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
- Ph.D. in Mathematics, 2009, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
- B.S. in Mathematics, 2003, Nankai University, Tianjin, China
- 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.