Alumni

Doctoral Students

  1. Biqing Zhu, Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, 2019 – 2024

    Current position: Postdoctoral Research Fellow - Data Scientist, Merck

  2. Chi Zhang, Department of Biostatistics, 2019 – 2024

    Current position: Biostatistics Manager, Amgen

  3. Yuhan Xie, Department of Biostatistics, 2018 – 2023

    Current position: Postdoc, Yale University

  4. Yuge Wang, Department of Biostatistics, 2018 – 2023

    Current position: Applied Scientist, Uber

  5. Eddie Li, Department of Biostatistics, 2018 – 2023

    Current position: Research Data Scientist, Google

  6. Chang Su, Department of Biostatistics, 2018 – 2023

    Current position: Assistant Professor, Emory University

  7. Yixuan Ye, Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, 2017 – 2022

    Current position: Data Scientist, Google

  8. Yiliang Zhang, Department of Biostatistics, 2017 – 2022

    Current position: Algorithm Developer, Hudson River Trading

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

    Current position: Postdoc, UC Berkeley

  10. Wei Liu, Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, 2017 – 2022

    Current position: Boston Consulting Group

  11. Maryam Zekavat, MD/PhD student, 2017 – 2022

    Current position: Resident, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Institute

  12. Geyu Zhou, Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, 2017 – 2022

    Current position: Assistant Professor, Purdue University/p>

  13. Boyang Li, Department of Biostatistics, 2017 – 2022

    Current position: Applied Scientist, Uber

  14. Zhaolong Yu, Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, 2016 – 2022

    Current position: Data Scientist, Google

  15. Jiawei Wang, Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, 2016 – 2022

    Current position: Postdoc, Yale

  16. Wenxuan Deng, Department of Biostatistics, 2016 – 2021

    Current position: Data Scientist, Gauntlet Network

  17. Ming Chen, Department of Biostatistics, 2016 – 2021

    Current position: Senior Statistician, Johnson & Johnson

  18. Daiwei Tang, Department of Biostatistics, 2016 – 2021

    Current position: Primavera Capital Group

  19. Mo Li, Department of Biostatistics, 2015 – 2020

    Current position: Senior Applied Scientist, Microsoft Research

  20. Dingjue Ji, Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, 2015 – 2020

    Current position: Algorithm Engineer II, Alibaba

  21. Xiaochen Wang, Department of Biostatistics, 2014 – 2020

    Current position: Senior Software Engineer, Facebook

  22. Xinyue Li, Department of Biostatistics, 2014 – 2019

    Current position: Assistant Professor, City University of Hong Kong

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

    Current position: Principal Scientist, Bristol-Myers Squibb

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

    Current position: Bioinformatics Scientist, Sema4

  25. Yiyi Liu, Department of Biostatistics, 2013 – 2018

    Current position: Quantitative Researcher, Citadel

  26. Yiming Hu, Department of Biostatistics, 2013 – 2018

    Current position: Quantitative Researcher, The Voleon Group

  27. Li Zeng, Department of Biostatistics, 2013 – 2018

    Current position: Quantitative Researcher, Quantlab

  28. Tianqi Liu, Department of Biostatistics, 2012 – 2017

    Current position: Software Engineer, Google

  29. Qiongshi Lu, Department of Biostatistics, 2012 – 2017

    Current position: Associate Professor, University of Wisconsin at Madison

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

    Current position: Senior Data Scientist, Google

  31. Jiehuan Sun, Department of Biostatistics, 2012 – 2017

    Current position: Assistant Professor, University of Illinois at Chicago

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

    Current position: Computational Biologist and Data Scientist, Verinomics

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

    Current position: Data Science Manager, Albertsons Companies

  34. Xiu Huang, Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, 2010 – 2016

    Current position: Senior Manager, AbbVie

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

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

  36. Cong Li, Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, Yale University, 2010 – 2015

    Current position: Associate Director, Takeda Inc.

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

    Current position: Assistant Professor, Johns Hopkins University

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

    Current position: Associate Professor, University of Chicago

  39. Gregory Ryslik, Department of Biostatistics, 2009 – 2014

    Current position: Executive Vice President, Compass Pathways

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

    Current position: Senior Manager, Amazon

  41. Haisu Ma, Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, 2008 – 2013

    Current position: Research Data Scientist, Meta

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

    Current position: Senior Principal Scientist, Merck

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

    Current position: Predictive Modeler, CSAA Insurance Group

  44. Song Huang, Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, 2004 – 2010

    Current position: Quantitative Trader, Laurion Capital Management LP

  45. Zheyang Wu, Division of Biostatistics, 2004 – 2009

    Current position: Professor, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

  46. David Ballard, Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, 2004 – 2009

    Current position: Head of Data Science, Civetta Therapeutics

  47. Hebert Pang, Division of Biostatistics, 2003 – 2008

    Current position: Expert statistical scientist (technical Senior Director lvl equivalent), Genentech/Roche

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

    Current position: Associate Professor, Arizona State University

  49. Yin Liu, Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, 2002 – 2007

    Current position: Associate Professor, University of Texas at Houston

  50. Debayan Datta, Biomedical Engineering, 2001 – 2008

    Current position: Bioinformatician, qGenomics, Barcelona, Spain

  51. Liang Chen, Biology, 2001 – 2006

    Current position: Professor, University of Southern California

  52. Xiaoye Li, Applied Mathematics, 2000 – 2006

    Current position: Quantitative Specialist, Societe Generale

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

    Current position: Professor, Indiana University

  54. Baolin Wu, Division of Biostatistics, 1999 – 2004

    Current position: Professor, University of California at Irvine

  55. Shuang Wang, Division of Biostatistics, 1998 – 2003

    Current position: Professor, Columbia University

Postdocs

  1. Tuhin Sheikh (Ph.D. in Statistics), 2022 – 2024

    Current position: Assistant Professor, Arizona State University

  2. Geyu Zhou (Ph.D. in Computational Biology and Bioinformatics), 2022 – 2024

    Current position: Assistant Professor, Purdue University

  3. Biao Cai (Ph.D. in Statistics), 2021 – 2023

    Current position: Assistant Professor, City University of Hong Kong

  4. Yunan Wu (Ph.D. in Statistics), 2020

    Current position: Assistant Professor, Tsinghua University

  5. Peifeng Ruan (Ph.D. in Statistics), 2020 – 2022

    Current position: Assistant Professor, UT Southwestern Medical Center

  6. Wei Jiang (Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering), 2018 – 2021

    Current position: Assistant Professor, University of Texas at Arlington

  7. Cecilia Dao (Ph.D. in Statistics), 2017 – 2021

    Current position: Associate Research Scientist, Yale University

  8. Kelson Zawack (Ph.D. in Computational Biology), 2017 – 2022

    Current position: Associate Research Scientist, Yale University

  9. LiJin Joo (Ph.D. in Biostatistics), 2017 – 2019

    Current position: Data Scientist, MD Anderson Cancer Center

  10. Seyoung Park (Ph.D. in Statistics), 2016 – 2018

    Current position: Associate Professor, Yonsei University

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

    Current position: Assistant Professor, Indiana University

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

    Current position: Sema4

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

    Current position: Principal Investigator, Fudan University

  14. Liyang Diao (Ph.D. in Computational Biology), 2014 – 2016

    Current position: Associate Director, Pyxis Oncology

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

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

  16. Tao Wang (Ph.D. in Statistics), 2013 – 2015

    Current position: Professor, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

  17. Dongjun Chung (Ph.D. in Statistics), 2013 – 2014

    Current position: Associate Professor, Ohio State University

  18. Kuang-Yao Lee (Ph.D. in Statistics), 2012 – 2015

    Current position: Associate Professor, Temple University

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

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

  20. Lin Hou (Ph.D. in Statistics), 2011 – 2012

    Current position: Associate Professor, Tsinghua University, China

  21. Lisa Chung (Ph.D. in Statistics), 2010 – 2012

    Current position: Quantitative Analyst, Google

  22. Gengxin Li (Ph.D. in Statistics), 2010 – 2012

    Current position: Associate Professor, University of Michigan at Dearborn

  23. Hongjian Zhu (Ph.D. in Statistics), 2010 – 2012

    Current position: Research Fellow/Director, AbbVie

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

    Current position: Lecturer (Above the Bar) in Medical Biostatistics, University of Galway, Ireland

  25. Xiting Yan (Ph.D. in Computational Biology), 2009 – 2010

    Current position: Associate Professor, Yale University

  26. Hyonho Chun (Ph.D. in Statistics), 2009 – 2010

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

  27. Xin Qi (Ph.D. in Statistics), 2008 – 2011

    Current position: Quantitative Financial Analyst, Bank of America

  28. Min Chen (Ph.D. in Statistics), 2008 – 2010

    Current position: Professor, University of Texas at Dallas

  29. Ruiyan Luo (Ph.D. in Statistics), 2007 – 2010

    Current position: Professor, Georgia State University

  30. Joon Sang Lee (Ph.D. in Statistics), 2007 – 2011

    Current position: Cellular Analysis Group Leader, Sanofi

  31. Joshua Sampson (Ph.D. in Biostatistics), 2007 – 2009

    Current position: Senior Science Advisor, FDA

  32. Chatchawit Aporntewan (Ph.D. in Computer Science), 2007 – 2009

    Current position: Associate Professor, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand

  33. Iryna Lobach (Ph.D. in Statistics), 2006 – 2008

    Current position: Senior Principal Biostatistician, Novartis

  34. Jiguo Cao (Ph.D. in Statistics), 2006 – 2007

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

  35. Eleanne Solorzano Dowd (Ph.D. in Statistics), 2005 – 2007

    Current position: Associate Professor, University of New Hampshire

  36. Tiejun Tong (Ph.D. in Statistics), 2005 – 2007

    Current position: Professor, Hong Kong Baptist University

  37. Inyoung Kim (Ph.D. in Statistics), 2005 – 2007

    Current position: Professor, Virginia Tech University

  38. Zeny Feng (Ph.D. in Statistics), 2004 – 2006

    Current position: Professor, University of Guelph, Canada

  39. Tao Huang (Ph.D. in Statistics), 2004 – 2006

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

  40. Weichuan Yu (Ph.D. in Computer Science), 2004 – 2006

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

  41. Cheongeun Oh (Ph.D. in Statistics, joint with Dr. Holford), 2003 – 2005

    Current position: Associate Professor, New York University

  42. Junfeng Liu (Ph.D. in Statistics), 2003 – 2005

    Current position: Professor, Qingdao University, China

  43. Naixin Li (Ph.D. in Biochemistry), 2003 – 2005

    Current position: Computer Scientist, Boston area

  44. Nan Lin (Ph.D. in Statistics), 2003 – 2004

    Current position: Professor, Washington University

  45. Yinglei Lai (Ph.D. in Computational Biology), 2003 – 2004

    Current position: Professor, George Washington University

  46. Zhong Guan (Ph.D. in Statistics), 2001 – 2004

    Current position: Professor, Indiana University at South Bend

  47. Deyun Pan (Ph.D. in Plant Physiology), 2001 – 2003

    Current position: CTO, Xcinex.com

  48. Jianhua Guo (Ph.D. in Statistics), 2001 – 2003

    Current position: President, Beijing Technology and Business University, China

  49. Guohua Zou (Ph.D. in Systems Sciences), 2001 – 2003

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

  50. Qihua Wang (Ph.D. in Mathematical Statistics), 2001

    Current position: Professor, Chinese Academy of Sciences

  51. Shuanglin Zhang (Ph.D. in Mathematical Statistics), 1999 – 2001

    Current position: Henes Professor, Michigan Technological University

  52. Kui Zhang (Ph.D. in Probability), 1999 – 2001

    Current position: Dave House Endowed Professor, Michigan Technological University

  53. Jinming Li (Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics), 1999 – 2001

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

Associate Research Scientists

  1. Wei Jiang, 2021 – 2024

    Current position: Assistant Professor, The University of Texas at Arlington

  2. Dawei Li, 2008 – 2012

    Current position: Associate Professor, Texas Tech University

  3. Kangyu Zhang, 2009 – 2013

    Current position: Senior Director, CStone Pharmaceuticals

  4. Wei Zheng, 2009 – 2012

    Current position: Associate Director, Moderna Therapeutics

  5. Yuping Zhang, 2013 – 2014

    Current position: Associate Professor, University of Connecticut

  6. Xiaoqing Yu, 2014 – 2017

    Current position: Associate Professor, Moffit Cancer Center