Jialong Wang, briefly.
Behavioral scientist turned climate financier. Weekend photographer.
The long way around.
I trained as a behavioral scientist. Four years of facing a messy human situation and asking what exactly is going on here, and what we mean by "going on".
That same question turned out to be right for project finance, too. A pro-forma is a disguised argument about the future, and the assumptions are the footnotes.
2024-26
Columbia SIPA
MPA (STEM) · Energy Finance & Sustainable Investment
Jan-Apr 2026
Wood Mackenzie × SIPA
Capstone · Quantum Computing in the Global Energy Landscape
Sep 2025 to 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)
Fall 2023 to Spring 2024
DKU Residence Life
Resident Assistant
Aug-Nov 2023
Control Risks
Intern · Crisis & Security Consulting
Feb-Apr 2023
Trivium China
Intern Analyst
Aug-Dec 2022
Duke University · Durham
Junior fall · DKU exchange semester at Duke main campus
Dec 2022 to May 2024
DKU · Prof. Macdonald
Signature Work · media discourse, Shanghai lockdown
May 2022 to Sep 2023
DKU · Prof. Gainous (SRS)
Summer Research Scholar · PR tweets + US Congress dog-whistling
Jun-Nov 2022
DKU · Prof. Macdonald
Research Assistant · Zero-COVID media sentiment
Jul-Aug 2022
CITIC Securities
Intern (Shenzhen)