I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Statistics at University of Connecticut. Prior to this, I was a Postdoc in the Department of Biostatistics at Columbia University, mentored by Prof. Yuanjia Wang. I received a Ph.D. in Statistics from Iowa state University under the supervision of Profs. Dan Nettleton, Yehua Li, and Somak Dutta. I earned my BS degree in Statistics from University of Science and Technology of China (USTC).

My research interests include reinforcement learning, deep learning, high-dimensional data, nonparametric/functional data analysis, Bayesian computational methods, and applications in mental health and neurosciences.