Research Group Members
I’m extremely fortunate to work with several amazing students to whom I serve as primary or co-advisor.
Current
Undergraduate Students (those writing paper with lab is marked with $^*$):
- $^*$Peter Yang, Undergrad, Math/Computer Science/Stat, U of Michigan. “Apple SensorKit Data Analysis”
- $^*$Jianhan Zhang, co-mentored by Jitao Wang Undergrad, Pure Math, Data Science, U of Michigan. “Counterfactual Fairness in Reinforcement Learning”
Research Staff
- Zihan Wang. MS, Biostatistics, U of Michigan (2025).
Support Staff
Past Members
Please send an email to zhenkewu@gmail[punto]com for updates.
Former PhD Students:
Former MS Students:
- Abigail Loe. Next position: PhD Student in UMich Biostat
- Xingran Chen. Next position: PhD Student in UMich Biostat
- Jieru Shi. Next position: PhD Student in UMich Biostat
- Jitao Wang. Next position: PhD Student in UMich Biostat
- Mengbing Li. Next position: PhD Student in UMich Biostat
- Chen Chen, MS, Biostatistics, 2022, U of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Graduate Student Research Assistant (November 2021 to August 2022; co-advise with Mike Elliott). (Variance as a predictor for survival outcomes). First position after graduation: PhD Student in Biostatistics, University of Toronto.
- Jing Chu, MS in Applied Statistics, Department of Statistics, U of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 2018. Topic: Regression Extension to Bayesian Analytic Kit for Etiology Research (baker).
- Zhongyuan Lyu, MS, Applied Statistics, U of Michigan, Ann Arbor. 2019 Summer. Topic: Latent Class Model and Sparse Additive Regression Models” First position after graduation: Hong Kong University of Technology and Science, Math PhD Student. Now: Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in the Discipline of Business Analytics, University of Sydney Business School,
Former Undergraduate Students (those who wrote paper in the lab is marked with $^*$):
- 2024 Fall: Owen Yoo, Undergrad, Statistics and Data Science, Minor in Music, U of Michigan. “Prior elicitation algorithms for inferring causes of death from computer-coded verbal autopsy data”
- $^*$2023 Summer: Bolin Wu (co-mentored by Mengbing Li), Undergrad, Computer Science, U Of Michigan, Ann Arbor. “Shinyapp for Enhancing Latent Class Analysis using Dirichlet Diffusion Tree”. First position after graduation: Carnegie Mellon University, Master of Computational Data Science Program.
- 2021 Summer: Jiayuan Dong, MS, Accelerated Master Degree Program (ADMP), U of Michigan, Ann Arbor; Summer Intern. (Readings on Probablistic Graphical Models). First position after graduation: UMich, Mechanical Engineering PhD Student