Education

Ph.D. in Statistics from Stanford University 

Research Interests

High-dimensional statistics, machine learning, statistical optimization

Applied statistics for business, engineering and sciences

Academic Positions  

    Professor, Johns Hopkins University, 07/2026--present 

    Dr. Lynn Y.S. Lin Distinguished Professor, University of Minnesota, 09/2023–06/2026

    Full Professor of Statistics (with tenure), University of Minnesota, 08/2014–06/2026

    Associate Professor of Statistics (with tenure), University of Minnesota, 08/2009–08/2014

    Assistant Professor of Statistics (tenure track), University of Minnesota, 08/2005–08/2009

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