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Abby Nguyen

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Entered PhD program: 2024

Undergraduate Education: University of Notre Dame, Major: Applied and Computational Mathematics and Statistics (concentration: Biological Sciences), Minor: Data Science
 

 

 

Akhil Bandreddi

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Entered PhD program: 2023

Undergraduate Education: American University, Majors: Applied Mathematics and International Studies

 

 

 

Cuong Pham

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Entered PhD program: 2019

Hometown: Hai Phong, Vietnam

Undergraduate Education: Roosevelt University, Major: Actuarial Science, Minor: Business

Graduate Education: Loyola University Chicago, Master of Science: Applied Statistics

Current Research Focus: Statistical Approaches for Individualized Treatment Regimes and Dynamic Treatment Regimes | Thesis Advisor: Dr. Ashkan Ertefaie

David Skrill

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Entered PhD program: 2019

Undergraduate Education: Oberlin College and Conservatory, Majors: Economics (Mathematical Economics Concentration) & Cello Performance, Minor: Philosophy

Graduate Education: University of Rochester, Master of Music: Cello Performance and Literature

Current Research Focus: Novel Methods Leveraging Encoding Models to Understand the Perception of Natural Stimuli in the Human Brain | Thesis Advisor: Dr. Samuel Norman-Haignere

Eli Sun

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Entered PhD program: 2023

Undergraduate Education: University of Rochester, Major: Statistics

 

 

 

Hannah Swan

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Entered PhD program: 2020

Hometown: Aurora, Ohio

Undergraduate Education: Hamilton College, Major: Mathematics, Minor: Chemistry

Current Research Focus: Methods for Denoising and Analyzing isomiR Variants in miRNA-seq Data | Thesis Advisor: Dr. Matthew McCall

 

Hanwen (Fred) Li

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Entered PhD program: 2024

Undergraduate Education: University of Pittsburgh, Major: Data Science

 

 

 

Haotian (Alex) Guo

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Entered PhD program: 2022

Hometown: Shandong, China

Undergraduate Education: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Majors: Mathematics & Statistics and Analytics

 

 

Hongzhe Xu

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Entered PhD program: 2024

Undergraduate Education: Lanzhou University, Major: Mathematics

Graduate Education: University of Rochester, Master of Arts: Statistics



 

Jonathan Klus

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Entered PhD program: 2020

Hometown: Long Beach, New York

Undergraduate Education: Cornell University, Major: Applied Economics & Management

Graduate Education: Duke University, Master of Science: Statistical Science

Current Research Focus: Bayesian Infinite Mixture Models for Clustering Exposure Data | Thesis Advisor: Dr. Sally Thurston

Josh Marvald

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Entered PhD program: 2021

Undergraduate Education: St. Lawrence University, Majors: Mathematics and Statistics, Minor: Economics

Current Research Focus: Identifying Important Interactions with Bayesian Additive Regression Trees | Thesis Advisor: Dr. Tanzy Love

 

 

Luke McHan

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Entered PhD program: 2020

Hometown: Haughton, Louisiana

Undergraduate Education: University of Louisiana at Monroe, Major: Mathematics

Current Research Focus: Stepped Wedge Trials with Irregular Observation Times | Thesis Advisors: Drs. Michael McDermott and Brent Johnson

Meherab Hossain

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Entered PhD program: 2022

Hometown: Dhaka, Bangladesh

Undergraduate Education: Clark University, Major: Mathematics, Minors: Physics & Data Science

Nathan Provost

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Entered PhD program: 2023

Hometown: Greenfield, Massachusetts

Undergraduate Education: Brown University, Majors: Statistics and Applied Mathematics

Current Research Focus: Compound Generalized Estimating Equations with Applications to Interim Monitoring in Sequential Multiple Assignment Randomized Trials and Robust Semiparametric Decision Theoretic Reinforcement Learning Algorithms for Stochastic Action Time Models | Thesis Advisors: Drs. Abdus Wahed and Robert Strawderman

Ricardo Lopez Candelaria

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Entered PhD program: 2021

Hometown: San Sebastian, Puerto Rico

Undergraduate Education: University of Puerto Rico in Aguadilla, Major: Environmental Technology

Graduate Education: University of Puerto Rico in Mayaguez, Master of Science: Mathematical Statistics

Current Research Focus: Functional Data Analysis and Parameter Estimation Methods for Systems of Linear Ordinary Differential Equations | Thesis Advisor: Dr. Xing Qiu

Robert Beblavy

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Entered PhD program: 2020

Undergraduate Education: Binghamton University, Majors: Mathematical Sciences & Mathematical Physics

Current Research Focus: Novel Microbiome Data Analysis Methods for Diļ¬€erential Abundance Analysis, Network Analysis, and Mediation Analysis | Thesis Advisor: Dr. Michael Sohn

 

Samantha Manning

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Entered PhD program: 2020

Hometown: Frisco, Texas

Undergraduate Education: University of Southern California, Major: Mathematics

Graduate Education: University of Texas at Dallas, Master of Science: Bioinformatics and Computational Biology

Current Research Focus: Clustering for Data with Categorical Outcomes Using a Generalized Linear Mixed Effects Model with Simultaneous Variable Selection | Thesis Advisor: Dr. Tongtong Wu

TJ Weaver

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Entered PhD program: 2023

Hometown: Spencerport, New York

Undergraduate Education: Rochester Institute of Technology, Majors: Applied Statistics with Actuarial Science and Economics, Minor: American Politics

 

 

Willi Artman

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Entered PhD program: 2016

Undergraduate Education: University of Rochester, Major: Mathematics, Minor: Japanese

Current Research Focus: Design and Analysis of Sequential Multiple Assignment Randomized Trials and the Construction of Dynamic Treatment Regimes | Thesis Advisors: Drs. Ashkan Ertefaie and Brent Johnson

 

Xiangyi Chen

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Entered PhD program: 2024

Undergraduate Education: University of Rochester, Majors: Mathematics and Statistics, Minor: Business

 

 

 

Xinyue (Shirley) Mao

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Entered PhD program: 2022

Hometown: Fujian, China

Undergraduate Education: Syracuse University, Major: Mathematics

Current Research Focus: Statistical Approaches for Dynamic Treatment Regimes and Sequential Multiple Assignment Randomized Trials | Thesis Advisor: Dr. Abdus Wahed

 

Xinzhu (Claire) Wang

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Entered PhD program: 2022

Hometown: Anshan, China

Undergraduate Education: University of Wisconsin - Madison, Major: Molecular Biology

Graduate Education: Emory University, Master of Science in Public Health: Biostatistics

 

Zhelin Sheng

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Entered PhD program: 2024

Undergraduate Education: University of Rochester, Majors: Applied Mathematics and Computer Science

 

 

 

Zhining Sui

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Entered PhD program: 2023

Undergraduate Education: McGill University, Majors: Mathematics and Biology, Minor: Computer Science

Graduate Education: University of Washington, Master of Science: Biostatistics

 

Statistics MA & Biostatistics MS Students

  • Abhijnana (Abhi) Das (University of California, Berkeley: Physics & Molecular and Cellular Biology: Neurobiology)
  • Honghong Liu (South China Normal University: Financial Mathematics)
  • Michael Vota (Cornell University: Biological Sciences & Biometry and Statistics)
  • Yuntian (Charlie) Meng (Shanghai University of Finance and Economics: Data Science & Big Data Technology)
  • Zenan Liang (Liaoning University: Mathematics and Applied Mathematics)
  • Zhili He (Chongqing Normal University: Statistics)