Education

• Ph.D. in Statistics, Iowa State University, 2014
• Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics, Iowa State University, 2010
• B.Sc. in Computational Mathematics, Chongqing University, 2003

Editorial Service

• Co-Editor in Chief, Journal of Biopharmaceutical Statistics, 2023 – present
• Associate editor, Statistica Sinica, 2023 – present
• Associate editor, Biometrics, 2021 – present
• Associate editor, Journal of Multivariate Analysis, 2021 – present
• Editorial advsiory board, New Phytologist, 2017 – present
• Panel of reviewers, AMS: Mathematical Reviews, 2021 – 2023
• Guest editor, Mathematical Biosciences and Engineering, special issue on Recent Advancements on Quantitative Methods for Genomics and Genetics, 2018-2020

Honors & Awards

• Elected Member of International Statistical Institute (ISI), 2020
• Los Alamos Statistical Sciences Conference Travel Grant, 2014
• Top 5 Finish in the 14th Data Mining Cup Competition, Prudsys AG, 2013
  • Team leader of the Iowa State University Team
  • Media Coverage:
    • http://www.news.iastate.edu/news/2013/07/25/datamining
    • http://magazine.amstat.org/blog/2013/10/01/iowa-state-dmc/
• Chair’s Award on Academic Excellence, Department of Statistics, Iowa State University, 2012
• Graduate Teaching Excellent Awards, Iowa State University, 2010
• Robert J. Lambert Award for Excellecne in Applied Mathematics, Department of Mathematics, Iowa State University, 2008
• Professional Advancement Grant, Iowa State University, 2007

Professional Experience

• Current
  • Affiliated Member, New York Genome Center, New York, 10/2024 – Present
  • Affiliate Member, Center for Health Data Science, School of Global Public Health, New York University, 10/2024 – Present
  • Affiliate Associate Professor, Department of of Statistics, Colorado State University, 09/2024 – Present
  • Associate Professor, Department of Biostatistics, School of Global Public Health, New York University, 07/2024 – Present
  • WNAR program coordinator, 01/2024- Present
  • Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Biostatistics and Informatics, Colorado School of Public Health, 12/2020 – Present
• Previous
  • Visiting Scholar, Department of Statistics, University of California, Berkeley, 10/2022 – 11/2022
  • Affiliate Faculty Member, Data Science Research Institute (DSRI), Colorado State University, 09/2021 – 07/2024
  • Affiliate Faculty Member, Molecular, Cellular and Integrative Neurosciences (MCIN), Colorado State University, 10/2020 – 07/2024
  • Associate Professor, Department of Statistics, Colorado State University, 07/2020 – 07/2024
  • Assistant Professor, Department of Statistics, Colorado State University, 08/2014 – 06/2020
  • Core Faculty Member, GAUSSI Program, Colorado State University, 04/2015 – 05/2016
  • Research Assistant, Department of Statistics, Iowa State University, 06/2012 – 06/2014. Mentor: Professor Peng Liu
  • TFS Statistics Intern, Monsanto Co. Chesterfield, MO, 05-08/2013
  • Visiting Scholar, Department of Mathematics, Iowa State University, 01/2011 – 05/2013. Mentor: Professor Zhijun Wu