I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biostatistics and Department of Data Science at City University of Hong Kong. I received a PhD in Biostatistics from the University of Minnesota and a BS in Management Information Systems from Chu Kochen Honors College, Zhejiang University. Prior to joining CityU, I served as a postdoctoral research scientist in the Department of Biostatistics at Columbia University under the supervision of Professor Iuliana Ionita-Laza. I am also a four-time recepient of the First Prize in the National Olympiad in Informatics (NOI), China.
My research focuses on variable selection methods for high-dimensional data using knockoff statistics, statistical machine learning, and Bayesian hierarchical models. I have developed a number of statistical methods to identify risk variants for human diseases in genetic data with complex hierarchical and correlation structures. My research is supported by the Research Grants Council of Hong Kong (RGC) Early Career Scheme 21303323 (sole PI).
Research Interests
- Statistical genetics
- Genome-wide association studies
- Knockoff statistics
- Bayesian statistics
Education
- PhD in Biostatistics, University of Minnesota
- Thesis advisors: Drs. Lin Zhang and Saonli Basu
- BS in Management Information Systems, Chu Kochen Honors College, Zhejiang University
- Thesis advisor: Dr. Qiuzhen Wang
Professional Experience
- Postdoctoral Research Scientist, Columbia University
- Supervisor: Dr. Iuliana Ionita-Laza
- Research Assistant, University of Minnesota
- Supervisors: Drs. James Hodges and Lin Zhang
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