Kenneth Zhou

Kenneth Qian Zhou is an Assistant Professor of Actuarial Science in the School of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences. He received his PhD in Actuarial Science from the University of Waterloo, and joined Arizona State University in Fall 2019. He is a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries (FSA) and an associate of the Canadian Institute of Actuaries (ACIA). He was also a Society of Actuaries James C. Hickman scholar from 2015 to 2019.

Kenneth’s research interests include longevity risk management, stochastic mortality modeling, and Bayesian modeling and forecasting. In particular, he focuses on the technical and economic issues of capital market solutions for longevity risk and mortality forecasting from the Bayesian perspective. His work also involves adapting statistical techniques to solve data-driven challenges and identify the source of financial and insurance risks.

Kenneth’s research work has been published in statistical, actuarial and insurance journals, including the Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: Series A, Insurance: Mathematics and Economics, and the Journal of Risk and Insurance. Some of his research findings are also published in professional publications, such as the Actuary Magazine and the Living to 100 Monograph. His paper on dynamic longevity hedging won the 2019 Redington Prize from the Society of Actuaries.

Kenneth is committed to actuarial curriculum development. He has developed two new courses, entitled "Advanced Mortality Modeling and Management of Longevity Risk" and “Topic: Quantitative Risk Measures” at Arizona State University.