Dr. Lixian Liu is Partner, Credit at Apollo, where he leads the Quantitative Analysis team on fixed income research, models and applications development and implementation. Prior to joining in 2012, Lixian was a Director and Vice President focusing on mortgage modeling, research and system development in WestPAT, Bayview, Barclays Capital and Countrywide.

Lixian graduated from M.I.T. with a Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering with a minor in Finance. He received his Master’s degree in Physics and Bachelor’s degree with a double major in Hydraulic Engineering and Computer Science from Tsinghua University.