Ph.D. in Statistics, University of Missouri - Columbia, 2011 - 2015

B.S. in Mathematics and Applied Mathematics, Jilin University, China, 2007 - 2011

CLAS Junior Faculty Development Award, UNC Charlotte, 2022

ASA Statistics in Epidemiology Norman Breslow Award, JSM, 2017

ASA Biopharmaceutical Award, ICSA & Graybill, 2015

China National Scholarship, 2009

Outstanding Student Scholarship, Jilin University, China, 2008&2010

NIH 1R01HL159376-01 (Co-I, $82,169; PI: Kenneth Ataga; 2021-2026): "Predicting Progression of Chronic Kidney Disease in Sickle Cell Anemia Using Machine Learning Models (PREMIER)"

NSF DMS-1916170 (PI, $120,000; 2019-2023): "Two-phase Sampling with Interval-censored Data"

UNC Charlotte Faculty Research Grant (PI, $7,700; 2018-2019): "Outcome-dependent Sampling Designs with Interval-censored Failure Time Data"