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Jialong Wang, in a few words.

I study how people decide and capital moves, then build tools for the messy parts.

Beyond the résumé

I took the long way around.

I spent four undergraduate years studying behavioral science. It did not give me a formula for people. It taught me to face a messy situation, resist the quick explanation, and ask: what is actually happening here, and how could we know?

Project finance turned out to reward the same habit. A model appears to calculate, but it is always making an argument about the future; the consequential claims are often tucked into the quietest assumptions.

What I know how to do
Finance & Modeling
Project Finance · DCF & Sensitivity · Debt Sculpting · PTC/ITC Tax Equity · Term Sheets
Research
Sentiment Analysis · Topic Modeling · Discourse Analysis · Due Diligence
Tools
R · Python (pandas) · Stata · Microsoft Office · Qualtrics
Craft
Photoshop · Lightroom · Premiere Pro
Languages
Mandarin (native) · English
Outside
Skiing · Badminton · Ultimate Frisbee · Hiking · Choir · Tennis (just started)
The road here
2024-26
Columbia SIPA
MPA (STEM) · Energy Finance & Sustainable Investment
Jan-Apr 2026
Wood Mackenzie × SIPA
Capstone · Quantum Computing in the Global Energy Landscape
Sep 2025 to Jan 2026
Columbia Climate School
TA · International Climate Finance (CLMTC 5052)
Jun-Aug 2025
Silver Leaf Partners
Sustainable Finance Summer Intern
2020-24
Duke Kunshan × Duke
B.S. Behavioral Science / Psychology · Cum Laude (dual degree with Duke Interdisc. Studies)
Fall 2023 to Spring 2024
DKU Residence Life
Resident Assistant
Aug-Nov 2023
Control Risks
Intern · Crisis & Security Consulting
Feb-Apr 2023
Trivium China
Intern Analyst
Aug-Dec 2022
Duke University · Durham
Junior fall · DKU exchange semester at Duke main campus
Dec 2022 to May 2024
DKU · Prof. Macdonald
Signature Work · media discourse, Shanghai lockdown
May 2022 to Sep 2023
DKU · Prof. Gainous (SRS)
Summer Research Scholar · PR tweets + US Congress dog-whistling
Jun-Nov 2022
DKU · Prof. Macdonald
Research Assistant · Zero-COVID media sentiment
Jul 2022 · 3 weeks
CITIC Securities
Intern (Shenzhen)
Graduate
Columbia University · MPA (STEM-designated) · Energy Finance & Sustainable Investment · 2024-26
Undergrad
Duke Kunshan University · B.S. Behavioral Science / Psychology · Cum Laude · 2020-24
Dual degree
Duke University · B.S. Interdisciplinary Studies (Behavioral Science) · 2020-24
GPA
3.75 / 4.00 · Dean's List: Fall 2020, 2022; Spring 2021, 2024
Languages
English · Mandarin (native)
Work together

If you have a decision that refuses to become simple.

I like problems that cannot be solved by a model, a search, or a handsome slide alone. If research, financial analysis, and clear writing all need to be in the room, we may have something to talk about.