College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
Recent PhD Graduates
| Date | Name | Thesis | PhD Focus Area | Thesis Advisor | Initial Position | Current Position |
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8/6/2021 |
Samuel Justice | "Contributions to the Analysis of Vertex Centrality in Randomly Growing Tree Models" | Statistics | N. D. Shyamalkumar and R.P. Russo | ||
| 8/6/2021 | Ruida Song | "Testing, Modeling, and Approximating Nonstationary Continuous Processes on Stream Networks" | Statistics | Dale Zimmerman | ||
| 5/14/2021 | Abylay Zhexembay | Valuation of multi-period barrier options and extensions | Statistics |
Elias Shiu | ||
| 5/14/2021 | Xun Li | "Prediction of North Atlantic Tropical Cyclone Activity via Bayesian Variable Selection and Bayesian Model Averaging” | Statistics | Joyee Ghosh | ||
| 12/13/2020 | Jun Tang | "Space Time Covariance Models on Networks" | Statistics | Dr. Dale Zimmerman | tbd | |
| 8/1/2020 | Rui Huang | "Sparse causal time series analysis" | Statistics | Dr. Kung-Sik Chan | Assistant Professor, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China | |
| 8/1/2020 | Jin Meng | "Topics in high dimensional statistical learning with applications in property-casualty insurance" | Statistics | Dr. Kung-Sik Chan | Data Scientist, United Fire Group, Cedar Rapids, IA | |
| 8/1/2020 | Siyang Tao | "A contribution to modeling tail dependence" | Statistics with Emphasis on Actuarial Science | Dr. N.D. Shyamalkumar | Assistant Professor, Ball State University, Muncie, IN | |
| 5/15/2020 | Yunju Im | "Bayesian Subgroup Analysis in Regression Using Mixture Models" | Statistics | Aixin Tan | Post-doc, Yale University, New Haven, CT | |
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5/15/2020 |
Rui Jin | "Understanding and Improving MCMC Methods for High-dimensional Problems" | Statistics | Aixin Tan | Research Scientist, Eli Lilly. Indianapolis, IN | |
| 12/14/2019 | Qiansheng Zhu | “On improved confidence intervals for parameters of discrete distribution" | Statistics | Dr. Joseph Lang | Senior Analyst, CITI, Wilmington, DE. | |
| 12/14/2019 | Wenda Tu |
"Heterogeneity Pursuit in Regression Analysis" |
Statistics | Dr. Kung-Sik Chan | Visiting Associate, FDA, Wasbington D.C. | |
| 8/1/2019 | Zhijiang (Van) Liu | "Testing Covariance Structure of Spatial Stream Network Data Using Torgegram Components and Subsampling" | Statistics | Dr. Dale Zimmerman | Data Scientist, United Airlines, Chicago, IL | |
| 8/1/2019 | Zhaofeng Tang | "Quantitative Risk Management under Systematic and Systemic Risks" | Statistics with Emphasis on Actuarial Science | Dr. Ambrose Lo (co-chair); Dr. Qihe Tang (co-chair) | Associate Model Validation, S & P Gp;bal Ratings, Chicago, IL | |
| 8/1/2019 | Haibo Liu | "Pricing, bankruptcy, and liquidation under insurance and financial risks in a Markovian framework" | Statistics with Emphasis on Actuarial Science | Dr. Ambrose Lo (co-chair); Dr. Qihe Tang (co-chair) | ||
| 5/10/2019 | Sheng Wang | "Regularized Skewness Parameter Estimation for Multivariate Skew Normal and Skew t Distributions" | Statistics | Dr. Dale Zimmerman | Data Scientist, JDA Software, Dallas, TX | |
| 12/15/2018 | Yingying Liu | "Bayesian Hierarchical Normal Intrinsic Conditional Autoregressive Model for Stream Networks" | Statistics | Dr. Kate Cowles and Dr. Dale Zimmerman | Biogen, Cambridge, MA | |
| 8/18/2018 | Riad Jarjour | "Clustering Financial Time Series for Volatility Modeling" | Statistics | Dr. Kung-Sik Chan | ||
| 8/18/2018 | Bo Wang | "Structural Change Detection Via Penalized Regression" | Statistics | Dr. Kung-Sik Chan | Data Scientist at Liberty Mutual Insurance, Iowa City, IA | |
| 8/18/2018 | Juan Cervantes | "Tempering Spatial Autocorrelation in the Residuals of Linear and Generalized Models by Incorporating Selected Eigenvectors" | Statistics | Dr. Kate Cowles | ||
| 8/18/2018 | Fuli Zhang | "Spectral Classification of High Dimensional Time Series" | Statistics | Dr. Kung-Sik Chan | Sr. Quant Analyst for Fifth Third Bank, Cincinnati, OH. | |
| 5/18/2018 | Xiao Wang | "On Pricing Barrier Options And Exotic Variations" | Statistics with Emphasis on Actuarial Science | Dr. Elias Shiu | Synchrony Financial, Chicago, IL | |
| 4/20/2017 | Zhenhao Zhou | "From Valuing equity-linked death benefits to pricing American options" | Statistics with Emphasis on Actuarial Science | Dr. Elias Shiu | Global Atlantic Financial Group, New York City, NY |
Ant Financial Service Group, Hangzhou, China |
| 11/27/2016 | Congrui Yi | "Penalized Methods and Algorithms for High-dimensional Regression in the Presence of Heterogeneity" | Statistics | Dr. Jian Huang | Data Scientist with Expedia, Inc. | Data Scientist with Expedia, Inc. |
| 8/6/2016 | Harsimran Somal | "Heterogeneous Computing for the Bayesian HNICAR Model with Incomplete Data" | Statistics | Dr. Kate Cowles | Private Consultation | Private Consultation |
| 8/6/2016 | Ziqian Zhou | "Statistical Inference of Distributed Delay Differential Equations" | Statistics | Dr. Kung-Sik Chan | Senior Biostatistician Gilead, San Francisco Bay Area | Senior Biostatistician Gilead, San Francisco Bay Area |
| 5/14/2016 | Feiran Jiao | "High-dimensional inference of ordinal data with medical applications" | Statistics | Dr. Kung-Sik Chan | Statistician, US Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, MD | Statistician, US Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, MD |
| 5/14/2015 | Ryne Van Krevelen | "Improved Interval Estimation of Comparative Treatment Effects" | Statistics | Dr. Joseph B. Lang | Adjunct Assistant Professor, Elon University, Elon NC | Adjunct Assistant Professor, Elon University, Elon NC |
| 12/19/2014 | Xiangmin Zhang | "Nonconvex Selection in Nonparametric Additive Models" | Statistics | Dr. Jian Huang | Statistician, US Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, MD | Statistician, US Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, MD |
| 8/8/2014 | Hao Chai | "Statistical Inference in High Dimensional and AFT Models" | Statistics | Dr. Jian Huang | Postdoctoral Associate at Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, CT | Postdoctoral Associate at Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, CT |
| 8/2/2013 | Shu-Ching Chang | “Antedependence Models for Skewed Continuous Longitudinal Data” | Statistics | Dr. Dale Zimmerman | Postdoc at Division of Public Health Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington | Postdoc at Division of Public Health Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington |
| 8/2/2013 | Fan Yang | "Asymptotics for Risk Measures of Extreme Risks” | Applied Mathematical and Computational Sciences | Dr. Qihe Tang | Assistant Professor in Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada | Assistant Professor in Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada |
| 5/17/2013 | Bin Li | “Look-back Stopping Times and Their Applications to Liquidation Risk and Exotic Options” | Applied Mathematical and Computational Sciences | Dr. Qihe Tang, Co-Advisor & Dr. Lihe Wang (Co-Advisor, Department of Mathematics) | Assistant Professor in Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada | Assistant Professor in Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada |
| 5/17/2013 | Zhongyi Yuan | “Quantitative analysis of extreme risks in insurance and finance” | Statistics | Dr. Qihe Tang | Assistant Professor Department of Risk Management, Smeal College of Business | Assistant Professor Department of Risk Management, Smeal College of Business |
| 7/27/2012 | Jinzheng Li | "Statistical detection with weak signals via regularization" | Statistics | Dr. Kung-Sik Chan | Statistician, Research, Boston, MA | Statistician, Research, Boston, MA |
| 5/11/2012 | Xiongwen Tang | "Two-level lognormal frailty model and competing risks model with missing cause of failure" | Statistics | Dr. Mike Jones | Statistician, Pharmaceuticals, Forest Laboratories, Jersey City, NJ | Statistician, Pharmaceuticals, Forest Laboratories, Jersey City, NJ |
| 5/11/2012 | Jae Youn Ahn | “Non-parametric inference of risk measures” | Statistics | Dr. N.D. Shyamalkumar | Assistant Professor, Statistics Department, Ewha Womans University, Seodaemum, Seoul, South Korea | Assistant Professor, Statistics Department, Ewha Womans University, Seodaemum, Seoul, South Korea |
| 7/29/2011 | Kun Chen | "Regularized multivariate stochastic regression" | Statistics | Dr. Kung-Sik Chan | Assistant Professor, Department of Statistics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS | Assistant Professor, University of Connecticut, Hartford, CT |
| 7/29/2011 | Jin (Gordon) Liu | "Penalized methods in genome-wide association studies" | Statistics | Dr. Jian Huang | Post Doc at Division of Biostatistics, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Yale University, New Haven, CT | Assistant Professor, Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School, Singapore |
| 7/29/2011 | Yunlong Xie | "Likelihood-based inference for antedependence (markov) models for categorical longitudinal data" | Statistics | Dr. Dale Zimmerman | Biostatistician, National Institutes of Health, Washington D.C. | Biostatistician, National Institutes of Health, Washington D.C. |
| 12/16/2011 | Fei Su | "Statistical analysis of nonlinear diffusion processes" | Statistics | Dr. Kung-Sik Chan, Dr. Elias Shiu | Scientist, Research, ISO Innovative Analytics, San Francisco, CA | Scientist, Research, ISO Innovative Analytics, San Francisco, CA |
| 12/17/2010 | Tianyang Zhang | "Partly parametic generalized additive model" | Statistics | Dr. Kung-Sik Chan | Senior Consultant, Research and Analysis, Travelers Insurance, Hartford, CT | Data Scientist AIG- Insurance, New York, NY |
| 12/18/09 | Dong Liang | "Issues in Bayesian Gaussian Markov Random Field Models With Application to Inter-sensor Calibration" | Statistics | Dr. Kate Cowles | Postdoc Research, University of Iowa, Department of Geography | Research Assistant Professor, Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, Solomons, MD |