Alumni:

PhD:

• Li (Cindy) Feng (PhD in Nutritional Epidemiology 2022-24, co-advised with Dr. David Lei from NFSC at UMD; APHA 2023 student paper award) 

- first position: Post-doc fellow at NCI ITEB

• Hongjie Ke (PhD in STAT-BB 2020-2024, Outstanding Graduate Assistant Award for AY 22-23)

- first position: (Tenure-track) Assistant Professor at Capital University of Economics and Business, China

• Travis Canida (PhD in STAT-BB 2021-2025, ICSA 2024 Student Paper Horonable Mention, Dean's Scholar Award 2025)

- first position: Mathematical Statistician, FDA

• Neng Wang (PhD in STAT 2022-2025, Hauptman Summer Research Fellowship 2023) 

- first position: Biostatistician III, Innovent Bio. 

Master:   

• Halley Milleson (Master in Statistics UMD; Research Assistant 2024-25)

- first positin: Data analyst at United Therapeutics

• Zewen Du (Master in Biostatistics NYU; Research intern summer 2023) 

- first position: PhD student in Biostatistics, University of Pittsburgh

• Alisa Kotz (BS-MPH in Biostatistic 2022-23; Departmental Gold Research Award 2022, Dean's Graduate Scholar Award) 

- first position: Statistical analyst at FDA

• Mackensie Horn (BS-MPH in Biostatistics 2020-22) 

- first position: Data analyst at Henry Jackson Foundation

• Ameri Mahsa (MPH in Biostatistics 2020-22) 

- first position: Data aminstrator at Amarex Clinical Research Inc

• Amanda Behdin (MPH in Biostatistics; 2020-22) 

- first position: Statistician at Noridian Healthcare

• Boao Zhao (MPH in Biostatistics; 2020-22) 

- first position: PhD student in Statistics, George Mason University

• Erica Lee (BS-MPH in Biostatistics; 2020-22) 

- first position: Research Assistant at Henry Jackson Foundation

• Kevin Chuang (MPH in Biostatistics; 2019-21) 

- first position: Research Assistant II at Henry Jackson Foundation

• Eunsol Shim (MPH in Biostatistics; 2019-20) 

- first position: Statistician at US Census Bureau; 

- current position: Statistician at FDA

• Megan Gerdes (MPH in Biostatistics; 2019-20) 

- first position: ORISE fellow at CDC

• John Yee (MPH in Biostatistics; 2019-20) 

- first position: Statistician at US Census Bureau

• Manyun Zhao (MPH in Biostatistics; 2018-20) 

- first position: Biostatistician at Northwestern University

• Zhenyao Ye (MPH in Biostatistics; 2018-20; Departmental Gold Research Award 2020) 

- first position: PhD student in Genetics, University of Maryland School of Medicine

Undergraduate/High school:

• Eric Li (Senior student at UMD, Research intern summer 2024)

- first position: MS in Biostatistics, Harvard University

• Priyanshi Patel (Senior student from Riverhill HS; Research intern summer 2022) 

- first position: Admitted to UMD Honors College

Prospective Students:

If you are currently a PhD or Master student in Statistics/Biostatistics, Bioinformatics, Computer Science, Applied Mathematics or any related fields at the University of Maryland and interested in our group's research, you are welcome to contact me via email with your recent CV attached. I have ongoing projects in multiple directions that can involve you in and I am open to advise new students.  

I am also open to students who are interested in looking for summer research opportunities.