scholar, The Institute of Economics, Academia Sinica, Taiwan, summer 2003

Associate Professor, Department of Finance, National Taiwan University, 1999-2002

Assistant Professor, Department of Finance, National Taiwan University, 1997-1999

Lecturer, Department of Finance, National Taiwan University, 1996-1997

Courses Taught:
Insurance Theory (at Ph. D. level)

Risk Management (at undergraduate and graduate levels)

Econometrics (at graduate level)

Principle of Insurance (at undergraduate level)

Corporate Finance (at undergraduate and EMBA levels)

Awards and Honors:
Research Award, National Taiwan University, 2004

Research Award, Business School of National Taiwan University, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002
---To get the annual research reward from the Business School of National Taiwan
University, in each year one needs to have at least one publication in well-known
journals (SSCI listed with impact factor more than 0.1)

Member in Risk Theory Association
---In risk management and insurance, the Risk Theory Association is the most elite
academic organization and has about 80 worldwide members including most of leading
scholars in the field. The Association holds an seminar, and accepts only eight papers
annually for presentations. Only members can attend the seminar. To become a
member, one needs to present a paper in the seminar. If you miss the seminar twice in
a roll, you lose the membership. I have been the member of the Risk Theory
Association since 1998.

Associate Editor, Risk Management and Insurance Review, 2003-present

Associate Editor, APJRI, 2004-present

Research Award, National Science Council, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, and 2000

Referee for academic journals including Journal of Risk and Insurance、Risk Management and Insurance Review、Journal of Insurance Issues.

Invited moderator, International Insurance Society in 2002, Singapore

Research Funding, National Science Council, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002

Selected Publication:
1. 1998, “State Premium Taxes and the Lump-Sum Principle,” Public Finance Review, Vol. 26, No. 1, January, pp. 53-66. (with Michael R. Powers)

2. 1999, “Organizational Form in the Property-Liability Insurance Industry,” Journal of Risk and Insurance, Vol. 66, No. 2, June, pp. 253-274. (with Laureen Regan)

3. 2000, “Surplus Management under a Stochastic Process” Journal of Risk and Insurance, Vol. 67, No. 3, pp. 451-462. (with Jennifer L. Wang, and June H. Soo)

4. 2001, Larry Y. Tzeng, “Increase in Risk and Weaker Marginal-Payoff-Weighted Risk Dominance” Journal of Risk and Insurance, Vol. 68, No. 2, June, pp. 329-338.

5. 2001, “Risk Transformations, Deductibles, and Policy Limits” Journal of Risk and Insurance, Vol. 68, No. 3, September, pp. 465-474. (with Michael R. Powers)

6. 2003, “Pension Funding Incorporating Downside Risks” Insurance: Mathematics and Economics, Vol. 32, pp. 217-228. (with S. C. Chang and and Jerry C.Y. Miao)

7. 2005, “Willingness to Pay and the Demand for Lotto,” Applied Economics, forthcoming. (with Jen-Hung Wang and Jill Tain)