About me

I am a tenure-track assistant professor in the Department of Statistics at the University of California, Riverside. Previously, I was a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, working with Dr. Wenyi Wang from 2022 to 2024. I received my Ph.D. in Statistics from North Carolina State University in 2022, advised by Dr. Eric C. Chi (now at Rice University).

My research interests broadly lie in statistical machine learning, computational statistics & optimization, and their applications in bioinformatics & cancer biology.

Outside of research, I love brisk walking, fitness classes, and yoga (particularly hot yoga). I am proud of being a yogi! You never know what persistence will pay off!

News

• Nov. 2024: Our DeMixSC paper was accepted by Genome Research!
• Oct. 2024: Our paper on 1-bit matrix completion was accepted by JCGS!
• July 2024: Xiaoqian joined UCR Department of Statistics as a tenure-track Assistant Professor starting from July 1st, 2024.
• Nov. 2023: Our DeMixSC work won the Best Poster Award at The 2023 Leading Edge of Cancer Research Symposium!