I am an Associate Professor in the Department of Statistics at the Colorado State University and the Department of Biostatistics and Informatics at the Colorado School of Public Health. I am also an Affiliate Faculty Member in the Molecular, Cellular and Integrative Neurosciences (MCIN) Program and the Data Science Research Institute (DSRI) at the Colorado State University. Before joining CSU, I received my Ph.D. in Statistics at Iowa State University under Professor Stephen Vardeman and Professor Huaiqing Wu's advisorships. I also received my Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics at ISU. Here is my mathematics genealogy.


My research is focused on developing theory and methods for high dimensional inference and multiple testing problems, machine learning, modeling and inference on network data, robust inference and algorithms, and causal inference. I am interested in applications to genomics, proteomics, and general omics studies, bioinformatics, structural biology, social science, casual relationship in large observational studies, econometrics, and political science.


As the PI, my research and work are generously supported by NIH R01GM144961 , NSF-IIS 1545994 , and NSF-DMS 1730090 ; also, I am supported by, as the Co-PI, DOE DE-SC0018344 and NSF-IOS 1922701 .


I am currently serving as the Co-Editor in Chief for Journal of Biopharmaceutical Statistics, as well as an associate editor for Biometrics , Statistica Sinica , Journal of Multivariate Analysis . I am also a member of the editorial advisor board for New Phytologist, and serve on the panel of reviewers for AMS: Mathematical Reviews. I am also serving as the WNAR program coordinator since Jan 2024.