Lu Cao

Bio

Lucy holds a PhD in Applied Mathematics from The University of Sydney. Her research interests include Mean Field Games, Mechanism Design, and interdisciplinary areas that bridge mathematical sciences with planetary physics. She gained extensive teaching experience at The University of Sydney before serving as a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Beijing International Center for Mathematical Research, Peking University. In addition to her academic work, Lucy has industry experience as Head of Research at a Sydney-based investment firm, where she produced research reports, developed investment strategies, and contributed to portfolio growth.

Education Experience

• PhD in Applied Mathematics, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
• Bachelor of Science (Honours), The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
• Executive Program, Harvard Business School, Boston, MA, USA

Work Experience

• 2019.6 – 2023.5: Postdoctoral Fellow, Beijing International Center for Mathematical Research, Peking University

Honors and Awards

• Wiley Outstanding Open Science Author of the Year 2022

Publications

1. Lucy Klinger, Mengfan Lyu, and Lei Zhang. Secure and private vickrey auction protocols: A secure multiparty computation approach. arXiv preprint arXiv:2304.14626, 2023.
2. Lucy Klinger, Lei Zhang, and Zhennan Zhou. A mean field game analysis of consensus protocol design. arXiv preprint arXiv:2108.09999, 2021. Version v3, 30 Dec 2021.
3. J. W. Gao, Z. J. Rong, Lucy Klinger, X. Z. Li, D. Liu, and Y. Wei. A spherical harmonic martian crustal magnetic field model combining data sets of MAVEN and MGS. Earth and Space Science, 8(10), oct 2021.
4. J. W. Gao, Z. J. Rong, M. Persson, G. Stenberg, Y. C. Zhang, L. Klinger, X. D. Wang, D. Liu, Y. Wei, S. Barabash, and Y. Futaana. In situ observations of the ion diffusion region in the venusian magnetotail. Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 126(1), dec 2020.
5. X. Z. Li, Z. J. Rong, M. Fraenz, C. Zhang, L. Klinger, Z. Shi, J. W. Gao, M. W. Dunlop, and Y. Wei. Two types of martian magnetotail current sheets: MAVEN observations of ion composition. Geophysical Research Letters, 50(2), jan 2023.
6. Di Liu, Zhaojin Rong, Jiawei Gao, Jiansen He, Lucy Klinger, Malcolm Wray Dunlop, Limei Yan, Kai Fan, and Yong Wei. Statistical properties of solar wind upstream of mars: MAVEN observations. The Astrophysical Journal, 911(2):113, apr 2021.
7. Z. J. Rong, Y. Wei, Lucy Klinger, M. Yamauchi, W. Y. Xu, D. L. Kong, J. Cui, C. Shen, Y. Y. Yang, R. X. Zhu, J. Zhong, and L. H. Chai. A new technique to diagnose the geomagnetic field based on a single circular current loop model. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 126(11), nov 2021.
8. Z. J. Rong, C. Zhang, Lucy Klinger, C. Shen, J. Cui, Y. C. Zhang, and Y. Wei. A single-point method to quantitatively diagnose the magnetotail flapping motion. Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 126(2), feb 2021.
9. Zhaojin Rong, Yong Wei, Fei He, Jiawei Gao, Kai Fan, Yuqi Wang, Lucy Klinger, Limei Yan, Zhipeng Ren, Xu Zhou, Ning Tan, and Tao Yu. The orbit schemes to monitor martian dust storms: Benefits to china’s future mars missions. Chinese Science Bulletin, 68(7):716–728, mar 2023.
10. C. Zhang, Z. J.* Rong, Lucy Klinger, et al. Three-dimensional configuration of induced magnetic fields around mars. Earth and Space Science Open Archive, pages 1–15, April 2022.
11. Chi Zhang, Yoshifumi Futaana, Hans Nilsson, Zhaojin Rong, Moa Persson, Lucy Klinger, Xiaodong Wang, Gabriella Stenberg Wieser, Stas Barabash, Chuanfei Dong, Mats Holmström, Yasir Soobiah, and Yong Wei. Mars-ward ion flows in the martian magnetotail: Mars express observations. Geophysical Research Letters, 49(21), nov 2022.
12. Chi Zhang, Zhaojin Rong, Hans Nilsson, Lucy Klinger, Shaosui Xu, Yoshifumi Futaana, Yong Wei, Jun Zhong, Markus Fränz, Kun Li, Hui Zhang, Kai Fan, Lei Wang, Mats Holmström, Yasong Ge, and Jun Cui. MAVEN observations of periodic low-altitude plasma clouds at mars. The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 922(2):L33, nov 2021.
13. Chi Zhang, Zhaojin Rong, Chao Shen, Lucy Klinger, Jiawei Gao, James A. Slavin, Yongcun Zhang, Jun Cui, and Yong Wei. Examining the magnetic geometry of magnetic flux ropes from the view of single-point analysis. The Astrophysical Journal, 903(1):53, nov 2020.
14. Chi Zhang, Zhaojin Rong, Lulu Zhang, Jiawei Gao, Zhen Shi, Lucy Klinger, Chao Shen, and Yong Wei. Properties of flapping current sheet of the martian magnetotail. Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 128(4):e2022JA031232, 2023.
15. Lucy Klinger. A Mean Field Game Analysis of Sponsored Search Auctions. 2019-04-05. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/20248.