• PhD Students

  • Xi Lu

  • Kun Fan

  • Yuwen Liu


  • Master Student

  • Gongshun Yang


  • Undergraduate Student

  • Lauren Yoksh Recipient of the award for Undergraduate Research in the College of Arts & Sciences at K State, Fall 2021


  • Conference Presentation: Jie (JSM 17,19), Yinhao (ENAR 18, JSM 19), Fei (ICSA 18, JSM 19), Xi (ICSA 19, JSM 20), Yuwen (NESS 2022, JSM 22)

Our talks at JSM 2019 [Link]


  • Lab Alumni

  • Fei Zhou PhD 2021. Summer intern at Vertex 19, Novartis 20

Dissertation: High-dimensional variable selection in longitudinal and nonlinear gene-environment interaction studies.

First job: Postdoctoral Associate. University of Michigan.

  • Yinhao Du PhD 2021. Data Science & Analytics intern at Monsanto 18

Dissertation: Penalized variable selection for gene-environment interactions

First job: Assistant Professor of Statistics, Dalian Maritime University, China

  • Jie Ren PhD 2020. Summer intern at Travelers 17, Illumina 18

Dissertation: High-dimensional variable selection for genomics data, from both frequentist and Bayesian perspectives

First job: Assistant Professor, Department of Biostatistics and Health Data Science, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN


  • Isaiah Solorzano, BS 20. (09/2019 − 05/2020). Gap year. Research project: stability selection in high dimensional multi-nomial regression using cancer genomics data

  • Tyler Bastian, BS 19. (09/2017 − 05/2019). Recipient of the award for Undergraduate Research in the College of Arts & Sciences at K State, Fall 2018

  • Dewey Molenda, BS 17. (11/2016 − 04/2017). Data Analyst, Marsh & McLennan Agency

  • Ye Li, BS16. (01 − 08/2016). M.S. in Biostatistics. Yale Class of 2018.

  • Dr. Jianfeng He, Visiting scholar (07/2017 − 07/2018). Associate Professor, South China University of Technology