Chenhang Sun received his BS in physics from Tsinghua University in Beijing, China and a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Washington in Seattle. Prior to joining the MFE program, Chenhang worked for four years as a Senior Scientist at SiPix Imaging, Inc., where he contributed to the development of a revolutionary display technology for "electronic paper" applications. Chenhang applied statistical methodologies extensively in system integration and reliability testing, and carried out simulations to optimize the display structure. Chenhang's strong interests in math and finance motivated him to pursue the MFE at Haas. Upon the completion of the MFE program, Chenhang hopes to work in investment banking and asset management. In his leisure time, he enjoys traveling, hiking, and karaoke. Chenhang is a CFA Level II candidate.

Geoff Tennican traded equity options on the Pacific stock Exchange in San Francisco both as a market maker and as a lead market maker. He specialized in companies in unusual circumstances such as mergers, or in extremely hard-to-borrow situations (among the more heavily traded were Iridium, Terra/Lycos, Lernout & Hauspie, and A.C.L.N. Limited). The puzzles inherent to making derivatives markets on companies in unique circumstances galvanized Geoff's interest in math. When he left the exchange he returned to the University of California at Berkeley to take classes equivalent to a Math minor, complementing the BA in History he earned from Berkeley previously, and to prepare for the MFE Program. Geoff passes his free time rock climbing, skiing (three kinds), and running.

Jolly Ann Thomas obtained a Bachelor's degree in Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering from the College of Engineering, Trivandrum, India, and a Master's degree in Business Management from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur. She worked for a year as a Business Analyst in the Data Analytics division of GE Capital International Services, Bangalore. She then moved on to the Investment Research division of Evalueserve, where she worked as a Senior Business Analyst and later as a Manager. Her clients included bulge-bracket asset management firms and investment banks. On completion of the MFE course, she plans to build a career in the investment banking domain or in the hedge fund industry. In her free time she enjoys traveling, trekking, and outdoor sports. She had been an athletics champion throughout her high school and college years. She also enjoys involvement in community service.

Randolph Tjoa graduated with first class honors from National University of Singapore, where he earned his Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering. He also received a Master's degree in Electrical Engineering from the California Institute of Technology. Prior to joining the MFE program, he worked at UBS (Singapore) as a business analyst where his responsibilities included project cost-benefit analysis and system integration testing for the bank's client document generation system. Before that, he worked as a software engineer at Oracle (USA) where he contributed to Oracle's database development for XML technology. He has developed his interest in trading and investment management during the past few years and decided to take his passion to a professional level by joining the MFE program. Upon completion of the program, he plans to work in trading, structuring, or asset management. He has passed the CFA level 1 examination. During his spare time, Randolph enjoys playing poker, table tennis, basketball, and golf.

Jason Tjosvold graduated magna cum laude from Carleton College with Bachelors of Arts degrees in both Mathematics and Economics and is a member of Phi Beta Kappa. He is a four year letter winner as a member of the varsity track and field team, specializing in sprinting events. On the track he was a four-time all-conference performer and was named co-captain for his senior year. Before entering the MFE program, Jason worked at the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco as a Research Associate in the Macroeconomics Department. In his free time, he enjoys playing basketball, softball and running.

Pietro Toscano graduated summa cum laude from the University of Pisa, Italy, where he received his Bachelor of Science degree in Electronic Engineering. He also holds a Ph.D. in Information Engineering from the University of Pisa. After graduation he worked as summer trainee at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (IL) performing experiments and elaborating data for the Dark Energy Survey project, which aims to study the dark matter of the universe. Further, as a visiting researcher, he spent one year at Cornell University where he successfully performed experiments in the field of micro-electro-mechanical systems and where he was first exposed to financial engineering in the IEOR Department. While pursuing his PhD, he worked in 2007 as summer intern at Bear Stearns Ltd., London, in the Risk Management Department, using VBA/Excel extensively for the Fixed Income team. Currently, he is a CFA level I candidate. He plans to apply the knowledge and skills he will gain in the MFE program to the development of quantitative strategies or of structured derivatives for an investment bank. In his leisure time, Pietro enjoys playing soccer, tennis, and go-kart racing.

Esin Tureci received her Ph.D. from Cornell University. Before joining the MFE program, she was a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Zurich, Switzerland. For her Ph.D., she worked as a joint graduate student of a computational group at Cornell and an experimental group at Yale University and studied the biophysics of ion channels embedded in cell membranes. She used single molecule measurement techniques to understand the kinetics of the channel's conformational change and conduction as well as the perturbative effects of blockers on these processes. She employed kinetic models as well as Molecular Dynamics and Monte Carlo simulations to understand these inherently stochastic processes, the results of this study culminating in several publications. During this time she was awarded the prestigious Boehringer Ingelheim Fonds scholarship and, subsequently, the Roche Research Foundation fellowship to carry out her work. Esin enjoys hiking and skiing and reading about psychology.

Kaewritkrib Viriyawathana graduated with a BE in computer engineering and an MA in international economics and finance from Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, Thailand. After graduation, he worked as a risk officer in Thailand's leading financial institution and specialized in developing the credit scoring system and in financial risk modeling. His interest in finance, mathematics, and computer programming was his main motivation to pursue the MFE. He believes that the MFE program from Haas will provide all the essential and advanced tools that can effectively be applied to the real capital market. Moreover, he has the intention to promote the field of financial engineering and to enhance the standard of the capital market in Thailand. Kaewritkrib won two scholarships from two of Thailand's biggest banks. He is now a level III CFA candidate and will take the FRM examination in November. In his spare time, he enjoys watching Formula-1 Grand Prix, the NFL, NBA, and English soccer, and having nice steaks and sushi.

Chuan Wang had a MS degree in computer science from the Georgia Institute of Technology and a MS degree in Material Science from the University of Rochester. He undergraduate study was in Physics at the University of Science and Technology of China. Prior to joining the MFE program, he had been in the mortgage business for six years. Before that he worked as a software engineer in several technology companies and Internet start-ups in Silicon Valley. Chuan's passion for finance and quantitative trading motivated him to enroll in the MFE program. After graduation, he intends to use his quantitative skills and experience to pursue a career in trading and portfolio management. In his spare time he enjoys playing poker and hiking.

Danni Wang holds a MA in Statistics and received a Ph.D. in Architecture from the University of California, Berkeley in 2005 for her work in the environmental control of buildings. Before joining the MFE program, Danni was a consultant at Nexant, specializing in building energy efficiency projects. Through developing simulation models for thermal systems, Danni has acquired strong quantitative and analytical skills. Danni has a keen interest in financial economics, especially equity/fixed income research and risk management. She hopes the MFE program can help her to grasp the key concepts, and give her the additional business knowledge needed to succeed in the field of finance. Upon completion of the program, Danni looks forward to an exciting and challenging career in asset management or investment banking. In her spare time, Danni enjoys swimming, playing tennis, and traveling.

Aiphi Pei Wang studied medicine and worked at Novartis in China before she pursued a Ph.D. in Physiology at the University of Buffalo. In her dissertation, using a combination of molecular biology and electrophysiology, she unveiled an complex pharmacology of inhibitory neurotransmitters in the brain. She also developed an expertise in computational neuroscience, attending summer research programs in Neural Systems and Behavior and Methods in Computational Neuroscience at the Marine Biological Laboratory. As a research associate, she continued to examine neural communication at the synapse focusing on computational modeling and was appointed Research Assistant Professor in the School of Medicine in Buffalo. She has taught neuroscience courses to graduate students. She also completed a Master's in Mathematics and taught Mathematical Analysis for Management to undergraduates as an Adjunct Instructor in the Math Department. She is a CFA level II candidate. After the MFE, Aiphi Pei would like to provide financial services to fulfill the needs for company valuation in the healthcare sector. Her hobbies include photography, dance, and travel.

Alan Wu received his Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering and Nuclear Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley (UCB). He then worked for Adecco as a contractor to General Electric and conducted simulations of nuclear reactor heat dissipation. After going to Massachusetts Institute of Technology and working on atmospheric plasma physics for a semester, he returned to UCB to do what he enjoys - simulations. He got his Master's and Doctoral degrees for simulating plasma behavior in semiconductor processing. He decided to enroll in the Master of Financial Engineering program to combine his interests in engineering, computer science, and finance. Having lived in Hong Kong and United States, he is fluent in English, Cantonese, and Mandarin.

Xiao Xu received his BEng in Electrical Engineering from the National University of Singapore in 2007, where he graduated with First Class Honors and was ranked in the top five in his class. Under the prestigious "Siemens-NUS-TUM Award", Xiao undertook a 6-month exchange program at Technische Universitaet Muenchen and a 6-month internship at Infineon Technologies' Munich Headquarters. At Infineon, he actively participated in the design and verification of the multimedia mobile phone chip. For his undergrad thesis, he predicted the stock market innovatively by deploying artificial neural networks with feedback. Prior to the MFE program, Xiao worked in Singapore Exchange (SGX), where he conceptualized the framework for risk-based supervision of the listed companies, and researched and analyzed market closure policy. Xiao is also a CFA Level II candidate. Upon completing the MFE program, Xiao would like to pursue a career in an investment bank, hedge fund, or a management consulting firm. In his leisure time, he enjoys playing basketball, table tennis and badminton, traveling and cracking Sudoku.