Lab Alumni
Our students graduate and post-doctoral scholars enter into academic and industry fields. See the full list of alumni below.
PhD Students
Lai Jiang, Ph.D, 2017-2020
Current: Data Scientist, Meta
Abigail Horn, Ph.D., 2019 – 2022
Current: USC Keck School of Medicine Faculty
Chris Armoskus, Ph.D., 2014 - 2019
Current: Senior Computational Biologist, Alleo Labs at Immuneering
Lilit Moss, Ph.D., 2013 - 2018
Current: Senior Data Scientist, Cigna
Wonho Danny Lee, Ph.D, 2010-2012
Current: US Food and Drug Administration
Xuejuan Jiang, Ph.D., 2005-2007
Current: Assistant Professor of Research, USC
Cheng Peng, Ph.D., 2014 - 2019
Current: Biostatistician, Amgen
Kan Wang, Ph.D., 2013 - 2018
Current: Data Scientist, Google
Wei Liang, Ph.D., 2008-2013
Current: Associate Director, Nektar Therapeutics
Jinghua Liu, Ph.D., 2007 - 2012
Current: Senior Algorithm Scientist, Alibaba Group
Wei Sun, Ph.D., 2004-2007
Current: Director of Biostatistics, Kyowa Kirin Pharmaceutical Development, Inc
Post-Docs
Burcu Darst, Co-Post-Doc, 2019-2021
Current: Assistant Professor, Fred Hutch Cancer Center
Marco Matejcic, Co-Post-Doc, 2017 – 2019
Current: Applied research scientist, Moffit Cancer Center
Shujing (Flora) Xu, Co-Post-Doc, 2017 – 2019
Current: Age of Learning, Inc
Kristin Rand, Co-Post-Doc, 2012-2015
Current: Director Genomics Research and Development, Ancestry
Melanie Quintana, Post-Doc, 2010 – 2013
Current: Director & senior statistical scientist, Berry Consultants
James Baurley, Post-Doc, 2010 – 2012
Current: Co-founder & statistical computing principal, Biorealm, Inc.
Dalin Li, Post-Doc, 2006-2011
Current: Cedars Sinai/UCLA
Heather Volk, Post-Doc, 2006-2009
Current: Assistant professor, Johns Hopkins