A warm welcome to Dr Jin Zheng, who has joined University of Bristol as Lecturer in Data Science. Jin has a PhD in Mathematical Sciences from the University of Liverpool, on the topic of Theoretical and Numerical Study on Optimal Mortgage Refinancing Strategy. She has previously held the post of Research Fellow at University of Nevada, Las Vegas, where she explored optimal refinancing strategies. Subsequently, Jin has worked as a quantitative researcher for sports trading at White Swan Data. Jin’s research interests include machine learning, natural language processing, and quantitative methods in finance and energy economics.