Research Group Members
I’m extremely fortunate to work with several amazing students to whom I serve as primary or co-advisor.
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Undergraduate Students
(those writing paper with lab is marked with $^*$):
Past Members
Alumni have gone on to faculty roles, industry, and strong graduate programs. Placements and timelines are easiest to explore in the Member Database (filter by alumni year, role, and more).
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Former PhD Students:
Former MS Students:
Terminal MS degree
- Chen Chen | (MS 2022) | MS | UMich | biostat | "Variance as a predictor for survival outcomes" | First position after graduation: PhD Student in Biostatistics, University of Toronto
- Zhongyuan Lyu | (MS 2019) | MS | UMich | stat | "Latent Class Model and Sparse Additive Regression Models" | First position after graduation: Math PhD Student, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
- Jing Chu | (MS 2018) | MS | UMich | stat | "Regression Extension to Bayesian Analytic Kit for Etiology Research (baker)"
continued to PhD in lab
- Xingran Chen | (MS 2024) | MS | UMich | biostat | MS Placement: PhD Student at UMich Biostatistics
- Abigail Loe | (MS 2023) | MS | UMich | biostat | MS Placement: PhD Student at UMich Biostatistics
- Jieru Shi | (MS 2020) | MS | UMich | biostat | MS Placement: PhD Student at UMich Biostatistics
- Mengbing Li | (MS 2019) | MS | UMich | biostat | MS Placement: PhD Student at UMich Biostatistics
- Jitao Wang | (MS 2019) | MS | UMich | biostat | MS Placement: PhD Student at UMich Biostatistics
Former Undergraduate Students
(those who wrote paper in the lab is marked with $^*$):
- * Peter Yang | (2025) | Undergrad | UMich | math, stat, computer science | "Apple SensorKit Data Analysis" | First position after graduation: Software Engineer, Meta
- Owen Yoo | (2024) | Undergrad | UMich | statdata science | "Prior elicitation algorithms for inferring causes of death from computer-coded verbal autopsy data" | First position after graduation: PhD Student, Department of Biostatistics, University of Pennsylvania
- * Bolin Wu | (2023) | Undergrad | UMich | computer science | "Shinyapp for Enhancing Latent Class Analysis using Dirichlet Diffusion Tree" | First position after graduation: Master of Computational Data Science Program, Carnegie Mellon University
- Jiayuan Dong | (2021) | Undergrad | UMich | stat | "Readings on Probablistic Graphical Models" | First position after graduation: Mechanical Engineering PhD Student, University of Michigan
Former Research Staff
- Zihan Wang. MS, Biostatistics, U of Michigan (2025). Next position: PhD Student in Health Data Science (Biostatistics concentration). Geroge Washington University.