I am currently a Ph.D. student in the Department of Mathematics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

With a concentration in Actuarial Science and Risk Analytics, I am working on topics related to cyber insurance and cyber risks, which are the continuation of my work when I was a research assistant at the Critical Infrastructure Resilience Institute (CIRI) before entering the doctoral program.

Ph.D. student in Mathematics (Concentration in Actuarial Science), University of Illinois, expected 2024

M.Sc in Finance, University of Illinois, 2016

B.Sc in Actuarial Science and Statistics, University of Illinois, 2015

Kesan, J. P., & Zhang, L. (2019). An Empirical Investigation of the Relationship between Local Government Budgets, IT Expenditures and Cyber Losses. IEEE Transactions on Emerging Topics in Computing, 1-1. doi: 10.1109/tetc.2019.2915098

Tonn, G., Kesan, J. P., Zhang, L., & Czajkowski, J. (2019). Cyber risk and insurance for transportation infrastructure. Transport Policy, 79, 103-114. doi: 10.1016/j.tranpol.2019.04.019

Shetty, S., Mcshane, M., Zhang, L., Kesan, J. P., Kamhoua, C. A., Kwiat, K., & Njilla, L. L. (2018). Reducing Informational Disadvantages to Improve Cyber Risk Management. The Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance - Issues and Practice, 43(2), 224-238. doi: 10.1057/s41288-018-0078-3