●jialong@columbia$cat ./index.md
vim :e ./editorial
$ whoami --verbose ▍

JIALONG
> wang,
// the map is not the territory

./portrait.jpg · render
jialong
200×240vectorized · 2026
// bio.txt · 612 words
What I keep coming back to is the gap between how things look on paper and how they actually work — how the world moves, how people behave, how a decision really gets made. That's the thread that runs from behavioral science to climate finance: the same instinct for watching closely, pointed at different material. I've learned to trust a good question more than a tidy answer.
$ ./resume.pdf →$ mail jialong.w@columbia.edu$ git clone ~/Waaangjl
┌── ./system.log ────────────────────────────────
› loc: New York (40.810°N, 73.960°W)
› tz: America/New_York
› status: writing a thesis, slowly
› reading: The Value of a Whale — Adrienne Buller
› tennis: rating: improving
curiosity█████████░9/10
caffeine█████░░░░░5/10
spreadsheet███████░░░7/10
certainty███░░░░░░░3/10
└──────────────────────────────────────────────────
$ cat ./credentials.yml5 fields · verified
graduate:Columbia University · MPA (STEM-designated) · Track: Energy Finance & Sustainable Investment · Aug 2024 – present
undergrad:Duke Kunshan University · B.S. Behavioral Science / Psychology · Cum Laude · 2020–24
dual degree:Duke University · B.S. Interdisciplinary Studies (Behavioral Science) · 2020–24
gpa:3.75 / 4.00 · Dean's List: Fall 2020, 2022; Spring 2021, 2024
languages:English · Mandarin (Native)
$ fortune ./about-me.txt
  • 01Can't look at a number without wondering what argument it's quietly making.
  • 02Lived on two campuses across two continents before turning 22.
  • 03Took up tennis late, plays it badly, takes it seriously anyway.
  • 04Keeps a running list of questions I haven't earned an answer to yet.
  • 05Trusts a place's coffee more than its reviews.
$ whois --public
“A spreadsheet is a kind of argument. So is a photograph. I'm interested in both.”
> ls -la ./work/ --sort=year --desc --head=3
3 of 8 · entries · hover to inspect
▸ 01 · SIPA Capstone · Team of six · Jan – Apr 2026
Quantum Computing in the Global Energy Landscape
A four-month technoeconomic brief for Wood Mackenzie's research desk on where quantum computing will — and won't — actually move the needle for energy. Six applications (grid optimization, nuclear R&D, battery chemistry, enhanced solar, energy finance, quantum sensing) scored on a three-axis matrix. Two presentations at Wood Mackenzie, a dozen industry interviews, and one phantom client lead who only ever appeared on Zoom.
#Quantum · #Technoeconomic · #Team of six
▸ 02 · Course project · INAF U6326 · Jan – May 2025
Renewable Energy Project Finance Modeling
A full cash-flow model for a wind farm project — debt sculpting, PTC/ITC tax-equity structures, P50/90/99 production scenarios, sensitivity tests, and an EPC-aligned term sheet draft.
#Project Finance · #Excel · #Renewables
▸ 03 · Teaching · CLMTC 5052 · Sep 2025 – Jan 2026
International Climate Finance — TA
One of two TAs for Lisa Sachs's graduate course on the architecture of climate finance — blended and concessional capital, debt sustainability, carbon markets, the UNFCCC framework, and the cost-of-capital determinants that drive capital allocation in emerging markets.
#Pedagogy · #Blended Finance · #UNFCCC
$see all work →(+5 more)
> find ./posts -name "*.md" | sort -rn | head -33 of 5 essays
#01
A capstone, in three conference rooms
Apr 2026
“In January none of us had seen a qubit. In April we were the ones explaining them.”
8 min →#02
What a wind farm taught me about certainty
Apr 2026
“You build a model. You run 10,000 sensitivities. You still need to decide.”
7 min →#03
Blended finance is a grammar, not a product
Feb 2026
“The deal's structure tells a story about who is trusted, who is guaranteed, and who absorbs the first loss.”
11 min →
$see all writing →(+2 more)
> ls ./lab/ --git --head=33 of 5 repos
repf-agent● active
REPF Agent
2026 — active · Python · Claude Code
A vertical AI agent for U.S. renewable energy project finance — parses PPAs, validates sponsor models, checks IRA-era tax equity structures, and drafts IC memos with citations. Phase 0: eval harness on hand-graded public PPA cases, not a product yet.
#Python · #Project Finance · #AI Agent$ open ↗
Waaangjl/resume-tailor● active
resume-tailor
2026 — active · Python · LaTeX
An AI rewrites the bullets in a LaTeX résumé to match a specific job description — without making things up. I built it during the SIPA on-cycle market when every tailoring round took an hour by hand. Pairs with Claude Code (via `claude -p`) or any LiteLLM-compatible model.
#Python · #LaTeX · #Claude Code$ open ↗
inkweave● active
InkWeave
2026 — active · Next.js · FastAPI
A notes-first workspace for turning meetings, messy notes, and audio into structured bilingual documents. It pairs a Markdown editor with transcription, project memory, AI synthesis, and export paths for PDF, Markdown, and Feishu.
#Next.js · #FastAPI · #AI Notes$ open ↗
$see all repos →(+2 more)
> cat ./about.md
The long way around.

I was born in Zibo, and trained as a behavioral scientist — four years spent learning to ask one stubborn question of almost everything:

what exactly is going on here?

It turned out to be the right question for finance, too. A pro-forma is really a story about the future, and the assumptions are where the real claims hide. I moved toward climate finance because that's where the question feels most alive — the numbers are large, the uncertainty is honest, and the decisions actually matter.

What holds my attention, in the end, is the watching itself: sitting with something until it stops being obvious. I'd rather understand one thing properly than have an opinion about everything.

// chronology.log · 5 of 13 entries
2024–now├Columbia SIPA — MPA (STEM) — Energy Finance & Sustainable Investment
Jan – Apr 2026├Wood Mackenzie × SIPA — Capstone — Quantum Computing in the Global Energy Landscape
Sep 2025 – Jan 2026├Columbia Climate School — TA — International Climate Finance (CLMTC 5052)
Jun – Aug 2025├Silver Leaf Partners — Sustainable Finance Summer Intern
2020–24├Duke Kunshan × Duke — B.S. Behavioral Science / Psychology · Cum Laude (dual degree with Duke Interdisc. Studies)
$see full chronology + skills →(+8 more)
// finance.json · Finance & Modeling
Project Finance · DCF & Sensitivity · Debt Sculpting · PTC/ITC Tax Equity · Term Sheets
// research.json · Research
Sentiment Analysis · Topic Modeling · Discourse Analysis · Due Diligence
// tools.json · Tools
R · Python (Pandas) · STATA · MS Office · Qualtrics
// craft.json · Craft
Photoshop · Lightroom · Premiere Pro
// languages.json · Languages
English · Mandarin (Native)
// outside.json · Outside
Skiing · Badminton · Ultimate Frisbee · Hiking · Choir · Tennis (just started)
> cat ./now.md # last-modified: todayrevalidates weekly
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[reading]
The Value of a Whale — Adrienne Buller
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[building]
A small R package for debt-sculpting sensitivity runs
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[listening]
Caroline Shaw — Partita for 8 Voices
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[learning]
Tennis. Slowly. With great enthusiasm.
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[thinking]
Blended finance for emerging-market adaptation
$ git log --oneline --graph -n 4
●a1b2c3dnow: reading list update · tennis rating +12h
│e4f5a67work: add renewable-pf sensitivity notes2d
│b8c9d01writing: draft ‘blended finance is a grammar’1w
│f2e3a45about: refresh chronology + skills3w