Gao Niu

Chair of Math and Econ Department Feb 2024 - Present Actuarial Math Program Coordinator Aug 2018 - Aug 2024 Women's Club Soccer Coach - Aug 2022 - Aug 2024 Associate Professor Aug 2023 - Present Assistant Professor July 2017 -Aug 2023

Fall 2016 Taught Math 5637 Risk Theory (Graduate Level) Taught Math 3160 Probability (Undergraduate Level) Spring 2017 Teaching Math 5800-43 General Insurance: Pricing and Reserving (Graduate Level) Teaching Math 3610 SOA Probability Problems (Undergraduate Level)

Completed Research Projects: 1. Constructed a combination annuity loss simulation model for an actuarial consulting firm 2. Contributed to the design and calculation of the National Retirement Sustainability Index 3. Created a GLM model for a major Long Term Care carrier to predict incidence, mortality and lapses 4. Agent Based Modeling for Property and Casualty Underwriting Cycle 5. Performed Insurance Portfolio Importance of Hierarchy analysis for a major insurance company 6. Tracked and Monitored Incidence, Termination and Utilization Rates for a major Reinsurance company’s LTC 7. Call center staff allocation Optimization to minimize waiting time for a health insurance company 8. Optimal lifetime individual financial planning model for a major life insurance company 9. Agent Based Modeling for a major life insurance’s call center’s optimal skill based staff allocation study 10. Modeling the optimal portfolio investment strategy of an individual lifetime financial management for a national insurance distributor (broker) 11. Performed a premium persistency study for a major insurance company’s universal life insurance 12. Generalized Linear Modeling of industry (participating companies) variable annuity’s surrender rate for a consulting firm 13. Longevity Study (Focused on SOA RP and IAM tables) for a major insurance company 14. Retirement Delay effect on Employer’s Aggregate Cost for a major insurance company Current Research Projects: 1. Internal rate of return calculation for a major insurance company’s life business to support an attorney 2. Cyber Risk Insurance Study sponsored by a major cyber risk carrier, a broker and an anti-virus software companies. 3. Connecticut special education state insurance proposal sponsored by a non-profit organization. 4. Two stage frequency-severity longitudinal study for industry (participating companies) GLWB partial withdraw study for a consulting firm

Summer 2016 Independently Taught Math 1070 Mathematics for Business and Economics Spring 2016 Independently Taught Math 3610 SOA Probability Preparation Independently Taught Math 3160 Probability Fall 2015 Independently Taught Math 3610 SOA Probability Preparation Independently Taught Math 3160 Probability Summer 2015 Independently Taught Math 1030 Elementary Discrete Mathematics Spring 2015 Independently Taught Math 3610 SOA Probability Preparation Independently Taught Math 3160 Probability Fall 2014 Independently Taught Math 3610 SOA Probability Preparation Lectured Math 1071Q Calculus for Business and Economics Discussion Spring 2014 Independently Taught Math 3610 SOA Probability Preparation Grader for Math 3621 Actuarial Statistics Fall 2013 Independently Taught two Math 1060Q Pre-Calculus Spring 2013 Lectured three Math 1132D Calculus II Discussion Fall 2012 Lectured three Math 1132D Calculus II Discussion

Presented "A Financial Protection Strategy Using a Combination Annuity for Families with a Down syndrome Child" 2017 Perspectives on Actuarial Risks in Talks of Young Researchers (Ascona, Switzerland) 2016 SOA Actuarial Research Conference (Minneapolis, MN) - One of Six Winners of Presentation Prizes 2016 Goldenson Center for Actuarial Research Board Meeting (Storrs, CT) Youtube Video: (https://youtu.be/xeCbHz6ha-k) Presented "Claims Tracking and Monitoring: A GLM and Retrospective Loss Random Variable Approach" 2016 Actuaries' Club of Hartford & Springfield Spring Meeting (Hartford, CT) Presented "Agent Based Queuing Model to Optimize Call Center Agent Allocation” 2015 SOA Actuarial Research Conference (Toronto, Canada) – One of Eight Winners of Presentation Prizes 2015 Goldenson Center for Actuarial Research Board Meeting (Storrs, CT) Youtube Video: (https://youtu.be/baNLc_gmfuI) Presented “Tracking and Monitoring Claims Experience: A Practical Application of Risk Management” 2014 Goldenson Center for Actuarial Research Board Meeting (Storrs, CT) Presented “Agent Based Modeling for Property and Casualty Underwriting Cycle” 2014 SOA Actuarial Research Conference (Santa Barbara, CA) – One of Six Winners of Presentation Prizes 2013 UCONN Actuarial Student Conference (Storrs, CT) Presented“National Retirement Sustainability Index” 2013 Goldenson Center for Actuarial Research Board Meeting (Storrs, CT) Unlocking Reserve Assumptions Based on the Retrospective Loss Random Variable Youtube Video: (https://youtu.be/KGQxgw-oFHo)

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* Performed monthly rate monitoring calculation for Aero Space Workers’ Compensation in June, July and August * Assisted with Annual profitability study for Workers’ Compensation with editing and formatting final report * Started and organized R training for Commercial Pricing Center; Gave two lectures on R packages * Participated weekly actuarial training and lectured on Min Bias Procedure and Multivariate Classification * Coauthored AIG Bloodstock program predictive modeling report

Mediated conflicts or disputes between tenants, submitted reports to advisor, held duty nights and coordinated monthly activities

Spring 2012 Lectured Intermediate Algebra Discussion Section Fall 2011 Lectured Intermediate Algebra Discussion Section Summer 2011 Independently Taught Pre-Calculus Spring 2011 Lectured Intermediate Algebra Discussion Section Fall 2010 Lectured Intermediate Algebra Discussion Section

* Assisted a marketing professor on a marketing analysis project for Blackburn Sampling Inc. (Galesburg, IL) * Analyzed market potential for composed liquid waste sampler

Located and documented the lent material and communicated with patrons

Tutored Statistics, Algebra, and Calculus I & II