Welcome!

I am an Associate Professor in Department of Mathematics at Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), South Korea. My research lies at the intersection of statistical learning and reinforcement learning, with a focus on developing scalable methods for high-dimensional data, particularly in genomics and bioinformatics. My work aims to uncover the biological mechanisms underlying diseases and complex traits.

In 2014, I received my Ph.D. in Statistics at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, co-advised by Jason P. Fine and Yufeng Liu. I did my postdoctoral training at University of Wisconsin Madison under Sunduz Keles from 2014-2017, and then worked in Department of Mathematical Sciences at University of Texas at Dallas as an Assistant Professor from 2017-2022. My bachelor's degree in Statistics and Economics and master's degree in Statistics are from Seoul National University.

If you are interested in my research, please feel free to reach out to me at sunyoungshin AT postech.ac.kr