Education

Ph.D. in Statistics from Stanford University (advisor: Trevor Hastie) 

Research interests

High-dimensional statistics, machine learning, statistical optimization

Applied statistics for business, engineering and sciences

Employment 

    07/2026--, Department of Applied Mathematics and Statistics, Johns Hopkins University

    08/2005--06/2026, School of Statistics, University of Minnesota

Honors

Founders of Statistics Prize (given biennially, at the ISI World Statistics Congress)

Pau-Lu Hsu Award (given triennially to an individual under the age of 50)

World top 2% scientists rank by Stanford University 2020--2025 (my data)

Fellow elected, American Association For The Advancement Of Science (2023)

Best Paper Award in Applied Mathematics, 2019 ICCM

Fellow of American Statistical Association 2019

Fellow of Institute of Mathematical Statistics 2015

Web of Science Highly Cited Researcher, 2014--2019

Institute of Mathematical Statistics Tweedie award, 2011

NSF career award, 2009