Dr. Zhigen Zhao

Associate Professor, Charles E. Beury Research Fellow

Department of Statistics, Operations, and Data Science

Room 390
1801 Liacarous Walk
Philadelphia, 19122
Phone: (215) 204-6208
E-mail: zhaozhg@temple.edu
Curriculum Vitae


Research Interest
Research Statement
    • High Dimensional Data Analysis
    • Bayesian/Empirical Bayesian Statistics
    • Selective Inference
    • Simultaneous Statistical Inference
    • Nonparametric Testing
    • Sufficient Dimension Reduction in High Dimensiona
Education
    • Ph.D. in Mathematics, 2009, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
    • B.S. in Mathematics, 2003, Nankai University, Tianjin, China
Academic Positions
    • Director of Graduate Programs in Statistics, Temple University, 2019-2023
    • Associate Professor, Center for Data Analytics and Biomedical Informatics (Secondary appointment), Temple University, 2016-2019
    • Associate Professor, Department of Statistical Science, Fox School of Business, Temple University, 2016-present
    • Charles E. Beury Research Fellow, Fox School of Business, Temple University, 2016-present
    • Visiting Scholar, Cornell University, May-August, 2010
    • Assistant Professor, Temple University, 2009-2016

Some highlights

  • [April 2024]: Dr. Zhao has been invited to serve as Associate Editor of the American Statistician.

  • [March 2024]: Dr. Zhao has been awarded with the Fuculty Fellowship Program in Israel.

  • [September 2023]: Dr. Zhao is elected as an ISI elected member.

  • [July 2023]: Dr. Zhao (PI) received an NSF grant DMS-2311216.

  • [January 2023]: Dr. Zhao is invited to serve as the chair of the membership committee of the International Chinese Statistical Association for the second term.

  • [June 2022]: Tong Wang has successfully defended her Ph.D. dissertation. Congratulations to Tong!

  • [June 2022]: Zhengkang Liang has successfully defended his Ph.D. dissertation. Congratulations to Zhengkang!

  • [January 2022]: Dr. Zhao is invited to serve as the chair of the membership committee of the International Chinese Statistical Association.

  • [April 2018]: Yeil Kwon has successfully defended his Ph.D. dissertation and will be an Assistant Professor at University of Central Arkansas. Congratulations to Yeil!

  • [August 2016]: Dr. Zhao (PI) received an NSF grant IIS-1633283.

  • [May 2016]: Dr. Zhao (Co-PI) received an PennDOT grant.

  • [March 2016]: Yanping Liu has successfully defended her Ph.D. dissertation. Congratulations to Yanping!

  • [April 2015]: Yanping Liu has been selected as a winner of the ICSA Student Travel Award. Congratulations to Yanping!

  • [July 2014]: Yuwei Chang has successfully defended her Ph.D. dissertation. Congratulations to Yuwei!

  • [February 2013]: Dr. Zhao has been invited to serve as Associate Editor of the ASA journal Statistical Analysis and Data Mining".

  • [July 2012]: Dr. Zhao (PI) received the NSF grant DMS-1208735.

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