Our Students
Statistics PhD Students
Abby Nguyen
University of Notre Dame
Entered PhD program: 2024
Undergraduate Education: Major: Applied and Computational Mathematics and Statistics (concentration: Biological Sciences), Minor: Data Science
Akhil Bandreddi
American University
Entered PhD program: 2023
Undergraduate Education: Majors: Applied Mathematics and International Studies
Current Interests: Modeling neural computations underlying invariant representations of speech in the human auditory cortex; thesis work with Dr. Samuel Norman-Haignere.
Bach (Mark) Tran
Albion College; University of Colorado Boulder
Entered PhD program: 2025
Hometown: Hanoi, Vietnam
Undergraduate Education: Major: Biology, Minor: Applied Mathematics
Graduate Education: Master of Science: Data Science
Eli Sun
University of Rochester
Entered PhD program: 2023
Undergraduate Education: Major: Statistics
Current Interests: High-dimensional causal mediation analysis with multivariate outcomes under the direction of Dr. Tongtong Wu.
Hanwen (Fred) Li
University of Pittsburgh
Entered PhD program: 2024
Undergraduate Education: Major: Data Science
Haotian (Alex) Guo
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Entered PhD program: 2022
Hometown: Shandong, China
Undergraduate Education: Majors: Mathematics & Statistics and Analytics
Current Interests: Extensions of reversible jump MCMC to outcome nesting in domains with Dr. Sally Thurston.
Hongzhe Xu
Lanzhou University; University of Rochester
Entered PhD program: 2024
Undergraduate Education: Major: Mathematics
Graduate Education: Master of Arts: Statistics
James Hopham
University of California, Davis; California State University, East Bay
Entered PhD program: 2025
Hometown: San Jose, California
Undergraduate Education: Major: Genetics and Genomics, Minor: Music
Graduate Education: Master of Science: Statistics (concentration: Data Science)
Lucy Langenberg
Dartmouth College
Entered PhD program: 2025
Hometown: Jamesville, New York
Undergraduate Education: Majors: Biology and Music, Minor: Earth Sciences
Meherab Hossain
Clark University
Entered PhD program: 2022
Hometown: Dhaka, Bangladesh
Undergraduate Education: Major: Mathematics, Minors: Physics & Data Science
Current Interests: Integrating moment-based methods and trimming to implement LMER with Dr. Xing Qiu.
Nathan Provost
Brown University
Entered PhD program: 2023
Hometown: Greenfield, Massachusetts
Undergraduate Education: Majors: Statistics and Applied Mathematics
Current Interests: Robust semiparametric inference for sequential analysis and recurrent events data under the mentorship of Drs. Abdus Wahed and Robert Strawderman.
Nick Travers
University at Buffalo
Entered PhD program: 2025
Undergraduate Education: Majors: Mathematics and Statistics
Ricardo Lopez Candelaria
University of Puerto Rico in Aguadilla; University of Puerto Rico in Mayaguez
Entered PhD program: 2021
Hometown: San Sebastian, Puerto Rico
Undergraduate Education: Major: Environmental Technology
Graduate Education: Master of Science: Mathematical Statistics
Current Interests: Functional data analysis and parameter estimation methods for systems of linear ordinary differential equations under Dr. Xing Qiu.
Robert Beblavy
Binghamton University
Entered PhD program: 2020
Undergraduate Education: Majors: Mathematical Sciences & Mathematical Physics
Current Interests: Novel microbiome data analysis methods for differential abundance analysis, network analysis, and mediation analysis with Dr. Michael Sohn.
TJ Weaver
Rochester Institute of Technology
Entered PhD program: 2023
Hometown: Spencerport, New York
Undergraduate Education: Majors: Applied Statistics with Actuarial Science and Economics, Minor: American Politics
Willi Artman
University of Rochester
Entered PhD program: 2016
Undergraduate Education: Major: Mathematics, Minor: Japanese
Current Interests: Design and analysis of Sequential Multiple Assignment Randomized Trials and construction of dynamic treatment regimes with Drs. Brent Johnson and Ashkan Ertefaie.
Xiangyi Chen
University of Rochester
Entered PhD program: 2024
Undergraduate Education: Majors: Mathematics and Statistics, Minor: Business
Xinyi Chen
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities; University of Washington
Entered PhD program: 2025
Undergraduate Education: Majors: Statistical Practice and Business and Marketing Education
Graduate Education: Master of Science: Statistics (Advanced Methods and Data Analysis)
Xinyue (Shirley) Mao
Syracuse University
Entered PhD program: 2022
Hometown: Fujian, China
Undergraduate Education: Major: Mathematics
Current Interests: Statistical approaches for dynamic treatment regimes and Sequential Multiple Assignment Randomized Trials with Dr. Abdus Wahed.
Xinzhu (Claire) Wang
University of Wisconsin - Madison; Emory University
Entered PhD program: 2022
Hometown: Anshan, China
Undergraduate Education: Major: Molecular Biology
Graduate Education: Master of Science in Public Health: Biostatistics
Current Interests: Optimization of U-statistics via stochastic approximation supervised by Dr. Brent Johnson.
Zhelin Sheng
University of Rochester
Entered PhD program: 2024
Undergraduate Education: Majors: Applied Mathematics and Computer Science
Zhining Sui
McGill University; University of Washington
Entered PhD program: 2023
Undergraduate Education: Majors: Mathematics and Biology, Minor: Computer Science
Graduate Education: Master of Science: Biostatistics
Current Interests: Considerations and extensions for multiple outcomes models with Dr. Sally Thurston.
Statistics MA & Biostatistics MS Students
Francesca (Franki) Gomez
University of Rochester: Statistics
David Xu
University of Rochester: Computational Biology