About Me

I am an Assistant Professor of Statistics in the Department of Applied and Computational Mathematics and Statistics (ACMS) at the University of Notre Dame.  

I received my Ph.D. in Statistics from the Pennsylvania State University in 2021. I was very fortunate to be co-advised by Dr. Runze Li and Dr. Lingzhou Xue. Prior to graduate school, I received my B.S. in Statistics from School of the Gifted Young  at  University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) in 2016.

I became an Elected Member of the International Statistical Institute in 2025. My research has recently been recognized with the 2027 Bernoulli Society New Research Award. 

My research interests include:

• Statistical foundations of AI & machine learning

• AI-empowered statistical learning and inference 

• High-dimensional statistics & large-scale statistical inference

• Causal learning and inference

• Statistical applications in business analytics, econometrics, public health, and social sciences. 

My research is partially supported by NIH R01GM152812 (Multiple-PI role).

Selected Honors & Awards

• Bernoulli Society New Reseacher Award, 2027

• Elected Member, International Statistical Institute (ISI), 2025

• American Mathematical Society (AMS) Simons Travel Grant, 2023

• Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM) Travel Grant, 2023

• Institute of Mathematical Statistics (IMS) New Researcher Travel Award, 2023

• Lucy Institute AnalytiXIN Summer Fellow, 2022

• Penn State Alumni Association Dissertation Award, 2021

• Institute of Mathematical Statistics (IMS) Hannan Graduate Student Travel Award, 2021

• Science for Social Good Fellow, IBM Research, 2019

• Best Student Paper Award in Business and Economics Statistics, ASA, 2018