He earned his B.S. and M.S. in Financial Mathematics, and B.A. in Economics, all from Peking University in China, and received his PhD in Risk Management and Insurance from Georgia State University. He is a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries (FSA) and Charted Enterprise Risk Analyst (CERA). Dr. Zhu’s research interests include stochastic mortality modeling, secondary life market, longevity risk management, and insurance contract design. He has published in the Journal of Risk and Insurance, The North American Actuarial Journal, The Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance. His doctoral thesis was supported by the 2011 Research Grant from the Geneva Association.