Dengdeng Yu

I obtained my BSc in Information and Computing Science from Southeast University (2007), followed by an MSc in Finance from the University of Ulm (2011). I completed an MSc and PhD in Statistics at the University of Alberta (2017) under the supervision of Dr. Linglong Kong and Dr. Ivan Mizera. I held postdoctoral appointments at the University of Toronto and the Canadian Statistical Sciences Institute (CANSSI) (2018–2020) and at the University of Alberta (2020) before joining UT Arlington as an assistant professor of mathematics (2021–2023). Currently, I am an assistant professor in the Department of Management Science and Statistics at the Alvarez College of Business, UT San Antonio. 

My research interests include High Dimensional Data Analysis, Functional Data Analysis, Statistical Machine Learning, Causal Inference, Quantile Regression, Neuroimaging Data Analysis, and Imaging Genetics.