Professional Experience Assistant

Yunfei (Even) Zou

**** * ******** ******, *** Gabriel, CA 91775

310-***-**** *************@*****.***

EDUCATION

University of California, Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA M. S. Computational Physics Sept 2013

UCLA Chancellor’s Prize Fellowship (highest distinction in recognition of outstanding academic achievement)

Distinguished Teaching Assistant Award, Department of Physics & Astronomy Zhejiang University Hangzhou, China

B. S. Physics, Summa cum laude June 2011

Overall GPA:3.86/4.0 Major GPA:3.85/4.0 Rank: 1/56

University scholarship for top 3% students (awarded twice)

Guanghua Scholarship (awarded by Guanghua Educational Foundation in Taiwan) City University of Hong Kong Hong Kong, HKSAR

Exchange Student Aug 2009 - Jan 2010

Meng Mingwei Scholarship of Hong Kong (awarded to 5 out of 6,000 applicants) PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Katch, LLC El Segundo, CA

Sr. Data Scientist Dec 2014 - Present

Marketing and Operational Analytics:

Design and build cutline truncation algorithm for bidding platforms

Design and build “backend” quality reports for both internal and external use

Predict advertiser and publisher performance with statistical model

Function as a bridge between executives, engineering, marketing and sales Audience Media, LLC Pasadena, CA

Search Engine Optimization Data Analyst Nov 2013 - Dec 2014

Experienced in data mining, quantitative analysis, statistical model building and search engine optimization

Experienced in algorithm development, programming, database operation and strategy back testing

Conducted risk vs. reward research on ECPM optimization projects through ads shuffle and expansion Computational Physics Group, UCLA Los Angeles, CA Research Assistant, advised by Prof. John Miao Sept 2011 - Sept 2013

Experienced in computational physics, programming, system optimization and algorithm development

Experienced in data processing, image filtering, 3D interpretation and quantitative analysis of big data

Experienced in three dimensional reconstruction and nanocrystal structure determination Shinnecock Partners Los Angeles, CA

Hedge Fund Quantitative Analyst Intern Jan 2013 - Aug 2013

Programmed macro toolkits to perform quantitative analysis including omega ratio, pain index, and spearman’s rank correlation

Conducted research on investment risk vs. return conundrum and results are featured on the company’s homepage

Created statistical models to predict the outcomes of various selections of candidate funds PUBLICATION

Single-shot three-dimensional structure determination of nanocrystals with femtosecond X-ray free-electron laser pulses Rui Xu, H. Jiang, C. Song, Y. Zou, T. Hatsui, Y. Inubushi, T. Kameshima and John Miao Nature Commun. 5, 4061 (2014) Oversampling smoothness: an effective algorithm for phase retrieval of noisy diffraction intensities Jose Rodriguez, Y. Zou, Rui Xu, Chien Chun Chen and John Miao J. Appl. Cryst. 46, 312-318 (2013) LEADERSHIP INVOLVEMENT

Chinese Students and Scholars Association Los Angeles, CA Director of External Affairs Sept 2011 - June 2012

Established relationships with 12 new sponsoring companies HIGHLIGHTS

Programming: MATLAB, Python, C++/C, PHP Data Analysis: SQL, Matlab, Excel, Mathematica, Image J

Language: Mandarin Chinese (native), English (bi-lingual proficiency), Japanese (beginner’s level

Interests: Creative media, hiking, scuba diving, Sudoku

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