Biography
I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Statistics at Brigham Young University. I was previously a Lecturer and Postdoctoral Scholar at the University of California, Berkeley, in the Department of Statistics, working with the Causal Inference group. I did my Ph.D. in Statistics at the University of Texas at Austin McCombs School of Business, Department of Information, Risk and Operations Management, under the guidance of Carlos Carvalho.
Research Interests
My research focuses on Bayesian methods, particularly methods for machine learning and categorical random variables, together with the use of these methods in causal inference, econometrics, healthcare, finance, and sports.Education
- Doctor of Philosophy, Statistics , Finance, University of Texas at Austin (2019)
- Master of Science, Information, Risk, and Operations Management , University of Texas at Austin (2017)
- Master of Science, Statistics , Brigham Young University (2014)
- Bachelor of Science, Statistics , Mathematics, Brigham Young University (2012)
Licenses and Certifications
- Hanban/Confucius Institute Headquarters, HSK Level 4 (2010 - Present)
Memberships
- Society for Causal Inference (2021 - Present)
- International Society for Bayesian Analysis (2015 - Present)
- American Statistical Association (2013 - Present)
Professional Citizenship
- Editor, Associate Editor, Journal of Quantitative Analysis in Sports (2023 - Present)
- Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, Journal of Computational and Graphical Statistics (2022 - Present)
- Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: Series C (2022 - Present)
- Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, Journal of Business and Economic Statistics (2021 - Present)
- Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, National Science Foundation (2021 - Present)
- Officer (specify in Other), International Society for Bayesian Analysis; Section on Economics, Finance, and Business (2023 - 2024)
- Committee/Council Member, American Statistical Association, Business and Economics Section Student Paper Awards Committee (2021 - 2024)
- Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, NeurIPS (2021 - 2021)