Ph.D. Advisees
Jake Yizhou Cai
Fall 2022 - current (expected Spring 2026)
Dissertation title: Maximum Ideal Likelihood Estimator: A Unified Estimation and Inference Framework for Latent Variable Models
Fanghua Chen (co-advising with Dr. Ray Bai)
Fall 2024 - current
Dissertation title: Deep Learning Theory and Methods for Dependent and Complex Data
Sehun An (co-advising with Dr. Shanghong Xie)
Spring 2025 - current
Dissertation title: TBD
Lu Zhou (co-advising with Dr. Xianzheng Huang)
Fall 2025 - current
Dissertation title: TBD
Other Major Student Collaborators
Kaidi Lyu (B.S. Computer Science): Fall 25 - current
Christian Richard (B.S.B.A. Finance and Supply Chain): Spring 25 - current, Capstone Scholar (award fund $1,500)
Anthony H. Zou (River Bluff High School, Columbia, SC): Spring 2025 - current
Undergraduate Senior Thesis
Thesis director:
Andrew Gosnell (Spring 2024), Accounting, minor in Statistics
Thesis title: Do NFL Combine Results Predict Future NFL Success
Second reader:
Cade Stanley (Spring 2023), Mathematics & Statistics
Thesis title: Modeling the Probability of a Successful Stolen Base Attempt in Major League Baseball