I am a PhD student in the CIMA Lab, Department of Statistics at North Carolina State University (NCSU), under the direction of Drs. Shu Yang and Larry Han. My methodology research interests include: Data fusion/integration, Federated learning, Machine learning and AI, Causal inference, Propensity score weighting, Clinical trials, Novel and composite endpoints, etc. I am also broadly interested in the applications of statistical methods in various medical and health research, such as Cardiovascular diseases, HIV/AIDS, COVID-19, Congenital heart defects, Racial disparities in healthcare, etc.

I am funded by the NCSU & Duke NHLBI T32 training grant and work as a Biostatistics Fellow at Duke Clinical Research Institute (DCRI). In the summer of 2024, I participated in the Quantitative Methods Internship in HIV/AIDS Research, Duke University.

Previously, I earned my Master of Biostatistics degree from the Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Duke University School of Medicine in 2022, under the guidance of Professor Roland Matsouaka. More previously, I obtained my Bachelor of Science in Mathematics and Applied Mathematics from Southeast University in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China in 2020.

I was born in Qianxi, Guizhou Province, China, and had the privilege of spending three enriching years at No.1 High School of Guiyang before commencing my college education.