Ph.D. students
Ms. Lin Zhong (Fall 2023 - Now), Ph.D. graduate in the joint biostatistics program, SMU/UT Southwestern
Co-mentored with Dr. Guanghua Xiao at UT Southwestern
Ms. Xin Feng (Fall 2023 - Now), Ph.D. student in the statistics program, UT Dallas
Mr. Bencong Zhu (Spring 2023 - Now), Ph.D. candidate in the statistics program, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Co-mentored with Dr. Xiaodan Fan at The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Visting scholar at UT Dallas, Fall 2023
Ms. Bryn M. Brakefield (Spring 2023 - Now), Ph.D. candidate in the statistics program, UT Dallas
Travel Award, 2023 Southern Regional Council on Statistics Summer Research Conference (SRCOS 2023), Waco, Texas
Ms. Yanghong Guo (Fall 2022 - Now), Ph.D. candidate in the statistics program, UT Dallas
3rd place in the poster competition, The Second UT Dallas/UT Southwestern Annual Workshop on Imaging and Data Science, Richardson, Texas, 2023
Travel Award, 2023 Southern Regional Council on Statistics Summer Research Conference (SRCOS 2023), Waco, Texas
Ms. Huimin Li (Summer 2021 - Now), Ph.D. candidate in the statistics program, UT Dallas
Ms. Jie Yang (Summer 2020 - Now), Ph.D. candidate in the statistics program, UT Dallas
Co-mentored with Dr. Sunyoung Shin at Pohang University of Science and Technology, South Korea
Dr. Xi Jiang (Summer 2020 - Fall 2023), Ph.D. graduate in the joint biostatistics program, SMU/UT Southwestern
Co-mentored with Dr. Guanghua Xiao at UT Southwestern
Thesis title: Bayesian statistical modeling of spatially transcriptomics data [link]
First position: Quantitative Strategist, Goldman Sachs
Best Talk Award, 2023 Bayesian Young Statisticians Meeting (BAYSM 2023), online
Best Poster Award, 2023 Eastern North American Region (ENAR 2023) Spring Meetings, Nashville, Tennessee
Travel Award, 2022 International Workshop on Objective Bayes Methodology (OBayes 2022), Santa Cruz, California
Student Research Paper Award, 2022 New England Statistics Symposium (NESS 2022), Storrs, Connecticut
Dr. Tejasv Bedi (Summer 2020 - Spring 2023), Ph.D. graduate in the statistics program, UT Dallas
Thesis title: Bayesian model-based cluster analysis and its applications in epidemiology and microbiology [link]
First position: Principal Biostatistician, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals
1st place in the poster competition, 2020 Conference of Texas Statisticians (COTS 2022), Corpus Christi, Texas
Dr. Kevin C. Lutz (Spring 2020 - Spring 2023), Ph.D. graduate in the statistics program, UT Dallas
Thesis title: Bayesian statistical methods for urinary microbiome data analysis [link]
First position: Assistant Professor at UT Southwestern School of Public Health
David Daniel Award in Natural Science and Mathematics (2023)
Outstanding TA Award in Mathematical Sciences (2021)
Dr. Shuang Jiang (Summer 2018 - Spring 2021), Ph.D. graduate in the joint biostatistics program, SMU/UT Southwestern
Co-mentored with Dr. Xiaowei Zhan at UT Southwestern
Thesis title: Bayesian statistical modeling of metagenomic sequencing data [link]
First position: Data Scientist at Waste Management
1st place in the poster competition, 2019 Conference of Texas Statisticians (COTS 2019), Beaumont, Texas
Dr. Cong Zhang (Fall 2019 - Fall 2020), Ph.D. graduate in the statistics program, UT Dallas
Co-mentored with Dr. Min Chen at UT Dallas
Thesis title: Tracking dissemination of plasmids in the murine gut using Hi-C sequencing & Bayesian landmark-based shape analysis of tumor pathology images [link]
First position: Senior Biostatistician at Novartis
McDermott Graduate Fellow
Dr. Minzhe Zhang (Spring 2017 - Fall 2020), Ph.D. graduate in the biomedical engineering graduate program, UT Southwestern
Co-mentored with Dr. Guanghua Xiao and Dr. Yang Xie at UT Southwestern
Thesis title: Bayesian spatial analysis of high throughput sequencing data [link]
First position: Computational Biologist at GeneGenieDx