Wen Zhang

Wen Zhang is a Lecturer in Business Analytics. She obtained her PhD in Operations Research and Management Science from Warwick Business School in 2019. Her current research focuses on AI for social good (such as legal, insurance, CSR, etc.) and simulation optimisation.

She is a recipient of the 2014 Warwick Business School Scholarship for PhD and the 2016 Winter simulation conference diversity award. She is a Fellow (D2) of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA).

Prospective students with a solid background in operations research and management science, statistics, and programming (such as Matlab, Python or R) and who are interested in simulation optimisation or AI for social good are very welcome to enquire.

Education

• Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) University of Warwick - Warwick Business School (2014 — 2018.06)
• Master of Science (MSc) University of York (2012 — 2013)
• Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.) University of Jinan (2008 — 2012)

Companies

• Lecturer in Business Analytics University of Bristol (2022)
• Lecturer in Business Analytics University of Essex (2020 - 2022)
• Research Officer The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) (2018 — 2020)
• Analyst BLM (2018 — 2020)
• Intern ICBC Standard Bank Plc (2017 — 2018)
• Student Consultant University of Warwick consulting society (2016 — 2017)
• Tutor University of Warwick (2015 — 2017)