Biography

I am an Associate Professor of Biostatistics at University of Florida. I obtained my PhD in Computer Science and Informatics from Emory University, where I worked with Dr. Zhaohui Steve Qin (mentor) and Dr. Hao Wu (mentor), and closely collaborated with Dr. Peng Jin and Dr. Bing Yao. I also received a MS in Biostatistics and another MS in Computer Science from the Johns Hopkins University, where I worked with Dr. Hongkai Ji(mentor).

Opening

My lab now has multiple openings for PhD/MS students and one opening for Postdoc. Interested candidates please refer the Opening for how to apply.

Research

My lab is currently funded by NIH NIGMS. My lab’s research focuses on developing statistical and informatics methods for analyzing of multi-omics data. Projects include but not limited to

• Epigenomics: Develop statistical methods and database for analyzing epigenomic data
  • Differential binding. [ChIPComp]
  • TF regulatory module. [tfLDA]
  • Database and web server. [hmChIP]
  • Predictive modeling of disease status. [MTAE]
  • Predicting 3D chromatin interaction. [DeepPHiC]
• Genetics: Develop computational methods for annotating and analyzing functional variants (GWAS SNPs, cis-eQTL SNVs) by utilizing large-scale multi-omics profiles
  • GWAS variant enrichment analysis. [traseR]
  • Functional variant prediction. [DIVAN;TIVAN; WEVar; TLVar; DeepPerVar; TIVAN-indel]
• Metagenomics: Develop statistical methods for analyzing microbiome data
  • Normalization. [GMPR]
  • Power analysis. [powmic]
  • Predictive modeling.[glmgraph; SICS; glmmTree; MDeep]
• Single-cell genomics: Develop statistical methods for clustering single-cell data
  • Clustering scRNA data.[BAMMSC]
• Transcriptomics: Develop statistical methods for analyzing non-coding RNAs
  • Differential expression analysis. [circMeta]