1. “Dynamic Estimation of Volatility Risk Premia and Investor Risk Aversion from Option-Implied and Realized Volatilities,” with Tim Bollerslev and Mike Gibson, Whitebox Selected Research Best Financial Research Paper finalist, 2012.
2. “Predicting Stock Returns with Variance Risk Premia: Statistical Inference and International Evidence,” with Tim Bollerslev, James Marrone, and Lai Xu, China International Conference in Finance Best Paper Award, 2011.
3. “Variance Risk Premia, Asset Predictability Puzzles, and Macroeconomic Uncertainty,” Crowell Memorial Prize 3rd Place by PanAgora Asset Management, 2010.
4. “Variance Risk Premia, Asset Predictability Puzzles, and Macroeconomic Uncertainty,” Chicago Quantitative Alliance (CQA) Academic Competition Award 3rd Place, 2009.
5. “Assessing the Systemic Risk of a Heterogeneous Portfolio of Banks during the Recent Financial Crisis,” with Xin Huang and Haibin Zhu, BankScope Best Paper Prize of the 22nd Australasian Finance and Banking Conference, 2009.
6. “Credit Default Swap Spreads and Variance Risk Premia,” with Hao Wang and Yi Zhou, Global Association of Risk Professionals (GARP) Research Proposal Award, 2009.
7. “Credit Default Swap Spreads and Variance Risk Premia,” with Hao Wang and Yi Zhou, Imperial College London Centre for Hedge Fund Research (CHFR) Research Proposal Award, 2009.
8. “A Framework for Assessing the Systemic Risk of Major Financial Institutions,” with Xin Huang and Haibin Zhu, Bocconi Centre for Applied Research in Finance (CAREFIN) Research Proposal Award, 2008.
9. “Short Course on Asset Pricing Puzzles,” China Center for Economic Research (CCER) of Peking University, Oversea Young Chinese Forum (OYCF) Gregory C. and Paula K. Chow Teaching Fellowship, 2005.