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The index.Eight entries between 2022 and 2026 — academic research, project finance, consulting internships, teaching, and one published paper. The order is roughly chronological, except when grouping makes more sense than time.
Selected work08 entries · 2022 – 2026
№ 01 · SIPA Capstone · Team of sixJan – Apr 2026
fig. 1 · Quantum
Quantum Computing in the Global Energy LandscapeA 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.
QuantumTechnoeconomicTeam of six
№ 02 · Course project · INAF U6326Jan – May 2025
fig. 2 · Project Finance
Renewable Energy Project Finance ModelingA 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 FinanceExcelRenewables
№ 03 · Teaching · CLMTC 5052Sep 2025 – Jan 2026
fig. 3 · Pedagogy
International Climate Finance — TAOne 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.
PedagogyBlended FinanceUNFCCC
№ 04 · Summer InternJun – Aug 2025
fig. 4 · DCF
Sustainable Finance — Silver Leaf PartnersFinancial modeling, investor pipeline research, and pitch materials for a sustainable-infrastructure fund — carbon-removal deals, energy-transition credits, and a CRM rebuild that turned conversations into a working deal view.
DCFFundraisingCRM
№ 05 · Thesis · Political ScienceDec 2022 – May 2024
fig. 5 · LDA
Framing the Crisis — Signature WorkSignature Work under Prof. Andrew Macdonald: 1,161 articles across four newspapers — central (People's Daily, Global Times) vs. Shanghai-local (Jiefang Daily, Xinmin Evening Post) — over the April–June 2022 lockdown. LDA topic modeling plus hand-coded content analysis. Finds central and local outlets running coordinated but stratified strategies — hard vs. soft propaganda — with local coverage pivoting to 91% "resilience" framing at the May lockdown peak.
LDAContent AnalysisChina
№ 06 · Published paper · OnlineFirstMay 2022 – May 2026
fig. 6 · Python
Tweeting cheap talk: Elites' communication strategies during corruption scandalsCo-authored with Jason Gainous, Mayra Vélez-Serrano, Kevin M. Wagner, Jialong Wang, You Wu, and Weiheng "Mark" Liu. We analyzed Puerto Rican legislators' Twitter communications from 2014 to 2021 across 43 corruption scandals, combining topic models with a Spanish corruption dictionary and legislator-level models of party status and sentiment. Published OnlineFirst in International Political Science Review on May 9, 2026. DOI: 10.1177/01925121261429933.
PythonLDAPolitical Comms
№ 07 · InternAug – Nov 2023
fig. 7 · Due Diligence
Crisis & Security Consulting — Control RisksCrisis and Security Consulting team. Client work spanned a warehouse security review (Itochu Taicang), HK cryptocurrency-firm regulatory research, threat assessments and mitigation plans, and a CIFF crisis-management workshop.
Due DiligenceRiskAPAC
№ 08 · InternJul – Aug 2022
fig. 8 · Lesson Learned
Three weeks at a CITIC Securities branch officeSigned up for a research internship; landed in a Shenzhen branch office where the day-to-day was sales calls, client onboarding paperwork, and product-pitch prep. Left after three weeks. Honest about it because the lesson — research-track vs sales-track is a distinction the title doesn't capture — has saved me twice since.
Lesson LearnedChina
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