Education and Employment
Associate Professor, Department of Statistics, Western Michigan University, 2023 - presentÂ
Assistant Professor, Department of Statistics, Western Michigan University, 2017 - 2023
Ph.D. in Statistics, The Pennsylvania State University, 2017
Co-Advisors: Dr. Lingzhou Xue and Dr. David Hunter
M.S. in Statistics, Korea University, 2012
Advisor: Dr. Ja-Yong Koo
B.S. in Statistics, 2010
B.S. in Financial Engineering, 2010
Academic Awards
2024 College of Arts and Sciences Faculty Achievement Award Winner for Excellence in TeachingÂ
2020 Excellence in Discover Award for Largest New Interdisciplinary Award Across Multiple Colleges, 2021
WMU Most Valuable Professor (MVP), 2020
ICOSDA Travel Grant, 2019
SDSS Early-Career Travel Award, 2019
ASA Distinguished Student Paper Award, Statistical Learning and Data Science Section, 2016
ASA Distinguished Student Paper Award, Biometrics Section, 2016 (*Declined due to JSM policy)
ICSA Distinguished Student Paper Award, International Chinese Statistical Association, 2016
Fellowships
Academic Computing Fellowship, The Pennsylvania State University, 2015-2017
Brumbach Distinguished Graduate Fellowship, The Pennsylvania State University, 2012-2013
Grants
The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) Award (co-PI), 2019-2021
Omron Healthcare Co., LTD Award (co-PI), 2019-2020