The key to growth is the introduction of higher dimensions of consciousness into our awareness. — Laozi Academic PositionsAssociate Professor with Tenure, Peking University, 2020–; Assistant Professor, 2014–2020; Postdocotoral Researcher, University of Pennsylvania, 2011–2014 EducationPh.D., University of Southern California, 2011; M.S., University of Minnesota Duluth, 2007; M.S., Fudan University, 2005; B.S., 2002 Research InterestsMy research interests lie in the broad areas of high-dimensional statistics and statistical machine learning, with particular emphasis on compositional data analysis and statistical learning from high-dimensional complex data. I am also interested in causal inference, survival analysis, and applications of statistical and machine learning methods to genomics, metagenomics, and environmental science. Links |