Nan Xu
Economist at Internal Revenue Service
Hangzhou City, Zhejiang, United States
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Top SchoolNan Xu is an economist with eight years of applied research experience across academia, big tech, and government, currently serving as an Economist at the IRS. She holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Minnesota and has held research and teaching roles at Zhejiang University, UIBE, and the University of Minnesota, blending rigorous academic methods with practical policy and industry applications. Her industry work includes marketing science and causal inference at Meta, large-scale econometric problems at Amazon and JD.com, and translating data-driven insights into operational policy. Skilled in quantitative research, data analysis, and policy evaluation, she navigates both theoretical modeling and productionized analytics. Based in Hangzhou with a global academic background from Peking University and CUHK, she brings cross-cultural perspective to economic questions. Beyond publications and roles, she has a track record of moving economic theory into measurable business and regulatory outcomes.
8 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Ph.D., Economics, Ph.D., Economics at University of MinnesotaB.A., Philosophy and Economics, B.A., Philosophy and Economics at Peking UniversityThe Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)
Chinese, English, French
Github Skills (42)
neuroevolution10
phonon10
simulation9
dynamics9
cuda9
gpu8
molecular-dynamics-simulation8
machine-learning8
dft7
python7
neural-network6
chemistry6
physics6
materials-informatics6
quantum-chemistry6
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
tamaswells/VASP_script
Apr 2018 - Dec 2021
Contributions:86 commits, 83 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 8 months
tamaswells/VASPKIT_manual
Feb 2019 - May 2019
VASPKIT_manual markdown source!
Contributions:14 commits, 3 PRs, 13 pushes in 3 months
vaspkitmanualmarkdown
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