Meet the Team

Lab members celebrating a PhD defence beneath — Congrats Dr. Fu · May 2026

The lab at the STATGEN 2026 meeting — STATGEN · May 2026

The lab gathered in a seminar room around a cake — Birthday! · April 2026

An evening lab gathering outdoors under string lights — Summer BBQ · May 2025

Lab members on a hike beside a creek and waterfall — Valley Forge · March 2025

The lab visiting the National Memorial Arch at Valley Forge — Valley Forge · March 2025

The lab on the staircase of the Academic Research Building — November 2024

The lab together in a lounge — November 2024

Lab members in matching Section on Statistics in Genomics shirts at sunset — Morning jog @ STATGEN · May 2024

The lab at a conference, badges on — Meeting our alums · May 2024

Lab members serving food around a table — Lab meeting · February 2024

The lab around a table of shared food — Party 2025

The Group Today

Jiazhen Rong
PhD Student, Genomics & Computational Biology
Yuxuan Lin
PhD Student, Statistics and Data Science
Emilia Chen
PhD Student, Genomics & Computational Biology
Eddie Yang
PhD Student, Statistics and Data Science
Yijia Jiang
PhD Student, Genomics & Computational Biology
Tracy Wang
PhD Student, Genomics & Computational Biology
Nakial Cross
PhD Student, Genomics & Computational Biology
Rohit Khurana
MD/PhD Student, Genomics & Computational Biology
Anthony Qu
PhD Student, Genomics & Computational Biology

Alumni

Yuntian Fu PhD Student (GCB), left 2026 for Postdoc, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Zhaojun Zhang PhD Student (Statistics and Data Science), left 2026 for Quantitative Researcher, Citadel
Zhen Miao Master's Thesis (PhD Candidate, GCB), left 2026 for Postdoc, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

Alisha Aristel Master's Thesis, left 2026 for Research Fellow, National Institutes of Health
Kaishu Mason PhD Student (Data Science), left 2025 for Senior Data Scientist, New York Mets
Divij Mathews Postdoc (co-mentored with John Wherry), left 2025 for his own lab, Department of Immunology and Microbiology, University of Colorado

Paul Hess Postdoc, left 2024
Kevin Lin Postdoc, left 2023 for Assistant Professor, Department of Biostatistics, University of Washington
Chi-Yun Wu PhD Student (GCB), left 2022 for Postdoc, Gladstone Institute

Two lab members performing, one on violin and one at a keyboard

Divyansh Agarwal MD-PhD Student (GCB), left 2020 for Resident, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School
Zilu Zhou PhD Student (GCB), left 2020 for Data Scientist, Google
Mo Huang PhD Student (STAT), left 2020 for Senior Scientist, Merck Pharmaceuticals

Jingshu Wang Postdoc, left 2019 for Assistant Professor, Department of Statistics, University of Chicago
Xuran Wang PhD Student (AMCS), left 2019 for Postdoc, Carnegie Mellon Department of Statistics
Charlie Li Xia Postdoc (joint with Hanlee Ji), left 2017 for Assistant Professor, Albert Einstein College of Medicine

A large group gathered in a conference room for a celebration

Yuchao Jiang PhD Student (GCB), left 2017 for Assistant Professor, Departments of Genetics and Biostatistics, University of North Carolina
Yang Jiang PhD Student (Statistics, joint with Dylan Small), left 2017
Hao Chen PhD Student (Stanford STAT), left 2014 for Assistant Professor, Department of Statistics, University of California Davis

Lab members beside a whiteboard of derivations

Jeremy Shen PhD Student (Stanford STAT), left 2012 for Two Sigma Investments
Yunting Sun PhD Student (Stanford STAT), left 2012 for Senior Scientist, Google Inc.

Interested in Joining Us?

We are always looking for motivated students from Statistics, Biology, Computer Science, Bioinformatics, or similar fields. If you are interested, please get in touch and include your CV and a brief research statement.

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