Jackie Li is a researcher in the Department of Actuarial Studies and Business Analytics and a Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries of Australia (FIAA). He has a PhD in actuarial studies from University of Melbourne and a PhD in demography from Macquarie University. His research interests include mortality and longevity modelling, pricing, and hedging, and general insurance claims modelling and loss reserving. He has expertise in copula modelling, Bayesian analysis, and neural network applications. He has published extensively in top-tier actuarial and demographic journals, including Annals of Actuarial Science, ASTIN Bulletin, Insurance: Mathematics and Economics, North American Actuarial Journal, Scandinavian Actuarial Journal, Population Studies, and Demographic Research. He is an editorial board member of Journal of Industrial and Management Optimization, an associate editor for Asia-Pacific Journal of Risk and Insurance, and a guest editor for Risks. He has led several high-profile research projects funded by the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries (UK), Actuaries Institute (Australia), and Insurance Risk and Finance Research Centre (Singapore).

Jackie has recieved multiple teacher awards for his excellence in teaching. He also has extensive experience in actuarial accreditation matters, program and curriculum development, research centre setup and operation, and collaboration with industry practitioners. Before joining academia, Jackie worked in the financial services industry for several years in the fields of general insurance and superannuation.