Graduate Students

Iliana Alvarez Sagrero

B.S. in Mathematics, California State University Stanislaus

A.S.T. in Mathematics, Modesto Junior College

A.A. in Communication Studies, Modesto Junior College

Research Interests: Public Health and Epidemiology
Degree Objective: Ph.D.
Office: TBD

iliana.alvarez@email.ucr.edu

Aditi Behera

2023 B.S. in Data Science, University of California Riverside

Research Interests: TBA
Degree Objective: Ph.D.
Office: TBD

aditi.behera@email.ucr.edu

Fangyi Cao

B.S. in Mathematics, University of Macau

M.S. in Biostatistics, University of California San Diego

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

fangyi.cao@email.ucr.edu

Shengming Cheng

TBA

shengming.cheng@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: OLMH 1108

john.eager@email.ucr.edu

Benjamin (Jeff) Ellis

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

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

benjamin.ellis@email.ucr.edu

Behzad FallahiFard

M.S. in Statistics, University of New Mexico

M.S. in Mathematical Statistics, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz

B.S. in Statistics, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz

Research Interests: TBA
Degree Objective: Ph.D.
Office: TBD

behzad.fallahifard@email.ucr.edu

Ji Feng

Research Interests: TBA
Degree Objective: Ph.D.
Major Professor: Not yet chosen
Office: OLMH 1108

ji.feng1@email.ucr.edu

Shiwei Fu

B.B.A. In Accounting, Xiamen University

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

Research Interests: Statistical Genetics, Bioinformatics, Omics Data

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

shiwei.fu@email.ucr.edu

Axel Galicia Lona

B.S in Statistics, University of California Riverside

Research Interests: TBA
Degree Objective: M.S.
Office: TBD

axel.galicialona@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: OLMH 1415

xgao045@ucr.edu

Makena Grigsby

TBA

makena.grigsby@email.ucr.edu

Eric Hayes

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

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

eric.hayes@email.ucr.edu

Zhuo Huang

Research Interests: TBA
Degree Objective: Ph.D.
Major Professor: Not yet chosen
Office: OLMH 1108

zhuan224@ucr.edu

Rajiv Iyengar

TBA

rajiv.iyengar@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: OLMH 1108

shuang.jiang@email.ucr.edu

Nathalie Jones

TBA

nathalie.jones@email.ucr.edu

Sharvee Joshi

2020 B.S. in Statistics, University of California Riverside

2024 M.S. in Statistics, California State University Fullerton

Research interests: TBA

Degree Objective: Ph.D.

Office: OLMH 1108

sharvee.joshi@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: OLMH 1109

nkim153@ucr.edu

Jericho Lawson

2020 B.S. in Mathematics, Statistics, and Data Science, University of Arizona

Research Interest: Sports Analytics, Machine Learning, and Data Mining
Degree Objective: Ph.D.
Major Professor: Not yet chosen
Office: OLMH 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: OLMH 1417

namhwa.lee@email.ucr.edu

Tian Liang

B.A In Mathematics, Oberlin College

Research Interests: TBD

Degree Objective: Ph.D.

Major Professor: Not yet chosen

Office: OLMH 1109

tlian031@ucr.edu

Pei-Ling Lin

TBA

peiling.lin@email.ucr.edu

Ying Lin

M.S. in Biostatistics, Emory University

B.A. in Statistics, Xiamen University

Research Interest: TBA
Degree Objective: Ph.D.
Office: OLMH 1415

ying.lin1@email.ucr.edu

Linlin Liu

B.S. in Statistics, University of California Riverside

Research Interest: TBA
Degree Objective: Ph.D.
Office: OLMH 1417

linlin.liu@email.ucr.edu

Yuxin Liu

Research Interest: TBA
Degree Objective: Ph.D.
Office: OLMH 1419

yuxin.liu@email.ucr.edu

Nancy Lopez

B.S. in Statistics, University of California Riverside

Research Interest: TBA
Degree Objective: M.S.
Office: TBD

nancy.lopez@email.ucr.edu

Shijie Mao

B.A. in Data Science & Finance, University of Arizona

M.S. in Data Science, Brown University

Research Interest: Probability & Explanatory Theory of Deep Learning

Degree Objective: Ph.D.

Major Professor: Not yet chosen
Office: OLMH 1111

smao027@ucr.edu

Evan Mason

2012 B.A. in Pure Math, University of California Berkeley

2012 B.A. with Honors in Economics, University of California Berkeley

Research Interest: Non Parametric Statistics and Algorithms
Degree Objective: Ph.D.
Major Professor: Not yet chosen

Office: OLMH 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

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

ymo011@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.

Major Professor: Not yet chosen

Office: OLMH 1417

ymu015@ucr.edu

Brian Neal

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

M.A. in 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: OLMH 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: OLMH 1419

eouya001@ucr.edu

Sitong Pan

Masters at University of California Riverside

Bachelors at University of California San Diego

Research Interests: Machine Learning, Data Mining, Statistics, and Biostatistics
Degree Objective: Ph.D.
Office: OLMH 1419

sitong.pan@email.ucr.edu

Gokul Parakulam

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

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

gokul.parakulam@email.ucr.edu

John Pleines

2020 B.A. in Economics, California State University San Marcos

Research Interests: TBA

Degree Objective: Ph.D.

Major Professor: Not yet chosen

Office: OLMH 1419

jplei003@ucr.edu

Xinhao Qu

Research Interests: TBA

Degree Objective: Ph.D.

Major Professor: Not yet chosen

Office: OLMH 1419

xinhao.qu@email.ucr.edu

Xin Shen

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

2018 M.S. in Statistics, Rutgers University

Research Objective: TBA

Degree Objective: Ph.D.

Major Professor: Not yet chosen

Office: OLMH 1109

xshen049@ucr.edu

Ruotian Shi

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

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

ruotian.shi@email.ucr.edu

Luhan Tang

2024 B.S. in Statistics, Beijing Normal University

Research Interests: Machine Learning and Deep Learning

Degree Objective: Ph.D.

Major Professor: Not yet chosen

Office: TBD

luhan.tang@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: OLMH 1108

cteng011@ucr.edu

Brian Tran

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

Research Interest: Biostatistics, Stochastic Processes, Longitudinal Data, and Time Series Analysis
Degree Objective: Ph.D.
Major Professor: Not yet chosen
Office: OLMH 1417

btran025@ucr.edu

Leslie Vazquez Moreno

B.S. in Statistics, University of California Riverside

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

Office: TBD

lvazq037@ucr.edu

Noe Vidales

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

Research Interests: Markov Chains, Random Number Generation, Probability Theory, and 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

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

nir.voloshin@email.ucr.edu

Fushui Wang

TBA

fushui.wang@email.ucr.edu

Kaiming Wang

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

B.S. in Applied Mathematics and Computer Science, Brandeis University

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

kaiming.wang@email.ucr.edu

Xun Wang

B.A. in Applied Mathematics, Nanjing Audit University

M.S. in Actuarial Science, Central University of Finance and Economics

Research Interest: Not yet chosen

Degree Objective: Ph.D.

Major Professor: Not yet chosen

Office: OLMH 1108

xwang567@ucr.edu

Yifan Wu

Bachelor, Sichuan University

Research Interest: Time Series, Large Language Model

Degree Objective: M.S.

Major Professor: Not yet chosen

Office: TBD

yifan.wu@email.ucr.edu

Ke Xiao

TBA

Yijia Xue

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

yijia.xue@email.ucr.edu

Chenguang Yang

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

chenguang.yang@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

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

tyang115@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: OLMH 1109

bradley.ye@email.ucr.edu

Jingjing Zhang

Degree Objective: Ph.D.

Major Professor: Not yet chosen

Office: OLMH 1108

jzhan678@ucr.edu

Liming Zhao

M.S. in Applied Statistics, Syracuse University

B.Sc. (Hons) in Investment Science, Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Research Interest: Linear Models and Machine Learning
Degree Objective: Ph.D.
Major Professor: Not yet chosen
Office: OLMH 1109

lzhao087@ucr.edu

Han Zheng

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

han.zheng@email.ucr.edu

Bufan Zhou

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

bufan.zhou@email.ucr.edu

Graduate Students

Iliana Alvarez Sagrero

Aditi Behera

Fangyi Cao

Shengming Cheng

John Eager

Benjamin (Jeff) Ellis

Behzad FallahiFard

Ji Feng

Shiwei Fu​​​​​

Axel Galicia Lona

Xiao Gao

Makena Grigsby

Eric Hayes

Zhuo Huang

Rajiv Iyengar

Shuang Jiang

Nathalie Jones

Sharvee Joshi

Nahee Kim

Jericho Lawson

Namhwa Lee

Tian Liang

Pei-Ling Lin

Ying Lin

Linlin Liu

Yuxin Liu

Nancy Lopez

Shijie Mao

Evan Mason

Yun Mo

Yudi Mu

Brian Neal

Emily Ouyang

Sitong Pan

Gokul Parakulam

John Pleines

Xinhao Qu

Xin Shen

Ruotian Shi

Luhan Tang

Chin-Sheng Teng

Brian Tran

Leslie Vazquez Moreno

Noe Vidales

Nir Voloshin

Fushui Wang

Kaiming Wang

Xun Wang

Yifan Wu

Ke Xiao

Yijia Xue

Chenguang Yang

Tianjian Yang

Bradley Ye

Jingjing Zhang

Liming Zhao

Han Zheng

Bufan Zhou

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