People

The Division of Statistics and Data Science currently has 9 core research faculty and 2 affiliate faculty. In addition, some, mostly undergraduate, statistics courses are also taught by faculty in the Department of Mathematical Sciences, whose information can be viewed following the People link in the Department’s page. The division has about 30 graduate students pursuing MS in Statistics and PhD in Mathematics with concentration in Statistics. 

Tenure-Track Faculty

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Xuan Cao

Associate Professor in Statistics, A&S Mathematical Sciences

5306 French Hall

513-556-4024

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Emily Kang

Professor in Statistics, A&S Mathematical Sciences

4428B French Hall

513-556-5138

For more information, please visit the website of Kang's group: http://emilystat.wixsite.com/gdads
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Hang Joon Kim

Associate Professor in Statistics, A&S Mathematical Sciences

5410 French Hall

513-556-4937


For current information, please visit
http://homepages.uc.edu/~kim3h4/
 
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Bledar Alex Konomi

Associate Professor, Statistics, A&S Mathematical Sciences

5316 French Hall

513-556-4851

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Dan Ralescu

Professor, A&S Mathematical Sciences

4506 French Hall

513-556-4092

PhD  in 1980 from Indiana University (Bloomington)
1976-77 Assistant Professor, Department of Economics and Management,University of Dijon, France
Joined University of Cincinnati in 1980
On the Editorial Board of 10 professional journals
Frequent lectures, and plenary talks at international conferences (France,Spain,Japan,China,Brazil,etc.).
Fellow of IFSA (International Fuzzy Systems Association)
President of ICUT (International Consortium of Uncertainty Theory)
Lifetime Achievement Award from Society for Uncertainty of China, August 2014
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Siva Sivaganesan

Professor and Director, Division of Statistics and Data Science., A&S Mathematical Sciences

5402 French Hall

513-556-4806


http://homepages.uc.edu/~sivagas/

Research interest is in the general area of Bayesian analysis, with methodological focus in robust and objective Bayesian methods, subgroup analysis, multiple testing, nonparametrics, and nonlinear modeling, with  applications in biomedical areas, with a particular focus on bioinformatics, clinical trials, and epidemiology. 
 
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Seongho Song

Professor and Undergraduate Program Director in Statistics, A&S Mathematical Sciences

5322 French Hall

513-873-8787

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Xia Wang

Professor, A&S Mathematical Sciences

4428E French Hall

513-556-3295

For current research, please visit
http://homepages.uc.edu/~wang2x7

 

Educator Faculty

The Department of Mathematical Sciences has more than 15 educator faculty who teach undergraduate-level statistics and mathematics courses. Please find the list of educator faculty here.

Affiliate Faculty

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Bin Huang

Research Professor-Affiliate, COM Pediatrics Div Biostat & Epid

Childrens Hospital Bldg R

513-636-7612

Emeritus Faculty

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James A Deddens

Professor Emeritus

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Paul S Horn

Professor Emeritus, COM Pediatrics CCHMC Secondary AFF Facul

130 Childrens Hospital Bldg R

513-803-3256

EDUCATION

Ph.D. (Statistics), Princeton University, 1981. Advisor: John W. Tukey M.A. (Statistics), Princeton University, 1979. Sc.B. (Applied Mathematics), Brown University, 1977.

EXPERIENCE

Interim Assistant Head, Dept. of Mathematical Sciences, Univ. of Cincinnati, Sept. 2000 – Aug. 2001.

Visiting Research Professor, Departement de Mathematiques, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, Switzerland, July - September 1999.

Visiting Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, September – December 1999.

Full Professor, University of Cincinnati, 1993 - Present.

Scientist/Engineer, The Procter & Gamble Company, 1992 - 1994.

Associate Professor, University of Cincinnati, 1987 - 1993.

Assistant Professor, University of Cincinnati, 1983 - 1987.

Member of Technical Staff/Ph.D., Bell Laboratories, Holmdel, New Jersey, 1982 - 1983.

Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Statistics and Actuarial Sci., University of Iowa, 1981 - 1982.

Research Assistant, Biostatistics Department, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, July - August, 1978.
Graduate Students
Name Program Year of Joining Email Advisor

Cheng, Yizi

MS

2018

 

 

Green, Samantha

MS

2018

   

Xiong, Ye

MS

2018

   

Idelman, Gila

MS

2018

   

Dong, Shun

PhD

2018

dongsu@mail.uc.edu

 

Qin, Ke

PhD

2017-MS

qinkn@mail.uc.edu

 

Amani, Almarri

MS

2017

   

Kong, Xiangyu

MS

2017

   

Purvis, Brooke

MS

2017

   

Yang, Gang

PhD

2016-MS

yangg2@mail.uc.edu

Emily Kang

Yang, Fang

PhD

2016-MS

yangf8@mail.uc.edu

 

Zhou, Yi

MS

2016

   

Almomani, Ayat

PhD

2016

almomaam@mail.uc.edu

Hang Kim

Palipana, Anushka

PhD

2016

palipaak@mail.uc.edu

Seongho Song

Zhou, Chen (Grace)

PhD

2016

zhouce@mail.uc.edu

Seongho Song

Bhatnagar, Saumya

PhD

2015-MS

bhatnasa@mail.uc.edu

Won Chang

Wang, Linna

PhD

2015-MS

wang2l9@mail.uc.edu

Yizao Wang

Wu, Xin

PhD

2015-MS

wux7@mail.uc.edu

Seongho Song

Yuan, Yuan

PhD

2015-MS

yuany3@mail.uc.edu

Hang Kim

Huang, Rui

PhD

2015-MS

huangr2@mail.uc.edu

Alex Konomi

Herath, Nilupika

PhD

2015

herathnk@mail.uc.edu

Siva Sivaganesan

Li, Miaoqi

PhD

2015

li2mq@mail.uc.edu

Emily Kang

Zhang, Jieyan

PhD

2015

zhang2jy@mail.uc.edu

Emily Kang

Fu, Zuopeng

PhD

2015

fuzg@mail.uc.edu

Yizao Wang

Bennett, Seth Jerry

PhD

2014

bennetsj@mail.uc.edu

A. Konomi, S. Song

Liu, Yuhan

PhD

2014

liu3yh@mail.uc.edu

Dan Ralescu

Wu, Tzu-Chun

PhD

2012-MS

wutn@mail.uc.edu

Emily Kang

Su, Weiji

PhD

2012-MS

suwj@mail.uc.edu

Xia Wang

Su, Weizhe

PhD

2012-MS

suwh@mail.uc.edu

Xia Wang

Cheng, Si

PhD

2012-MS

chengse@mail.uc.edu

Alex Konomi

Here is the list of graduate alumni who we can contact with. If you are graduate alumni and cannot find your name from the list below, please send us (siva.sivaganesan@uc.edu) your current position and email address. We will post the position while using the email address for our communication purpose only.

Graduate Alumni
Name Year of Graduation Position
Zang, Huaiyu 2020 Biostatistician, Cincinnati Children Hospital Medical Center

Emrah, Gecili

2018

PostDoc, Cincinnati Children Hospital Medical Center

Ma, Pulong

2018

PostDoc, SAMSI

Zhang, Yuankun

2018

Model Risk Specialist, BNY Mellon

Zhao, Yingjun

2018

Data Analyst, Ryzlink Corporation

Zhou, Wei

2018

Johnson & Johnson

Hanandeh, Ahmad Ali

2017

Assistant Professor, Yarmouk University, Jordan

Liu, Jinzhong

2017

Biostatistician, Medpace

Ren, Sheng

2017

Data Scientist, Savvysherpa

Shi, Hongxiang

2017

Senior Quantative Analyst, Fifth Third Bank

Li, Dan

2016

Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Southern California

Zhang, Yue

2016

Research Assistant Professor, Shanghai Jiaotong University, China

Duan, Li Leo

2015

Assistant Professor, University of Florida

Kim, Woosuk

2014

Assistant Professor, Slippery Rock Univeristy of Pennsylvania

Shen, Rui

2009

Quantitative Manager, Fifth Third Bank

Guo, Wei

 

Data Scientist, Microsoft

Guo, Yixuan

 

Senior Data Scientist, Marchex

Jaberansari, Negar

 

Cincinnati Financial Insurance

Li, Dandan

 

Senior Quantitative Analyst, Fifth Third Bank

Meng, Xiangxiang

 

SAS Inc.

Xiao, Yang

 

SAS Inc.

Zhang, Xiao

 

Quantitative Researcher R&D, Facebook

Zhang, Zongjun

 

Eli Lilly & Co, Indianapolis

Zou, Yuanshu

 

P & G

If you are graduate alumni and cannot find your name from the list above, please send us (siva.sivaganesan@uc.edu) your current position and email address.