Our Students
Statistics PhD Students
Abby Nguyen
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
Entered PhD program: 2023
Undergraduate Education: American University, Majors: Applied Mathematics and International Studies
Thesis Research: Modeling Neural Computations Underlying Invariant Representations of Speech in the Human Auditory Cortex | Thesis Advisor: Dr. Samuel Norman-Haignere
Bach (Mark) Tran
Entered PhD program: 2025
Hometown: Hanoi, Vietnam
Undergraduate Education: Albion College, Major: Biology, Minor: Applied Mathematics
Graduate Education: University of Colorado Boulder, Master of Science: Data Science
Eli Sun
Entered PhD program: 2023
Undergraduate Education: University of Rochester, Major: Statistics
Thesis Research: High-Dimensional Causal Mediation Analysis with Multivariate Outcomes | Thesis Advisor: Dr. Tongtong Wu
Hanwen (Fred) Li
Entered PhD program: 2024
Undergraduate Education: University of Pittsburgh, Major: Data Science
Haotian (Alex) Guo
Entered PhD program: 2022
Hometown: Shandong, China
Undergraduate Education: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Majors: Mathematics & Statistics and Analytics
Thesis Research: Extensions of Reversible Jump MCMC to Outcome Nesting in Domains | Thesis Advisor: Dr. Sally Thurston
Hongzhe Xu
Entered PhD program: 2024
Undergraduate Education: Lanzhou University, Major: Mathematics
Graduate Education: University of Rochester, Master of Arts: Statistics
James Hopham
Entered PhD program: 2025
Hometown: San Jose, California
Undergraduate Education: University of California - Davis, Major: Genetics and Genomics, Minor: Music
Graduate Education: California State University - East Bay, Master of Science: Statistics (concentration: Data Science)
Lucy Langenberg
Entered PhD program: 2025
Hometown: Jamesville, New York
Undergraduate Education: Dartmouth College, Majors: Biology and Music, Minor: Earth Sciences
Meherab Hossain
Entered PhD program: 2022
Hometown: Dhaka, Bangladesh
Undergraduate Education: Clark University, Major: Mathematics, Minors: Physics & Data Science
Thesis Research: Integrating Moment Based Methods and Trimming to Implement LMER | Thesis Advisor: Dr. Xing Qiu
Nathan Provost
Entered PhD program: 2023
Hometown: Greenfield, Massachusetts
Undergraduate Education: Brown University, Majors: Statistics and Applied Mathematics
Thesis Research: Robust Semiparametric Inference for Sequential Analysis and Recurrent Events Data | Thesis Advisors: Drs. Abdus Wahed and Robert Strawderman
Nick Travers
Entered PhD program: 2025
Undergraduate Education: University at Buffalo, Majors: Mathematics and Statistics
Ricardo Lopez Candelaria
Entered PhD program: 2021
Undergraduate Education: University of Puerto Rico in Aguadilla, Major: Environmental Technology
Graduate Education: University of Puerto Rico in Mayaguez, Master of Science: Mathematical Statistics
Thesis Research: Advancing High-Dimensional Gene Regulatory Network Reconstruction and Single-Cell Trajectory Based-Differential Expression Analysis through Functional PCA | Thesis Advisor: Dr. Xing Qiu | Thesis Defense Date: May 5, 2026
Robert Beblavy
Entered PhD program: 2020
Undergraduate Education: Binghamton University, Majors: Mathematical Sciences & Mathematical Physics
Thesis Research: Novel Microbiome Data Analysis Methods for Differential Abundance Analysis, Network Analysis, and Mediation Analysis | Thesis Advisor: Dr. Michael Sohn | Thesis Defense Date: May 13, 2026
TJ Weaver
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
Xiangyi Chen
Entered PhD program: 2024
Undergraduate Education: University of Rochester, Majors: Mathematics and Statistics, Minor: Business
Xinyi Chen
Entered PhD program: 2025
Undergraduate Education: University of Minnesota Twin Cities, Majors: Statistical Practice and Business and Marketing Education
Graduate Education: University of Washington, Master of Science: Statistics (Advanced Methods and Data Analysis)
Xinyue (Shirley) Mao
Entered PhD program: 2022
Hometown: Fujian, China
Undergraduate Education: Syracuse University, Major: Mathematics
Thesis Research: Outcome-adaptation and Optimization with Complex Outcomes in Sequential Decision Making | Thesis Advisor: Dr. Abdus Wahed
Xinzhu (Claire) Wang
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
Thesis Research: Optimization of U-statistics via Stochastic Approximation | Thesis Advisor: Dr. Brent Johnson
Zhelin Sheng
Entered PhD program: 2024
Undergraduate Education: University of Rochester, Majors: Applied Mathematics and Computer Science
Zhining Sui
Entered PhD program: 2023
Undergraduate Education: McGill University, Majors: Mathematics and Biology, Minor: Computer Science
Graduate Education: University of Washington, Master of Science: Biostatistics
Thesis Research: Considerations and Extensions for Multiple Outcomes Models | Thesis Advisor: Dr. Sally Thurston
Statistics MA & Biostatistics MS Students
Francesca (Franki) Gomez (University of Rochester: Statistics)
David Xu (University of Rochester: Computational Biology)