Alumni

Doctoral Students

[1] Yixuan Ye, Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, 2017 – 2022

Current position: Data Scientist, Google

[2] Yiliang Zhang, Department of Biostatistics, 2017 – 2022

Current position: Algorithm Developer, Hudson River Trading

[3] Xing Wu, Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology (joint with S. Dellaporta)

Current position: Postdoc, Stanford University

[4] Wei Liu, Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, 2017 – 2022

Current position: Boston Consulting Group

[5] Maryam Zekavat, MD/PhD student, 2017 – 2022

Current position: Resident, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Institute

[6] Geyu Zhou, Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, 2017 – 2022

Current position: Postdoc, Yale University

[7] Boyang Li, Department of Biostatistics, 2017 – 2022

Current position: Applied Scientist, Uber

[8] Zhaolong Yu, Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, 2016 – 2022

Current position: Data Scientist, Google

[9] Jiawei Wang, Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, 2016 – 2022

Current position: Postdoc, Yale

[10] Wenxuan Deng, Department of Biostatistics, 2016 – 2021

Current position: Data Scientist, Gauntlet Network

[11] Ming Chen, Department of Biostatistics, 2016 – 2021

Current position: Johnson & Johnson

[12] Daiwei Tang, Department of Biostatistics, 2016 – 2021

Current position: Primavera Capital Group

[13] Mo Li, Department of Biostatistics, 2015 – 2020

Current Position: AI Data Scientist, Microsoft Research

[14] Dingjue Ji, Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, 2015 – 2020

Current Position: Algorithm Engineer II, Alibaba

[15] Xiaochen Wang, Department of Biostatistics, 2014 – 2020

Current Position: Senior Software Engineer, Facebook

[16] Xinyue Li, Department of Biostatistics, 2014 – 2019

Current Position: Assistant Professor, City University of Hong Kong

[17] Ryan Powles, Computational Biology and Bioinformatics (Joint with L. Pusztai), 2014 – 2019

Current Position: Research Investigator, Bristol-Myers Squibb

[18] Michael Klein, Computational Biology and Bioinformatics (Joint with D. Stern), 2012 – 2019

Current Position: Bioinformatics Scientist, Sema4

[19] Yiyi Liu, Department of Biostatistics, 2013 – 2018

Current Position: Quantitative Researcher, Citedal

[17] Yiming Hu, Department of Biostatistics, 2013 – 2018

Current Position: Quantitative Researcher, The Voleon Group

[18] Li Zeng, Department of Biostatistics, 2013 – 2018

Current Position: Quantitative Researcher, Quantlab

[19] Tianqi Liu, Department of Biostatistics, 2012 – 2017

Current Position: Data Scientist, Google

[20] Qiongshi Lu, Department of Biostatistics, 2012 – 2017

Current Position: Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin at Madison

[21] Qian Wang, Computational Biology and Bioinformatics (Joint with J. Gelernter), 2012 – 2017

Current Position: Data Scientist, Google

[22] Jiehuan Sun, Department of Biostatistics, 2012 – 2017

Current Position: Assistant Professor, University of Illinois at Chicago

[23] Chris Fragoso, Computational Biology and Bioinformatics (Joint with S. Dellaporta), 2012 – 2017

Current Position: Computational Biologist and Data Scientist, Verinomics

[24] Yuwei Cheng, Computational Biology and Bioinformatics (Joint with M. Gunel), 2011 – 2016

Current position: Lead Data Scientist, Albertsons Companies

[25] Xiu Huang, Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, 2010 – 2016

Current position: Senior Manager, AbbVie

[26] Zhixiang Lin, Computational Biology and Bioinformatics (Joint with M. State), 2010 – 2015

Current position: Assistant Professor, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

[27] Cong Li, Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, Yale University, 2010 – 2015

Current position: Associate Director, Takeda Inc.

[28] Ken Hui, MD/PhD student in Computational Biology and Bioinformatics (Joint with J. Cho), 2010 – 2014

Current position: Assistant Professor, Johns Hopkins University

[29] Mengjie Chen, Computational Biology and Bioinformatics (Joint with H. Lin), 2009 – 2014

Current position: Assistant Professor, University of Chicago

[30] Gregory Ryslik, Department of Biostatistics, 2009 – 2014

Current position: Executive Vice President, Compass Pathways

[31] Xiaowei Chen, Computational Biology and Bioinformatics (Joint with F. Slack), 2008 – 2014

Current position: Senior Manager, Amazon

[32] Haisu Ma, Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, 2008 – 2013

Current position: Research Data Scientist, Meta

[33] Jia Kang, Computational Biology and Bioinformatics (Joint with J. Cho), 2006 – 2011

Current position: Senior Principal Scientist, Merck

[34] Laura Mustavich, Computational Biology and Bioinformatics (Joint with K. K. Kidd), 2005 – 2010

Current position: Predictive Modeler, CSAA Insurance Group

[35] Song Huang, Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, 2004 – 2010

Current position: Quantitative Trader, Laurion Capital Management LP

[36] Zheyang Wu, Division of Biostatistics, 2004 – 2009

Current position: Professor, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

[37] David Ballard, Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, 2004 – 2009

Current position: Principle Data Scientist, Celgene

[38] Hebert Pang, Division of Biostatistics, 2003 – 2008

Current position: Associate Professor, Hong Kong University

[39] Valentin Dinu, Computational Biology and Bioinformatics (Joint with P. Miller), 2003 – 2007

Current position: Associate Professor, Arizona State University

[40] Yin Liu, Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, 2002 – 2007

Current position: Associate Professor, University of Texas at Houston

[41] Debayan Datta, Biomedical Engineering, 2001 – 2008

Current position: Bioinformatician, qGenomics, Barcelona, Spain

[42] Liang Chen, Biology, 2001 – 2006

Current position: Professor, University of Southern California

[43] Xiaoye Li, Applied Mathematics, 2000 – 2006

Current position: Quantitative Specialist, Societe Generale

[44] Nianjun Liu, Division of Biostatistics (Joint with T. Holford), 1999 – 2005

Current position: Professor, Indiana University

[45] Baolin Wu, Division of Biostatistics, 1999 – 2004

Current position: Professor, University of California at Irvine

[46] Shuang Wang, Division of Biostatistics, 1998 – 2003

Current position: Professor, Columbia University

Postdocs

[1] Yunan Wu (Ph.D. in Statistics), 2020

Current position: Assistant Professor, University of Texas at Dallas

[2] Peifeng Ruan (Ph.D. in Statistics), 2020 – 2022

Current position: Assistant Professor, UT Southwestern Medical Center

[3] Wei Jiang (Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering), 2018 – 2021

Current position: Associate Research Scientist, Yale University

[4] Cecilia Dao (Ph.D. in Statistics), 2017 – 2021

Current position: Associate Research Scientist, Yale University

[5] Kelson Zawack (Ph.D. in Computational Biology), 2017 – 2022

Current position: Associate Research Scientist, Yale University

[6] LiJin Joo (Ph.D. in Biostatistics), 2017 – 2019

Current position: Postdoc, MD Anderson Cancer Center

[7] Seyoung Park (Ph.D. in Statistics), 2016 – 2018

Current position: Assistant Professor, Sungkyunkwan University

[8] Gang Peng (Ph.D. in Biostatistics), joint with Curt Scharfe, 2015 – 2018

Current position: Assistant Professor, Indiana University

[9] Quan Chen (Ph.D. in Computational Biology), joint with Joel Gelernter, 2015 – 2016

Current position: Sema4

[10] Ying Zhu (Ph.D. in Neurobiology), joint with Nenad Sestan, 2014 – 2017

Current position: Assistant Professor, Fudan University

[11] Liyang Diao (Ph.D. in Computational Biology), 2014 – 2016

Current position: Associate Director, Pyxis Oncology

[12] Ruoqing Zhu (Ph.D. in Biostatistics), joint with Shuangge Ma, 2013 – 2015

Current position: Associate Professor, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign

[13] Tao Wang (Ph.D. in Statistics), 2013 – 2015

Current position: Associate Professor, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

[14] Dongjun Chung (Ph.D. in Statistics), 2013 – 2014

Current position: Associate Professor, Ohio State University

[15] Kuang-Yao Lee (Ph.D. in Statistics), 2012 – 2015

Current position: Assistant Professor, Temple University

[16] Can Yang (Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, joint with J. Gelernter), 2011 – 2012

Current position: Associate Professor, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

[17] Lin Hou (Ph.D. in Statistics), 2011 – 2012

Current position: Associate Professor, Tsinghua University, China

[18] Lisa Chung (Ph.D. in Statistics), 2010 – 2012

Current position: Quantitative Analyst, Google

[19] Gengxin Li (Ph.D. in Statistics), 2010 – 2012

Current position: Associate Professor, University of Michigan at Dearborn

[20] Hongjian Zhu (Ph.D. in Statistics), 2010 – 2012

Current position: Associate Professor, University of Texas at Houston

[21] John Ferguson (Ph.D. in Statistics, joint with J. Cho), 2009 – 2011

Current position: Senior Research Fellow, UNI Galway, Ireland

[22] Xiting Yan (Ph.D. in Computational Biology), 2009 – 2010

Current position: Assistant Professor, Yale University

[23] Hyonho Chun (Ph.D. in Statistics), 2009 – 2010

Current position: Associate Professor, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

[24] Xin Qi (Ph.D. in Statistics), 2008 – 2011

Current position: Assistant Professor, Georgia State University

[25] Min Chen (Ph.D. in Statistics), 2008 – 2010

Current position: Professor, University of Texas at Dallas

[26] Ruiyan Luo (Ph.D. in Statistics), 2007 – 2010

Current position: Associate Professor, Georgia State University

[27] Joon Sang Lee (Ph.D. in Statistics), 2007 – 2011

Current position: Cellular Analysis Group Leader, Sanofi

[28] Joshua Sampson (Ph.D. in Biostatistics), 2007 – 2009

Current position: Senior Science Advisor, FDA

[29] Chatchawit Aporntewan (Ph.D. in Computer Science), 2007 – 2009

Current position: Associate Professor, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand

[30] Iryna Lobach (Ph.D. in Statistics), 2006 – 2008

Current position: Senior Principal Biostatistician, Novartis

[31] Jiguo Cao (Ph.D. in Statistics), 2006 – 2007

Current position: Professor and Canada Research Chair, Simon Fraser University, Canada

[32] Eleanne Solorzano Dowd (Ph.D. in Statistics), 2005 – 2007

Current position: Associate Professor, University of New Hampshire

[33] Tiejun Tong (Ph.D. in Statistics), 2005 – 2007

Current position: Professor, Hong Kong Baptist University

[34] Inyoung Kim (Ph.D. in Statistics), 2005 – 2007

Current position: Associate Professor, Virginia Tech University

[35] Zeny Feng (Ph.D. in Statistics), 2004 – 2006

Current position: Professor, University of Guelph, Canada

[36] Tao Huang (Ph.D. in Statistics), 2004 – 2006

Current position: Associate Professor, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, Shanghai, China

[37] Weichuan Yu (Ph.D. in Computer Science), 2004 – 2006

Current position: Professor, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

[38] Cheungeun Oh (Ph.D. in Statistics, joint with Dr. Holford), 2003 – 2005

Current position: Associate Professor, New York University

[39] Junfeng Liu (Ph.D. in Statistics), 2003 – 2005

Current position: Professor, Qingdao University, China

[40] Naixin Li (Ph.D. in Biochemistry), 2003 – 2005

Current position: Computer Scientist, Boston area

[41] Nan Lin (Ph.D. in Statistics), 2003 – 2004

Current position: Professor, Washington University

[42] Yinglei Lai (Ph.D. in Computational Biology), 2003 – 2004

Current position: Professor, George Washington University

[43] Zhong Guan (Ph.D. in Statistics), 2001 – 2004

Current position: Professor, Indiana University at South Bend

[44] Deyun Pan (Ph.D. in Plant Physiology), 2001 – 2003

Current position: CTO, Xcinex.com

[45] Jianhua Guo (Ph.D. in Statistics), 2001 – 2003

Current position: Professor and Vice President, Northeast Normal University, China

[46] Guohua Zou (Ph.D. in Systems Sciences), 2001 – 2003

Current position: Professor, Chinese Academy of Sciences and Capital Normal University

[47] Qihua Wang (Ph.D. in Mathematical Statistics), 2001

Current position: Professor, Chinese Academy of Sciences

[48] Shuanglin Zhang (Ph.D. in Mathematical Statistics), 1999 – 2001

Current position: Henes Professor, Michigan Technological University

[49] Kui Zhang (Ph.D. in Probability), 1999 – 2001

Current position: Dave House Endowed Professor, Michigan Technological University

[50] Jinming Li (Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics), 1999 – 2001

Current position: Professor, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China

Associate Research Scientists

[1] Dawei Li, 2008 - 2012

Current position: Assistant Professor, University of Vermont

[2] Kangyu Zhang, 2009 - 2013

Current position: Senior Director, CStone Pharmaceuticals

[3] Wei Zheng, 2009 - 2012

Current position: Associate Director, Moderna Therapeutics

[4] Yuping Zhang, 2013 - 2014

Current position: Associate Professor, University of Connecticut

[5] Xiaoqing Yu, 2014 - 2017

Current position: Assistant Member, Moffit Cancer Center