People
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Lab Members
Won Eui Hong, PhD
- Postdoctoral Research Scientist
Won is specializing in modeling gene regulatory networks using single-cell multiomics data. Holds a Ph.D. in Mathematical Sciences from Carnegie Mellon University, focusing on asymptotic behaviors of dynamical systems, variational techniques, and optimizations. Jointly mentored with Dr. Ying Wei.
Qi Liu, PhD
- Postdoctoral Research Scientist
Qi is focusing on developing AI applications for healthcare and biomedical fields, and holds a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from City University of Hong Kong, specializing in utilizing structure-based models to achieve robustness and generalization in healthcare AI algorithms. Jointly mentored with Dr. Ying Wei (TRAIL). Homepage
Xu Liao, PhD
- Postdoctoral Research Scientist (incoming) focusing on RNA velocity, multi-modal modelling, representation learning and deep generative models.
Xu is focusing on RNA velocity, multi-modal modelling, representation learning and deep generative models. She employs advanced statistical and deep learning methods to model complex biological datasets, particularly in single and spatial omics data. Holds a Ph.D. in Biostatistics and Health Data Science from National University of Singapore. Homepage
Aiying Huang
- MSc Student (Y2023-2025, Public Health Data Science track) in Biostatistics
Aiying is developing statistical methods for multi-sample single-cell transcriptomics data.
Lehan (Chloe) Zou
- MSc Student (Y2023-2025, Public Health Data Science track) in Biostatistics
Chloe is interested in the trajectory analysis of single-cell data.
Xinyi Shang
- MSc Student (Y2023-2025, Theory and Methods track) in Biostatistics
Xinyi is focusing on evaluating GPT models and developing statistical methods for spatial transcriptomics data.
Alumni
Yifei Zhao, BSc. MSc. (Y2022-2024, Theory and Methods track). Computer Engineer at DISH.
Jingyi Yao, BSc. MSc. (Y2022-2024, Theory and Methods track). PhD student at Boston University.
Wenhan Bao, BSc. MSc. (Y2021-2023, Theory and Methods track). PhD student at Florida University.
Tianchuan Gao, BSc. MSc.(Y2021-2023, Theory and Methods track). PhD student at Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI).