CONGWEN ZHANG Address: 23 Saddlebrook Drive, North Wales, PA 19454 Cell: 540-808-6990 Email: cz1e4cd94@westpost.

net QUALIFICATIONS * * , * * o Excellent hands-on skills conducting econometric and statistical analysis. Immense familiarity with the STATA, MATLAB, ArcGIS, SAS, R, LaTex, Word, Excel PowerPoint, and Access. 4+ years of solid experience managing and using large micro data sets. Proven ability to write and present clearly and concisely in styles targeted t specific audiences.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Research Assistant Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, Virginia Tech 2011 - Present * Designed a quasi-experimental model to evaluate prospective zoning policies or anti-discrimination policies. Visiting Scholar Center for Environmental Economics and Sustainability Policy, Arizona State University 2011 Spring * Enhanced the credibility of welfare measurement and environmental policy evalu ation through partial identification of demand functions for environmental good s. Research Assistant Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, Virginia Tech 2007 - 2010 * Developed and estimated hedonic price models to evaluate the effect of aquatic invasive species infestation on real estate market. * Developed and estimated hedonic price models to evaluate the effect of arsenic contamination in drinking water on real estate market. * Conducted an internal meta-analysis to evaluate the influence of subjective ec onometric modeling decisions on the economic predictions for price premiums associated with -green certificated- hotel rooms. PUBLICATIONS Congwen Zhang, and Kevin J. Boyle. 2010. -The Effect of an Aquatic Invasive Spec ies (Eurasian Watermilfoil) on Lakefront Property Values.-Ecological Economics 70(2), 394-404. Nicolai V. Kuminoff, Congwen Zhang, and Jeta Rudi. 2010. -Are Travelers Willing to Pay a Premium to Stay at a -Green- Hotel? Evidence from an Internal Meta-Analysis of Hedonic Price Premia.- Agricultural and Resource Econo mics Review 39(3), 468-484. Kevin J. Boyle, Nicolai V. Kuminoff, Congwen Zhang, and Kathleen P. Bell. 2010. -Does a Property-Specific Environmental Health Risk Create a -Neighborhood- Housing-Price Stigma? Arsenic in Private Well Water.- Water Resou

rces Research 46(3), W03507, 1-10. ACTUARIAL EXAM SOA Exam P (Probability), Score:10/10 United States, September 2008 EDUCATION Ph.D. p.2011 M.S. B.S. AWARDS Pre-doctoral Scholarshi Arizona State University Spring 2011 William T. Steele, Jr. Scholarship Virginia Tech 2009 Paul J. Driscoll Graduate Fellowship Virginia Tech 2008 CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS Congwen Zhang, Protecting Lakes from Eurasian Watermilfoil Invasion, Camp Resour ces XVII, Center for Environmental and Resource Economic Policy, North Carolina, June 2010. Congwe Zhang, Partial Identification of Hedonic Demand Functions, Heartland Envi ronmental and Resource Economics Workshop, Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics, University of Illinois, Oct 2011. Economics Quantitative Economics Quantitative Economics / Mathematics Virginia Tech Wuhan University 2007 Wuhan University 2005 Ex