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Statistics PhD Students
Abby Nguyen
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Entered PhD program: 2024
Undergraduate Education: University of Notre Dame, Major: Applied and Computational Mathematics and Statistics (concentration: Biological Sciences), Minor: Data Science
Akhil Bandreddi
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Entered PhD program: 2023
Undergraduate Education: American University, Majors: Applied Mathematics and International Studies
Cuong Pham
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Entered PhD program: 2019
Hometown: Hai Phong, Vietnam
Undergraduate Education: Roosevelt University, Major: Actuarial Science, Minor: Business
Graduate Education: Loyola University Chicago, Master of Science: Applied Statistics
Current Research Focus: Statistical Approaches for Individualized Treatment Regimes and Dynamic Treatment Regimes | Thesis Advisor: Dr. Ashkan Ertefaie
David Skrill
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Entered PhD program: 2019
Undergraduate Education: Oberlin College and Conservatory, Majors: Economics (Mathematical Economics Concentration) & Cello Performance, Minor: Philosophy
Graduate Education: University of Rochester, Master of Music: Cello Performance and Literature
Current Research Focus: Novel Methods Leveraging Encoding Models to Understand the Perception of Natural Stimuli in the Human Brain | Thesis Advisor: Dr. Samuel Norman-Haignere
Eli Sun
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Entered PhD program: 2023
Undergraduate Education: University of Rochester, Major: Statistics
Hannah Swan
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Entered PhD program: 2020
Hometown: Aurora, Ohio
Undergraduate Education: Hamilton College, Major: Mathematics, Minor: Chemistry
Current Research Focus: Methods for Denoising and Analyzing isomiR Variants in miRNA-seq Data | Thesis Advisor: Dr. Matthew McCall
Hanwen (Fred) Li
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Entered PhD program: 2024
Undergraduate Education: University of Pittsburgh, Major: Data Science
Haotian (Alex) Guo
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Entered PhD program: 2022
Hometown: Shandong, China
Undergraduate Education: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Majors: Mathematics & Statistics and Analytics
Hongzhe Xu
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Entered PhD program: 2024
Undergraduate Education: Lanzhou University, Major: Mathematics
Graduate Education: University of Rochester, Master of Arts: Statistics
Jonathan Klus
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Entered PhD program: 2020
Hometown: Long Beach, New York
Undergraduate Education: Cornell University, Major: Applied Economics & Management
Graduate Education: Duke University, Master of Science: Statistical Science
Current Research Focus: Bayesian Infinite Mixture Models for Clustering Exposure Data | Thesis Advisor: Dr. Sally Thurston
Josh Marvald
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Entered PhD program: 2021
Undergraduate Education: St. Lawrence University, Majors: Mathematics and Statistics, Minor: Economics
Current Research Focus: Identifying Important Interactions with Bayesian Additive Regression Trees | Thesis Advisor: Dr. Tanzy Love
Luke McHan
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Entered PhD program: 2020
Hometown: Haughton, Louisiana
Undergraduate Education: University of Louisiana at Monroe, Major: Mathematics
Current Research Focus: Stepped Wedge Trials with Irregular Observation Times | Thesis Advisors: Drs. Michael McDermott and Brent Johnson
Meherab Hossain
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Entered PhD program: 2022
Hometown: Dhaka, Bangladesh
Undergraduate Education: Clark University, Major: Mathematics, Minors: Physics & Data Science
Nathan Provost
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Entered PhD program: 2023
Hometown: Greenfield, Massachusetts
Undergraduate Education: Brown University, Majors: Statistics and Applied Mathematics
Current Research Focus: Compound Generalized Estimating Equations with Applications to Interim Monitoring in Sequential Multiple Assignment Randomized Trials and Robust Semiparametric Decision Theoretic Reinforcement Learning Algorithms for Stochastic Action Time Models | Thesis Advisors: Drs. Abdus Wahed and Robert Strawderman
Ricardo Lopez Candelaria
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Entered PhD program: 2021
Hometown: San Sebastian, Puerto Rico
Undergraduate Education: University of Puerto Rico in Aguadilla, Major: Environmental Technology
Graduate Education: University of Puerto Rico in Mayaguez, Master of Science: Mathematical Statistics
Current Research Focus: Functional Data Analysis and Parameter Estimation Methods for Systems of Linear Ordinary Differential Equations | Thesis Advisor: Dr. Xing Qiu
Robert Beblavy
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Entered PhD program: 2020
Undergraduate Education: Binghamton University, Majors: Mathematical Sciences & Mathematical Physics
Current Research Focus: Novel Microbiome Data Analysis Methods for Diļ¬erential Abundance Analysis, Network Analysis, and Mediation Analysis | Thesis Advisor: Dr. Michael Sohn
Samantha Manning
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Entered PhD program: 2020
Hometown: Frisco, Texas
Undergraduate Education: University of Southern California, Major: Mathematics
Graduate Education: University of Texas at Dallas, Master of Science: Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
Current Research Focus: Clustering for Data with Categorical Outcomes Using a Generalized Linear Mixed Effects Model with Simultaneous Variable Selection | Thesis Advisor: Dr. Tongtong Wu
TJ Weaver
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Entered PhD program: 2023
Hometown: Spencerport, New York
Undergraduate Education: Rochester Institute of Technology, Majors: Applied Statistics with Actuarial Science and Economics, Minor: American Politics
Willi Artman
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Entered PhD program: 2016
Undergraduate Education: University of Rochester, Major: Mathematics, Minor: Japanese
Current Research Focus: Design and Analysis of Sequential Multiple Assignment Randomized Trials and the Construction of Dynamic Treatment Regimes | Thesis Advisors: Drs. Ashkan Ertefaie and Brent Johnson
Xiangyi Chen
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Entered PhD program: 2024
Undergraduate Education: University of Rochester, Majors: Mathematics and Statistics, Minor: Business
Xinyue (Shirley) Mao
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Entered PhD program: 2022
Hometown: Fujian, China
Undergraduate Education: Syracuse University, Major: Mathematics
Current Research Focus: Statistical Approaches for Dynamic Treatment Regimes and Sequential Multiple Assignment Randomized Trials | Thesis Advisor: Dr. Abdus Wahed
Xinzhu (Claire) Wang
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Entered PhD program: 2022
Hometown: Anshan, China
Undergraduate Education: University of Wisconsin - Madison, Major: Molecular Biology
Graduate Education: Emory University, Master of Science in Public Health: Biostatistics
Zhelin Sheng
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Entered PhD program: 2024
Undergraduate Education: University of Rochester, Majors: Applied Mathematics and Computer Science
Zhining Sui
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Entered PhD program: 2023
Undergraduate Education: McGill University, Majors: Mathematics and Biology, Minor: Computer Science
Graduate Education: University of Washington, Master of Science: Biostatistics
Statistics MA & Biostatistics MS Students
- Abhijnana (Abhi) Das (University of California, Berkeley: Physics & Molecular and Cellular Biology: Neurobiology)
- Honghong Liu (South China Normal University: Financial Mathematics)
- Michael Vota (Cornell University: Biological Sciences & Biometry and Statistics)
- Yuntian (Charlie) Meng (Shanghai University of Finance and Economics: Data Science & Big Data Technology)
- Zenan Liang (Liaoning University: Mathematics and Applied Mathematics)
- Zhili He (Chongqing Normal University: Statistics)