DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS AND DATA SCIENCE

PhD Graduate Students

Michael Armah

MichaelArmah2027@u.northwestern.edu
Research interests include: social statistics, time series analysis, stochastic processes, and machine learning

Yunlu Chen

YunluChen2026@u.northwestern.edu

Ryan Chen

ryanchen2026@u.northwestern.edu

Hway-Min Chou

Hway-minChou2026@u.northwestern.edu
Research interests include: high-dimensional data, machine learning, anomaly detection, and time series analysis

T Christian

TChristian2024@u.northwestern.edu
Research interests include: machine learning, astrostatistics, and network analysis

Matthew Forte

MatthewForte2026@u.northwestern.edu

Gracie Hayes

GraceJohnson2027@u.northwestern.edu

Zhipeng Hou

ZhipengHou2022@u.northwestern.edu

Thomas Ippolito

ThomasIppolito2013@u.northwestern.edu
Research interests include: causal inference for time series analysis, event study methodology, financial statistics, and public policy research.

Brody Kendall

CurtisKendall2025@u.northwestern.edu

Youngmin Ko

YoungminKo2027@u.northwestern.edu

Tim Tsz-Kit Lau

timlautk@u.northwestern.edu
Research interests include: optimization for machine learning and statistics, reinforcement learning and high-dimensional statistics

Zewei Li

ZeweiLi2025@u.northwestern.edu
Research interest include: Stochastic Process and Probability Theory

Xincheng Li

XinchengLi2027@u.northwestern.edu

Jiangli Liu

JiangliLiu2027@u.northwestern.edu

Jiahui Lyu

JiahuiLyu2023@u.northwestern.edu

Lining Mao

LiningMao2027@u.northwestern.edu
Research interest includes: Machine learning, data mining, data visualization, regression analysis.

Tyler Maule

TylerMaule2025@u.northwestern.edu
Research interests include: social statistics, meta-analysis, sampling, and network analysis

Samuel Ozminkowski

SamuelOzminkowski2027@u.northwestern.edu
Research interests include: Bayesian statistics, network analysis

Ziteng Pang

ZitengPang2027@u.northwestern.edu

Robert Peng

rbpeng@u.northwestern.edu
Research interests include: Bayesian Statistics, High-Dimensional Data, Statistical Genetics, Statistical Learning, and Stochastic Processes

Gabriel Pereira Pinto

GabrielPereiraPinto2024@u.northwestern.edu
Research interests include: Machine Learning, Non-Parametric Statistics

Anastasia Polkovnichenko

AnastasiaPolkovnichenko2023@u.northwestern.edu

Tim Ruel

TimothyRuel2024@u.northwestern.edu
Research interests include: Markov chain Monte Carlo methods

Kayla Schroeder

KaylaSchroeder2026@u.northwestern.edu

Abby (Abigail) Smith

als1@u.northwestern.edu

Daihe Sui

daihesui2026@u.northwestern.edu
Research interests include: meta-analysis

Zidan Wang

ZidanWang2025@u.northwestern.edu
Research interests include: Machine Learning and Reinforcement Learning

Zheng Yuan

ZhengYuan2025@u.northwestern.edu
Research interests include: Statistical Inference, Bayesian Statistics, Probability Theory, Stochastic Process, Theoretical Machine Learning

Jingyang Zhang

JingyangZhang2023@u.northwestern.edu
Research Interests: social statistics, causal inference, spatial analysis, network analysis

Jifan Zhang

JifanZhang2026@u.northwestern.edu
Research interest include: time series and machine learning