This page lists individuals who have recently graduated from the Department of Statistics at Iowa State University with a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) as well as their first position after graduating (when known). If you see any errors or omissions, please contact Jarad Niemi.
2023
Fall
- Eryn Blagg, Senior Statistician, Erelas LLC
- Zhili Qiao, Statistician, Eli Lilly & Company
- Yifan Wang
- Lijin Zhang
Summer
- Ricardo Batista, Data Scientist, Waymo
- Yanghyeon Cho, Postdoctoral Researcher, Columbia University
- Guoliang Ma, Assistant Professor, Xiamen University
- Paul Morris, Analyst, Baseball Research & Development, Tampa Bay Rays
- Yan Wang, Assistant Professor, Wayne State University
- Fangshu Ye, Quantitative Analytics Specialist, Wells Fargo
- Hyemin Yeon, Postdoctoral Researcher, North Carolina State University
- Haihan Yu, Assistant Professor, The University of Rhode Island
- Joseph Zemmels, Data Scientist, U.S. Geological Survey
Spring
- Luis Damiano, Postdoctoral Researcher at Sandia National Laboratories
- Lauren McKeen, Research Scientist (Statistics), Elanco
- Jason Saporta, Model Validation Quant, UBS
2022
Fall
- Charles Labuzzetta, Ecological Data Scientist, U.S. Geological Survey
- Kelly McClernon, Sandia National Labs
- Amin Shirazi, Senior Research Statistician, AbbVie
- Yuchen Wang, Manager in Pharmacometrics, Pfizer
- Lingnan Yuan, Statistician, Zoetis
Summer
- Jeon Hyeongseon, Postdoctoral Researcher, The Ohio State University
- Ju Kim, Market Risk Analyst, Federal Home Loan Bank of Des Moines
- Jiayi Luo, Quantitative Finance Analyst, Citi Bank
- Sepideh Mosaferi, Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Massachusetts Amherst
- Matthew Stuart, Assistant Professor, Loyola University Chicago
- Hao Sun, Senior Manager, Biostatistics, Bristol Myers Squibb
- Yudi Zhang, Applied Scientist II, Amazon
- Wenting Zhao,
- Qihao Zhang, Quant Researcher
Spring
- Zihao Chen, Quantitative Associate, Wells Fargo
- Gang Han, Translational Statistician, GSK
- Dae Gyu Jang, Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Michigan
- Carlos Llosa, R&D Statistician at Sandia National Laboratories
- Run Wang, Data Scientist at Google
2021
Fall
- Xinyue Chang, Research Scientist, Eli Lilly & Company
- Myungjin Kim
- Dongjin Li, Quantitative Analytics Specialist, Wells Fargo
- Geoffrey Thompson, Data Engineering Technical Leader, Cisco Systems
- Yueying Wang, Postdoctoral Research Scientist, Columbia University Irving Medical Center
- Yifan Zhu, Staff Scientist, inDeed