Tong Zhou

Education

Research Experience

Research Assistant — Prof. Yao Luo, Dept. of Economics, University of Toronto Feb 2025 – May 2025

• Constructed a 2014–2024 steel-flow dataset from public Chinese industrial sources (China Metallurgical News, Mysteel, China Steel News Network).
• Cleaned 1,000+ data points; built six-region input–output matrices and applied RAS-balancing.
• Visualized trade intensity & market power with Excel and Python (heat maps & trend charts).
• Progress validated weekly; final confirmation received from Prof. Luo.

Marketing Analytics Research — Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley Jul 2023 – Aug 2023

• Demand modeling & financial forecasting under Prof. Przemyslaw Jeziorski.
• Applied linear regression and Customer Lifetime Value (CLV) to evaluate ad & pricing strategies.
• Co-authored “Can-Grab: New Strategies for Chinese Food Delivery Apps,” accepted by CONF-BPS 2024 (CPCI/Crossref/CNKI/Google Scholar).

Economics of Marketing Strategy Seminar — Cornell University & Path Academics Jan 2024 – Feb 2024

• Strategic pricing & empirical modeling with Prof. Jura Liaukonyte.
• Led team analysis of Apple’s marketing strategy; abstract accepted by AFTEM 2024.

Professional Experience

CITIC Securities Sichuan Branch — Business Development Department Jun 2025 – Jul 2025

• Supported client outreach & regional business development.
• Conducted market and competitor research to inform sales strategy & client profiling.
• Prepared marketing materials; coordinated investor presentation events.

Leadership & Campus Engagement

UofT Chinese Students & Scholars Association (CSSA) — HR & Event Host Mar 2025 – Present

• Organized and hosted the 2025 UofT Shanghai Pre-Departure Orientation (200+ participants).

“Nonsense” Band — Founder & Lead Vocalist Nov 2024 – Present

• Founded and managed a student band; executed two on-campus concerts from concept to promotion.

Golden Apple Jincheng No. 1 High School — Student Council Member 2020 – 2023

• Directed school-wide academic and cultural programs to enhance student engagement.

Skills

Selected Highlights

• Research paper accepted by CONF-BPS 2024 (CPCI & Crossref indexed).
• Abstract accepted by AFTEM 2024 (Cornell-affiliated international conference).
• Built a 10-year regional steel-flow dataset for UofT project on industrial geography.

Full Resume

EDUCATION

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Research Assistant, Prof. Yao Luo — Department of Economics, University of Toronto Feb 2025 – May 2025

• Constructed 2014–2024 inter-regional steel-flow dataset from public Chinese industrial sources.
• Standardized 1,000+ data points; built six-region IO matrices; applied RAS-balancing & proportional allocation.
• Visualized trade intensity & market power with Excel/Python (heat maps & trend charts).
• Progress reviewed weekly; final confirmation from Prof. Luo.

Marketing Analytics Research, Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley Jul 2023 – Aug 2023

• Demand modeling & financial forecasting under Prof. Przemyslaw Jeziorski.
• Regression & CLV to evaluate advertising/pricing strategies for food-delivery platforms.
• Co-authored “Can-Grab” paper accepted by CONF-BPS 2024 (CPCI/Crossref/CNKI/Google Scholar).

Economics of Marketing Strategy Seminar, Cornell University & Path Academics Jan 2024 – Feb 2024

• Strategic pricing & empirical modeling with Prof. Jura Liaukonyte; led team’s final presentation on Apple.
• Abstract accepted by AFTEM 2024; commended by Academic Chair Edison Yan.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

CITIC Securities Sichuan Branch — Business Development Department Jun 2025 – Jul 2025

• Supported client outreach & regional BD; market/competitor research; prepared marketing materials.
• Coordinated investor presentation events; improved sales collateral.

LEADERSHIP & CAMPUS ENGAGEMENT

• HR & Event Host, UofT CSSA Mar 2025 – Present — Organized the 2025 UofT Shanghai Pre-Departure Orientation (200+ participants).
• Founder & Lead Vocalist, “Nonsense” Band Nov 2024 – Present — Planned and executed two on-campus concerts.
• Student Council Member, Golden Apple Jincheng No. 1 High School 2020 – 2023 — Directed academic & cultural programs.

SKILLS

SELECTED HIGHLIGHTS

• CONF-BPS 2024 paper accepted (CPCI & Crossref indexed).
• AFTEM 2024 abstract accepted (Cornell-affiliated conference).
• First comprehensive 10-year regional steel-flow dataset for UofT project.