Ph.D. Placements
After they graduate, alumni of the statistics Ph.D. program go on to work at colleges and universities in research, teaching, and tenure-track positions. They also take on a wide variety of roles in public and private organizations.
Recent Graduates
Learn more about the first jobs our Ph.D. alumni land after earning their degrees.
Class of 2023
Prince Allotey, Asst. Professor of Practice, University of Washington
Anhar Aloufi
Eric Baron, Senior Biostatistician, Servier Pharmaceuticals
Xiaolin Chang, Biostatistician, Moderna
Jianmin Chen
Simiao Gao, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Yale University
Zijian Huang, Quantitative Analytics Specialist, Wells Fargo
Yakov Khariton
Jackson Lautier, Asst. Professor, Bentley University
Jung Wun Lee, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Jing Li
Yifan Li, Senior Consultant, Ernst & Young
Daeyoung Lim, Mathematical Statistician, CDER, FDA
Peiran Liu, Mathematical Statistician, CBER, FDA
Zhongmao Liu, Mathematical Statistician, CDER, FDA
Austin Menger, Founder, Menger Analytics
Namitha Pais, Postdoctoral Research, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture
Jiwon Park, Postdoctoral Fellow, Johns Hopkins University, Dept. of Epidemiology
Yong Qiao, Sr. Assoc. Data Scientist, Travelers
Jingyu Sun, Statistical Data Scientist , Revolution Medicines
Boyang Tang, Mathematical Statistician, FDA
Patrick Toman, Data Scientist, Hartford Steam Boiler
Ziyang Wang, Wells Fargo
Ganchao Wei
Hao Wu, Mathematical Statistician, CBER, FDA
Meiruo Xiang, Mathematical Statistician, CDER, FDA
Zehan Yang
Yelie Yuan, CCB Risk Program Associate, JP Morgan Chase
Katherine Zavez, Postdoctoral Research, UConn
Haiwei Zhou, Senior Statistician, AbbVie
More Ph.D. Placements
2022
Yuen Tsz (Abby) Lau, Postdoctoral Associate, University of Pennsylvania, Biostatistics
Sai Ma, Senior Biostatistician, Vertex Pharmaceuticals
Lubing Wang, Senior Associate, Travelers
Zhiyong Hu, Data Scientist, Microsoft
Srawan Bishnoi, Teaching Asst. Professor, University of Pittsburgh
Cheng Huang, Statistician, Vir Biotechnology
Wenlin Yuan, Statistician, Moderna
Hongfei Li, Principle Biostatistician, Incyte Corporation
Yiming Zhang, Mathematical Statistician, FDA
Md. Tuhin Sheikh, Postdoctoral Associate, Yale University
Chiranjit Dutta, Applied Researcher, Ebay
2021
Wei Shi, Senior Statistician, Modeling & Simulation, Amgen
Yaqiong Yao, Postdoctoral Research Scientist, Columbia University, Biostatistics
Wanwan Xu, Postdoctoral Associate, Yale University
Xiaomeng Li, Senior Consultant, Ernst & Young
Biju Wang, Senior Biostatistician, Johnson & Johnson
Yan Li, Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Michigan, Biostatistics
Soumik Banerjee, Visiting Asst. Professor, Binghamton University
Jiyeon Song, Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Michigan, Biostatistics
Zhe Sun, Post Doc, Yale University
JooChul Lee, University of Pennsylvania, Dept. of Biostatistics and Epidemiology
Ziqi Yang, Ant Group
Qingyang Liu, Incyte Corporation
2020
Jinjian Mu, Ohio State University, College of Nursing
Shuang Yin, Transamerica Insurance
Ellis Shaffer, S & P Global
Cheng Zhang, Novartis
Qi Qi, Genetech
Zhe Wang, Asst. Prof., Denison University
Aritra Halder, Asst. Prof., University of Virginia, Bio-Complexity Institute
Lijiang Geng, Boehringer Ingelheim, Shanghai
Yulia Sidi, Takeda
Xiaokang Liu, University of Pennsylvania, Postdoc
Jieying Jiao, Travelers Insurance
Chaoran Hu, Eli Lilly and Company
2019
Renjie Chen, Zillow
Kangyang Liu, CTO Office, Motorola Solutions Company
Yishu Xue, Travelers Insurance
Yang Liu, Upstart
Tairan Ye, Liberty Mutual Insurance
Matthew Henry Linder, Oden Technologies
Qian Meng, Trinity
Disheng Mao, Microsoft
Wenjie Wang, Eli Lilly and Company
Paul McLaughlin, Penn State University
Di Zheng, Liberty Mutual Insurance
2018
Yeongjin Gwon, University of Nebraska Medical Center
Jun Hu, University of Vermont
Hao Li, Boehringer Ingelheim
Shariq Mohammed, University of Michigan
Ruochen Zha, Mapfre Insurance
Fan Zhang, Pfizer
Chen Zhang, Travelers Insurance
Yan Zhuang, Connecticut College
2017
Yaohua Zhang, Vertex Pharmaceuticals
Ved Deshpande, Ebay
Aditya Mishra, Flatiron Institute
Abhishek Bishoyi, Selective Insurance
Sudeep Bapat, University of California, Santa Barbara
Jing Wu, University of Rhode Island
Daoyuan Shi, Vertex Pharmaceuticals
Chongliang Luo, UConn Health Center
Yujing Jiang, Colorado State University
Gregory Vaughan, Bentley University
Dooti Roy, Boehringer Ingelheim
2016
Wei Fu, Mapfre Insurance
Brian Bader, KPMG
Abhisek Saha, MD Anderson Cancer Institute
Qianzhu Wu, Liberty Mutual Insurance Co.
Yu-Bo Wang, National Institute of Child Health & Human Development (NICHD/NIH)
Chun Wang, Liberty Mutual Insurance Co.
2015
Hee-Koung Joeng, Merck
Patrick Harrington, Genomic Health, Inc.
Bo Zhao, Travelers Insurance
Dooti Roy, Biostatistician, Boehringer Ingelheim
Zhuo Wang, Shenzen University
Volodymyr Serhiyenko, Metabiota
Guang Ouyang, Data Scientist, Id Analytics
Chantal Larose, Assistant Professor, SUNY New Paltz
Gyuhyeong Goh, Assistant Professor, Kansas State University
2014
Danjie Zhang, Biostatistician, Gilead Sciences, Inc.
Swarnali Banerjee, Assistant Professor, Old Dominion College
2013
Sankha Perrera, Linear Squared
Hongwei Shang, Hewlett Packard
Ashok Chaurasia, Postdoctoral Fellow, National Institute of Child Health & Human Dev.
Gong-Yi Liao, Northern Trust
Hongwei Shang, Researcher, Hewlett Packard Labs
Jennifer Boyko, Biostatistician, Boehringer Ingelheim
Sairam Rayaprolu, Decision Science Consultant, Disney
Steven Chiou, Assistant Professor, University of Minnesota, Duluth
Valerie Pare, Wesleyan University
Xiao (Leo) Wang, Assistant Vice President, Barclay’s
Xun Jiang, Statistician, Amgen
2012
Bhargab Chattopadhyay, Assistant Professor, University of Texas at Dallas
Hui Yao, Ernst & Young
Karthik Bharath, Visiting Assistant Professor at Department of Statistics, Ohio State University
Ran Liu, Biometrician, Merck
Rui Wu, Statistician, Novartis
Wenqing Li, Novartis
Yuanye Zhang, Senior Biostatistician, Novartis
Ziwen Wei, Statistician, Merck
2011
Arijit Sinha, Novartis
Debanjan Bhattacharjee, Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics, Utah Valley University
Gregory Matthews, Postdoctoral Research Associate, School of Public Health, University of Massachusetts
Jeffrey Stratton, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Mathematics, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA.
Marcos Prates, Federal University of Minas Gerais
Miaomiao Ge, Statistician, Boehringer Ingelheim
Xiaojing Wang, Google, New York City
2010
Sandra Hurtado-Rua, Postdoctoral Associate Division of Biostatistics and Epidemiology Department of Public Health Weill Medical College of Cornell University
Yuchen Fama, Statistician, Travelers, Hartford, CT.
2009
Balaji Raman, Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Statistics, Yale University, CT
Elijah Gaioni, IBM, TJ Watson, NY
Jian Zou, Postdoctoral Fellow, NISS, North Carolina
Patrick Joyce, Census Bureau
Wangang Xie, Statistician, Abbott Laboratories, Illinois
Xia Wang, Postdoctoral Fellow, NISS, North Carolina
Yifang Zhao
2008
Sourish Das, Postdoctoral Fellow/Visiting Faculty, SAMSI/Duke University, Durham, NC
Yingmei Xi, Averion International Corp., Southborough, MA
2007
Fang Yu, Biostatistics, University of Nebraska, Omaha
Feng Guo, Department of Statistics, Virginia Tech University, Blacksburg, VA
Jaydip Mukhopadhyay, Bristol Myers Squibb, Wallingford, CT
William Pepe, AT&T, NJ
2006
Changhong Song, Biostatistician at EMMES Corporation in Rockville, Maryland.
Samiran Ghosh, Mathematical Sciences Dept, Indiana University Purdue University at Indianapolis
Sonali Das, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Pretoria, South Africa
Ulysses Diva, Bristol Meyers & Squibb, Wallingford, CT
2005
Hai Xu, Statistician, St. Paul Travelers, Hartford, CT.
Seongho Song, Department of Mathematics, University of Cincinnati, Ohio.
Zhaohui Liu, Senior Biostatistician, Novartis, Inc., NJ.
Zhenkui Zhang, Statistical Analyst, Liberty Mutual Bank, Boston, MA.
2004
Anandamayee Majumdar, Department of Mathematics, Arizona State University, Arizona
Lan Huang, National Cancer Institute, National Institute of Health, Rockville, Maryland.
Madhuja Mallick, Biostatistician, Merck Research Laboratories.
Prashni Paliwal, Biostatistician, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Wallingford, CT
Shanshan Wu, Statistician, ING Clarion, New York, NY
2003
Amitabha Bhaumik, Bristol-Myers-Squibb
Junfeng Liu, Department of Statistics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland
Rongwei Fu, School of Public Health, Oregon Science and Health University, Portland, Oregon
2002
Greg Cicconetti
Jun Ying, Professor, Department of Environmental Health, Division of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, University of Cincinnati
2001
Athanasios Micheas, Department of Statistics, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO
Deepak K. Agarwal, Yahoo Corporation
Zhen Chen, Biostatistics, University of Pennsylvania
2000
Athanasios Kottas, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA
Fei Wang, Assistant Professor,Public Health School, Boston University
Kaushik Patra, Center for Biostatistics and AIDS Research, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Keith Holler, St. Pauls Travelers Insurance, Hartford, CT
Sudipto Banerjee, Biostatistics Dept, University of Minnesota
1999
Kenneth Klesczewski, Research Statistician, Bristol Myers Squibb, Wallingford, CT
William Duggan, Research Statistician, Pfizer, Groton, CT
1998
Hui-May Chu, Statistician/Computing Scientist, CPBD, Inc. Cambridge, MA
Jie Chen, Statistician, Computing Service Dept. UMASS, Boston, MA
Murali Niverthi, Lincoln National Corp, Fort Wayne, IN
1997
Malini Iyengar, Glaxo Smith Klein, Philadelphia, PA
Mark Ecker, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA
Zuqiang Qiou, Vital Computer Services International Inc., Florham Park, NJ
1996
Dan Larose, Central Connecticut State University, New Britain, CT
Kuo-ren Lou, Tamkang University, Taiwan, ROC
Marco Bonetti, Institute of Quantitative Methods, Universita Bocconi, Milano, Italy
Pantelis Vlachos, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Sujit Ghosh, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
1995
Cristina Sison, North Shore University Hospital, NY
Hong Chang, Cooper and Lybrand, Boston, MA
Jeffrey Pai, University of Manitoba, Canada
Sujay Datta, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
Tae Yang, Myongji University, Korea
1994
Bani Mallick, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
Fengchun Peng, Department of Biostatistics, University of Rochester
Lea R. Birmiwal, Birminal Investment Trust
Sujit Sahu, School of Mathematics, University of Southampton, U.K.
1993
Saibal Chattopadhyay, Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta, India
Tai-Ming Lee, Department of Statistics, Fu Jen Catholic University, Taiwan
1992
Constantine Yiannoutsos, Department of Biostatistics, Indiana University-Purdue University
1990
Tumulesh Solanky, Professor,Department of Mathematics, University of New Orleans
Younshik Chung, Professor, Pusan National University, Korea
1989
Brad Carlin, School of Public Health, Division of Biostatistics, University of Minnesota
Daniel Miller, Central Connecticut State University
Mabel H. Moreno
Pei-San Liao, Fu Jen Catholic University, Taiwan
Phyllis Schumacher, Mathematics Department, Bryant College
1988
John Judge, Westfield State College
1987
James Kenyon, Senior Research Biostatistician, Bristol-Myers Squibb
Patrick Cantwell, Business Div, Bureau of the Census
Silvi Liberman, Statistics Department, Temple University (Deceased)
Steve Leeds, President, The Marketing Investigators
Suryoguritno Darmanto, Godjah Mada University, Indonesia
1985
Marsha Davis, Math and Computer Sciences Dept, Eastern Connecticut State University
Robert Leighty, Department of Statistics, Ohio State University
1981
John F. Carter, Donnelley Marketing Information Services
1979
William R. Stephenson, Department of Statistics, Iowa State University
1978
Eleanor J. Dietz, Mathematics Dept., Meredith College, Raleigh, WC
1975
Brian W. Woodruff
Lawrence C. Berger
1974
Michael A. Fligner, Statistics Dept., Ohio State University
1973
Michael J. Barthel, DC Dept. of Human Services
1972
Labib J. Abdunnur
Richard C. Murphy
Teng-Shan Weng
William A. Powers III
1971
David F. Bauer, Math Science, Virginia Commonwealth University
Oswald G. DeLisser
Richard H. Lavoie, Dept. of Mathematics, Providence College
1970
Bodh R. Gulati, Southern Connecticut State University
David L. Fulton
Matthew Goldstein, Chancellor, CUNY
Mrs. Gene S. Sogliero
Shadeo K. Badhe
1968
Chris P. Tsokos, Dept. of Mathematics, University of South Florida
Donald Fridshal
Jimmie Dale Woods
Leigh Harrington
1966
David Salsburg, Statistical Consultant (our very first Ph.D.)
Vidya S. Taneja, Dept. of Mathematics, Western Illinois University
Class of 2022
Yuen Tsz (Abby) Lau, Postdoctoral Associate, University of Pennsylvania, Biostatistics
Sai Ma, Senior Biostatistician, Vertex Pharmaceuticals
Lubing Wang, Senior Associate, Travelers
Zhiyong Hu, Data Scientist, Microsoft
Srawan Bishnoi, Teaching Asst. Professor, University of Pittsburgh
Cheng Huang, Statistician, Vir Biotechnology
Wenlin Yuan, Statistician, Moderna
Hongfei Li, Principle Biostatistician, Incyte Corporation
Yiming Zhang, Mathematical Statistician, FDA
Md. Tuhin Sheikh, Postdoctoral Associate, Yale University
Chiranjit Dutta, Applied Researcher, Ebay