Curriculum Vitae

Profile

• 🎓📚 Data Scientist with 24 years of teaching & research experience in driving data-informed decisions and solutions to boost efficiency and accuracy.
  
• 📊🔍 Skilled in developing statistical models, predictive analytics, and interpreting complex data using machine learning algorithms to generate actionable insights.
  
• 💻📦 Proficient in creating R packages and custom software for statistical analysis and machine learning applications.

 

Professional Experience

School of Mathematical & Statistical Sciences, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina, USA

Full Professor 2022 – Present

Associate Professor 2017 – 2022

Assistant Professor 2012 – 2017

 

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Department of Mathematical Statistics, BINUS University, Jakarta, Indonesia

Visiting Professor 2017 – 2019

 

BioRealm, Los Angeles, California, USA

Consultant 2016 – Present

 

Department of Statistics, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, USA

Research Assistant 2009 – 2012

Teaching Assistant 2008 – 2009, Summer 2010, Summer 2011

 

Department of Mathematics, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, Kentucky, USA

Teaching Assistant 2006 – 2008

   

Education

University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, USA

Ph.D. in Statistics 2008 – 2012

• GPA: 4.0/4.0
• Dissertation advisor: Joshua M. Tebbs

 

Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, Kentucky, USA

M.S. in Mathematics 2006 – 2008

• GPA: 4.0/4.0
• Thesis advisor: Ferhan Atici

 

Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, Tennessee, USA

B.S. in Mathematics 1999 – 2006

• GPA: 3.8/4.0
• Graduated Magna Cum Laude

   

Research Interests

🔬 Research Areas

📐 Methodological Statistics

• 🗂️ Categorical Data Analysis
  
• 🧪 Group Testing
  
• ⏳ Survival Data Analysis
  
• 📉 Nonparametric Methods
  
• 📏 Measurement Error Models
  
• 🗺️ Spatio-Temporal Modeling
  
• 📊 High-Dimensional Regression
  
• 🎯 Bayesian (Para/Nonpara) Estimation

💻 Statistical Computing

• ⚙️ Statistical Computing
  
• 🤖 Machine Learning

🏥 Applied Domains

• 🦠 Epidemiology & Public Health
  
• 🧬 Biomedical Applications

 

Honors & Awards

🏆 Major Recognitions

• 🏅 Fellow of the American Statistical Association, 2022–present
  
• 🎓 College of Science Dean’s Associate Professor, 2021–2023
  
• 🏆 Faculty of the Game, Clemson University, 2021
  
• 🦸 Nominee COVID-19 Data Hero Award, 2021 (DataHeroAwards.org)
  
• 📊 ASA Statistical Significance Poster Award, 2019
  
• 🏅 ASA Outstanding Statistical Application Award, 2018 & 2014
  
• 📝 Best Paper in Biometrics by an IBS Member, 2017

🎖️ Academic Excellence Awards

• 👨‍🏫 Outstanding Service to Graduate Students Award, 2014
  
• 🌟 Citizenship Award, Department of Statistics, University of South Carolina, 2012
  
• 🗣️ SC-ASA Best Presentation Award, 2012
  
• 🎓 Dean’s Award for Excellence in Graduate Study, University of South Carolina, 2012
  
• 📚 Outstanding Graduate Student Award, Breakthrough magazine, 2012
  
• 📑 ENAR Distinguished Student Paper Award, 2011

🧑‍🎓 Graduate Achievements

• 🎖️ James D. Lynch Graduate Research Award, 2011
  
• ✈️ Multiple Travel Grants (2010–2011):
  • Department of Statistics
    
  • Graduate School
    
  • College of Arts & Sciences
    
• 🏆 Outstanding Graduate Student in Academics, 2010
  
• 🌱 Outstanding First-Year Student, 2009

🏛️ Early Career Distinctions

• 🧮 Mathematics Graduate Student of the Year, Western Kentucky University, 2008
  
• 💰 Dr. Glenn Powers Scholarship, 2007
  
• 🥈 Finalist, Drane Award, Austin Peay State University, 2005
  
• 🎓 Multiple Undergraduate Scholarships:
  • Kappa Sigma Endowment Fund (2002–2003)
    
  • United States Navy Scholarship (2000)
    
  • Presidential Academic Honors Scholarship (2000)

 

Sponsored Research

🦠 Disease Modeling & Public Health

• 🌡️ DMA-PRIME
  Disease Modeling and Analytics for Outbreak Preparedness
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | Co-PI
  $17,231,774 | 2023-2028

• 🦟 Vector-Borne Disease Surveillance Models (R01 AI179840-01)
  National Institutes of Health | Co-PI
  $3,719,295 | 2023-2028

• 🏥 COVID-19 Modeling Framework (R01 LM014193)
  Surveillance and Resource Allocation
  National Institutes of Health | Co-PI
  $3,092,665 | 2023-2027

🤖 AI & Computational Modeling

• 🦾 High-Performance Pistons Research
  Bayesian/Machine Learning Approaches
  Army VIPR-GS Center | Co-PI
  $769,092 | 2023-2024

• 🧠 AI Cancer Drug Sensitivity Prediction
  Clemson-MUSC AI Hub | Co-PI
  $25,000 | 2022-2023

• ⚡ GPU-Accelerated Mathematical Optimization
  Office of Naval Research | Co-PI
  $316,000 | 2019

🌱 Agricultural & Biological Research

• 🌾 Sorghum Metabolome Research
  Clemson SUCCEEDS Program | Co-PI
  $25,000 | 2022-2023

• 🧬 Genome-to-Phenome Mapping (OIA-1826715)
  National Science Foundation | Co-PI
  $5,999,995 | 2018-2022

• 🌾 Rice Production Climate Resistance
  Biorealm | PI
  $21,494 | 2016

🐾 Veterinary & Parasite Research

• 🐕 Canine Vector-Borne Disease Forecasting
  Companion Animal Parasite Council | PI/Co-PI
  $77,782–$51,327 | 2015-2019

• 🧪 Group Testing for Infectious Diseases (R01-AI121351)
  National Institutes of Health | Co-PI
  $2,164,953 | 2021-2026
  $1,128,863 | 2016-2019

🎓 Education & Training

• 📚 PROACTIVE NRT Program (DGE-1633608)
  Interdisciplinary Venture-Based Education
  National Science Foundation | Co-PI
  $2,989,899 | 2016-2021

 

Publications

📚 Publications can be accessed here.

📦 Software/Packages

Software can be accessed 👉 here.

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Blogs

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Presentations & Workshops

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Teaching

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