Students

Current PhD students

• Rentian Yao (advised from 2020, co-advised with Xiaohui Chen, 2024 Norton Prize Co-Winner for outstanding thesis research in statistics at UIUC): expected to graduate in 2024

• Yubo Zhuang (advised from 2021, co-advised with Xiaohui Chen): expected to graduate in 2026

• Linjun Huang (advised from 2022): expected to graduate in 2026

• Chenyang Wang (advised from 2023): expected to graduate in 2027

Past PhD students

• Shishuang He (advised from 2020 -- 2023, co-advised with Feng Liang): Meta

• Yifan Chen (advised from 2019 -- 2023): Assistant professor in Computer Science at Hong Kong Baptist University

• Rong Tang (advised from 2019 -- 2023, 2023 Norton Prize Winner for outstanding thesis research in statistics at UIUC): Assistant professor in Mathematics at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

• Wei Han (advised from 2018 -- 2022)

• Yangfan Zhang (advised from 2019 -- 2022, co-advised with Xiaofeng Shao): Two Sigma

• Ke Li (advised from 2018 -- 2022, co-advised with Naveen Narisetty): Facebook

• Peng Zhao (advised from 2016 -- 2018 at Florida State University): Assistant professor in Applied Economics and Statistics at University of Delaware

• Shuang Zhou (advised from 2016 -- 2018 at Florida State University): Assistant professor in Statistics at Arizona State University