Biography

Work experience

Associate Professor (with tenure), Department of Statistics and Probability, Michigan State University (2025 - present)
Assistant Professor, Department of Statistics and Probability, Michigan State University (2018 - 2025)
Research Assistant, Academia Sinica, Taiwan (2013 - 2014)
Statistical Engineer, Walsin Lihwa Corp., Taiwan (2010 - 2013)

Ph.D in Industrial Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, U.S.A. (2014 - 2018)
- Thesis advisors: Profs. C. F. Jeff Wu and Benjamin Haaland
M.S. in Statistics, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan (2008 - 2010)
- Thesis advisor: Prof. Shao-Wei Cheng
B.S. in Applied Mathematics, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan (2004 - 2008)

2024 — SPES + Q&P Best Student Paper Winner, ASA (Student: Junoh Heo)
2024 — NSF CAREER Award, National Science Foundation
2023 — QSR Best Student Paper Winner, INFORMS (Student: Junoh Heo)
2023 — IMS New Researcher Travel Award, Institute of Mathematical Statistics
2021 — Full Membership in Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Honor Society
2019 — Statistics in Physical Engineering Sciences (SPES) Award, American Statistical Association
2018 — Alice and John Jarvis, Ph.D. Student Research Award, Honorable Mention, Georgia Tech ISyE
2017 — Best Student Poster Winner, First Prize, Georgia Statistics Day, Emory University
2017 — Best Student Poster Winner, ISBIS Meeting, IBM Watson Research Center
2016 — Student Travel Award, Spring Research Conference on Statistics in Industry and Technology
2016 — Hacklytics 3rd Place, Data Science, Georgia Tech
2010 — Dr. Chen Wen-Chen Statistics Science Thesis Research Award, Dr. Chen Wen-Chen Memorial Foundation
2007 — Academic Achievement Award, National Tsing Hua University