Graduate Students

Fangyi Cao

BS in Mathematics, University of Macau

MS in Biostatistics, University of California, San Diego

Research Interests: High-Dimensional statistics, Machine Learning, Astrostatistics
Degree Objective: Ph.D.
Office: Olmsted 1108

fangyi.cao@email.ucr.edu

Sichen Chen

2015 B.S. in Mathematics and Actuarial Science, Michigan State University, MI
2018 M.S. in Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, MD

Research Interests: Discovering and solving reaction-diffusion models for pollen tube tip growth with deep learning algorithm
Degree Objective: Ph.D. in Applied Statistics
Major Professor: Xingping cui
Office: Olmsted 1108

sichen.chen@email.ucr.edu

John Eager

B.S. In Applied Mathematics, Brown University.

M.S In Applied Statistics, Louisiana State University.

Research Interests: TBA

Degree Objective: Ph.D.

Major Professor: Not yet chosen

Office: Olmsted 1108

john.eager@email.ucr.edu

Benjamin (Jeff) Ellis

2019 B.S. in Statistics, University of California, Riverside, CA

Research Interests: Causal Inference, Longitudinal Analysis, Extreme Value Analysis
Degree Objective: Ph.D.
Major Professor: Not yet chosen
Office: Olmsted 1111

benjamin.ellis@email.ucr.edu

Shiwei Fu

BBA In Accounting, Xiamen University.

M.S. In Statistics, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.

Degree Objective: Ph.D.
Major Professor: Not yet chosen
Office: Olmsted 1108

shiwei.fu@email.ucr.edu

Xiao Gao

B.S. In Statistics, Southern University of Science and Technology.

M.S. In Applied Statistics, University of California, Riverside.

Research Interests: TBA

Degree Objective: Ph.D.

Major Professor: Not yet chosen

Office: Olmsted 1415

xgao045@ucr.edu

Eric Hayes

2014 B.A. in Economics, University of California, Los Angeles, CA
2018 M.S. in Statistics, San Diego State University, CA

Research Interest: TBA
Degree Objective: Ph.D.
Major Professor: Not yet chosen
Office: Olmsted 1109

eric.hayes@email.ucr.edu

Ke Huang

2017 B.S. in Applied Statistics, Jiangsu Normal University, PRC
2019 M.S. in Statistics, Texas A&M University, TX

Research Interests: TBA
Degree Objective: Ph.D.
Major Professor: Shujie Ma
Office: Olmsted 1415

ke.huang@email.ucr.edu

Queen Ikhelowa

2019 M.S. in Biostatistics, California State University, East Bay, CA

Research Interests: TBA
Degree Objective: Ph.D.
Major Professor: Dr. Shujie Ma
Office: Olmsted 1417

queen.ikhelowa@email.ucr.edu

Shuang Jiang

B.S. In Mathematics and Applied Mathematics, Wuhan University.

M.S. In Statistics, George Washington University.

Research interests: TBA

Degree Objective: Ph.D.

Major Professor: Not yet chosen

Office: Olmsted 1108

shuang.jiang@email.ucr.edu

Nahee Kim

B.E In Statistics, Sungkyunkwan University.

M.S. In Applied Statistics, Korea University.

Research Interests: TBA

Degree Objective: Ph.D.

Major Professor: Not yet chosen

Office: Olmsted 1109

nkim153@ucr.edu

Jericho Lawson

2020 B.S. in Mathematics with an Applied Emphasis, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
2020 B.S. in Statistics and Data Science, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ

Research Interest: Sports Analytics, Machine Learning and Data Mining
Degree Objective: Ph.D.
Major Professor: Not yet chosen
Office: Olmsted 1111

jericho.lawson@email.ucr.edu

Namhwa Lee

2018 B.E. in Statistics, Sungkyunkwan University, Rep. of Korea
2020 M.S. in Statistics, Sungkyunkwan University, Rep. of Korea

Research Interest: TBA
Degree Objective: Ph.D.
Major Professor: Not yet chosen
Office: Olmsted 1417

namhwa.lee@email.ucr.edu

Tian Liang

B.A In Mathematics, Oberlin College, OH.

Research Interests: TBD

Degree Objective: Ph.D.

Major Professor: Not yet chosen

Office: Olmsted 1109

tlian031@ucr.edu

Nayla Liu

Bachelor of Engineering In Data Science and Technology of Big Data, Taiyuan University of Technology.

Research Objective: TBD

Degree Objective: M.S.

Major Professor: Not yet chosen

Office: Olmsted 1419

ruijing.liu@email.ucr.edu

Rui Ma

2019 B.S. in Actuarial Science, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA

Research Interests: TBA
Degree Objective: Ph.D.
Major Professor: Wenxiu Ma
Office: Olmsted 1415

rui.ma003@email.ucr.edu

Evan Mason

B.A. in Pure Mathematics, University of California, Berkeley, CA
B.A. in Economics with Honors, University of California, Berkeley, CA

Research Interest: Non Parametric Statistics and Variable Selection
Degree Objective: Ph.D. in Applied Statistics
Major Professor: Not yet chosen
Office: Olmsted 1417

evan.mason@email.ucr.edu

Yun Mo

2019 B.S. in Information and Numerical Science, Nankai University, PRC
2020 M.S. in Statistics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI

Research Interest: High Dimensional Statistics and Machine Learning
Degree Objective: Ph.D.
Major Professor: Not yet chosen
Office: Olmsted 1108

yun.mo@email.ucr.edu

Yudi Mu

B.S. In Statistics, East China Normal University.

M.S. In Statistics, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Research Interests: Biostatistics, Machine Learning

Degree Objective: Ph.D. In Applied Statistics

Major Professor: Not yet chosen

Office: Olmsted 1417

ymu015@ucr.edu

Brian Neal

B.A. in Economics, University of California, Santa Cruz

MA Mathematics, San Francisco State University

Research Interests: Statistical Learning, Computational Statistics, Applications to Biology, Economics, Social Sciences and Earth Sciences
Degree Objective: Ph.D.

Major Professor: Not yet chosen
Office: Olmsted 1111

brian.neal@email.ucr.edu

Emily Ouyang

B.S. in Applied Statistics, University of California, Riverside

Research Interests: Applications in Education Research

Degree Objective: Ph.D.

Major Professor: Not yet chosen

Office: Olmsted 1419

eouya001@ucr.edu

Sitong Pan

Masters from the University of California, Riverside

Bachelors from the University of California, San Diego

Research Interests: Machine learning, data mining, statistics, and biostatistics
Degree Objective: Ph.D.
Office: Olmsted 1419

sitong.pan@email.ucr.edu

Gokul Parakulam

2017 B.S. in Biostatistics, University of California, Davis, CA

Research Interests: TBA
Degree Objective: Ph.D.
Major Professor: Not yet chosen
Office: Olmsted 1109

gokul.parakulam@email.ucr.edu

Douglas Perry

BA in Mathematics, University of Colorado at Boulder

Research Interests: TBD

Degree Objective: M.S.

Major Professor: Dr. Hansen, Allison K.

douglas.perry@email.ucr.edu

John Pleines

2020 B.A. in Economics, Calif. State University of San Marcos, CA

Research Interests: TBA

Degree Objective: Ph.D.

Major Professor: Not yet chosen

Office: Olmsted 1419

jplei003@ucr.edu

Xin Shen

2016 B.B.A. in Accounting, Tongji University, PRC

2018 M.S. in Statistics, Rutgers University, NJ

Research Objective: TBA

Degree Objective: Ph.D.

Major Professor: Not yet chosen

Office: Olmsted 1109

xin.shen@email.ucr.edu

Ruotian Shi

2019 B.S. in Statistics & Mathematics, The University of Iowa
2022 M.S. in Statistics, Rutgers University

Research Interests: High-Dimensional Statistics, Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Sport Analytics
Degree Objective: Ph.D.
Office: Olmsted 1108

ruotian.shi@email.ucr.edu

Chin-Sheng Teng

B.S. In Agronomy, National Taiwan University.

Minor in Psychology.

Research Interests: TBA

Degree Objective: Ph.D.

Major Professor: Not yet chosen

Office: Olmsted 1108

chinsheng.teng@email.ucr.edu

Brian Tran

2019 B.S. in Statistics, University of California, Riverside, CA

Research Interest: Biostatistics, Longitudinal Data and Time Series Analysis
Degree Objective: Ph.D. in Applied Statistics
Major Professor: Not yet chosen
Office: Olmsted 1417

brian.tran002@email.ucr.edu

Leslie Vazquez Moreno

B.S. in Statistics at University of California, Riverside

Research Interest: Not yet chosen
Degree Objective: M.S.
Major Professor: Not yet chosen

leslie.vazquezmoreno@email.ucr.edu

Noe Vidales

2010 B.S. in Commerce, Santa Clara University, CA
2019 M.A. in Economics, San Jose State University, CA

Research Interests: Markov Chains, Random Number Generation, Probability Theory, High Dimensional Statistics
Degree Objective: Ph.D. in Applied Statistics
Major Professor: James Flegal
Office: Olmsted 1111

noe.vidales@email.ucr.edu

Nir Voloshin

2019 B.S. in Statistics, University of California, Davis, CA

Research Interests: TBA
Degree Objective: Ph.D.
Major Professor: Not yet chosen
Office: Olmsted 1109

nir.voloshin@email.ucr.edu

Tianjian Yang

2017 B.S. in Statistics, Sun Yat-sen University, PRC
2020 M.S. in Biostatistics, University of California, Los Angeles, CA

Research Interest: Machine Learning, Statistical Computing, Biostatistics, and Optimization
Degree Objective: Ph.D.
Major Professor: Not yet chosen
Office: Olmsted 1419

tianjian.yang@email.ucr.edu

Bradley Ye

B.S. In Statistics, University of California - Riverside.

M.S. In Statistics, University of California - Berkley.

Research Interest: TBD

Degree Objective: Ph.D.

Major Professor: Not yet chosen

Office: Olmsted 1109

bradley.ye@email.ucr.edu

Department of Statistics

Graduate Students

Fangyi Cao

Sichen Chen

John Eager

Benjamin (Jeff) Ellis

Shiwei Fu

Xiao Gao

Eric Hayes

Ke Huang

Queen Ikhelowa

Shuang Jiang

Nahee Kim

Jericho Lawson

Namhwa Lee

Tian Liang

Nayla Liu

Rui Ma

Evan Mason

Yun Mo

Yudi Mu

Brian Neal

Emily Ouyang

Sitong Pan

Gokul Parakulam

Douglas Perry

John Pleines

Xin Shen

Ruotian Shi

Chin-Sheng Teng

Brian Tran

Leslie Vazquez Moreno

Noe Vidales

Nir Voloshin

Tianjian Yang

Bradley Ye

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Graduate Students

Fangyi Cao

Sichen Chen

John Eager

Benjamin (Jeff) Ellis

Shiwei Fu​​​​​

Xiao Gao

Eric Hayes

Ke Huang

Queen Ikhelowa

Shuang Jiang

Nahee Kim

Jericho Lawson

Namhwa Lee

Tian Liang

Nayla Liu

Rui Ma

Evan Mason

Yun Mo

Yudi Mu

Brian Neal

Emily Ouyang

Sitong Pan

Gokul Parakulam

Douglas Perry

John Pleines

Xin Shen

Ruotian Shi

Chin-Sheng Teng

Brian Tran

Leslie Vazquez Moreno

Noe Vidales

Nir Voloshin

Tianjian Yang

Bradley Ye

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