Alumni
Interviews: Perspectives from our Alumni
Javier Zapata (Data Scientist, Wells Fargo; PhD Statistics 2021) talks about his experience at UCSB.
#GradStories: Javier Zapata from UCSBGradDiv on Vimeo.
Nicole Ifill (Deputy Director, Data at Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation; MA Statistics 2008) talks about her experience at UCSB
Profiles of Success: Nicole Ifill MA '08 // STATISTICS from UCSBGradDiv on Vimeo.
Welcome UCSB Statistics and Applied Probability Alumni!
We often talk about our past students and wonder what you are all doing these days. We would also like to help you to keep in touch with each other. That is why we are establishing an alumni directory. If you would like us to link to your professional web page, please contact us with the details.
Recent PhD. Alumni
Format: Name, Year Graduated, Occupation, Location
Hao Dong, 2022, Research Data Scientist at Meta, Newark, California
Chao Zhang, 2022, Quantitative Analyst at Bloomberg LP, New York, New York
Yuanbo Wang, 2022, Data Scientist at Intel, San Diego, California
Andrea Angiuli, 2021, Research Scientist at Amazon, Seattle, Washington
Franky Meng, 2021, Quantitative Researcher at Bank of America, New York, New York
Javier Zapata Ramirez, 2021, Quantitative Research Specialist II at Wells Fargo, Charlotte, North Carolina
Nhan Huynh, 2021, Research Analyst at Santa Barbara Actuaries, Goleta, California
Nicole Yang, 2021, Quantitative Strategist at Morgan Stanley & Visiting Assistant Professor at Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia
Xi Liu, 2021, Data Analyst at Amazon, Seattle, Washington
Qianyu Jin, 2020, Associate at JPMorgan Chase & Co., New York
Sarah Marquis, 2020, Research Data Scientist at Modulus Outcomes, Boston, Massachusetts
Victoria Lyu, 2020, Senior Software Engineer at Google, Mountain View, California
Xiong Lyu, 2020, Software Engineer at Google, California
Zachary Terner, 2020, Senior Data Scientist at MITRE, Washington D.C., Virginia
Zhipu Zhou, 2020, Senior Quantitative Analytics Specialist at Wells Fargo, Charlotte, North Carolina
Aditya Maheshwari, 2019, Applied Scientist at Amazon, Seattle, Washington
Bret Holladay, 2019, Statistics Assistant Professor at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, San Luis Obispo
Brian Wainwright, 2019, Lecturer at UCSB, Santa Barbara, California
Jinwen Qui, 2019, Associate Graduate Faculty at the School of Data Science at UNC Charlotte, North Carolina
Zhaoyu Zhang, 2019, Mathematics Assistant Professor at University of Southern California, Los Angeles
Liangchen Li, 2018, VP and Quantitative Researcher at JP Morgan, New York, New York
Changwei Xu, 2018, Quantitative Researcher at Two Sigma, New York, New York
Danqing Xu, 2018, Senior Manager of Statistics at AbbVie, Santa Clara, California
Ruimeng Hu, 2018, Assistant Professor at UCSB, Santa Barbara, California
Runfei Luo, 2018, Applied Scientist at Amazon Web Services, Washington
Sergio Rodriguez Hernandez, 2018, Applied Scientist at Amazon, Seattle, Washington
Wenlong Luo, 2018, Data Scientist at Google, San Jose, California
Ya Luo, 2018, Principal Biostatistician at Novartis, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Jian Shi, 2017, Applied Scientist at Amazon, Sunnyvale, California
Jimmy Risk 2017, Assistant Professor at Cal Poly Pomona, Pomona, California
Katherine Shatskikh, 2017, Visiting Assistant Professor at UCSB, Goleta, California
Ling Zhu, 2017, Biostatistician at Biogen, Boston, Massachusetts
Yuqi Chen, 2016, Biostatistics Senior Manager at Amgen, Thousand Oaks, California
Chi-Yang Chiu, 2015, Assistant Professor at The University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee
Chu Fang, 2015, Principal Statistician at UCLA, Los Angeles, California
Jacob Serup, 2015, Founder of Axio Inc., Frederiksberg, Capital Region, Denmark
Junjing Lin, 2015, Associate Director at Takeda Oncology, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Kyle Bechler, 2015, Director & Data Scientist at CBRE, Santa Barbara, California
Yi-Tai, Chiu, 2015, Vice President & Sr. Quantitative Financial Analyst at Bank of America, Los Angeles, California
Chunhsiung Lu, 2014,Senior Manager, Quant/Data Scientist, Washington D.C.
Daniel Sheinson, 2014, Principal Data Scientist at GenenTech, San Francisco, California
Elvynna Leong, 2014, Assistant Professor at Universiti Brunei Darussalam, Brunei
Julie Swenson, 2014, Lecturer at UCSB, Goleta, CA
Li-Hsien Sun, 2014, Associate Professor at National Central University in Taiwan, Taipei City, Taiwan
Yuri Fahham Saporito, 2014, Assistant Professor at the Applied Mathematics Department (EMAp) at FGV, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Bin Ren, 2013, Machine Learning Engineer at Indeed, Mountain View, California
Chunkai Gao, 2013, Vice President & Quantitative Analyst at Barclays, New York, New York
Varvara Kulikova, 2013, Head of Model Risk Management Group at City National Bank, Manhattan Beach, California
Hamid Ghofrani, 2012, Principal Data Scientist at Ultimate Kronos Group, United States
Qunying Shen, 2012, Lead Modeler at RMS, Union City, California
Raj Sau, 2012, Quantitative Finance Analyst at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Jersey City, New Jersey
Junqing Wu, 2011, Senior Director of Data Science at Albertsons Companies, Washington D.C.
Winslow Strong, 2011, Member on Board of Directors in Qualia Research Institute, Ensenada, Rincón, Puerto Rico
Yan Xu, 2011, Head of Macroeconomic Scenario Production at Bank of America, State College, Pennsylvania
Richard Harang, 2010, Principal Security Architect at NVIDIA, Alexandria, Virginia
Roberto Rivera, 2010, Professor at University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez, Puerto Rico
Brian Wignall, 2009, Chief Investment Officer at Acrisure Capital Management, New York, New York
Eduardo Montoya, 2009, Statistics Professor at California State University, Bakersfield, Bakersfield, California
Eli Kollman, 2009, Data Science Manager at Stripe, San Francisco, California
Marick Sinay, 2009, VP Head of Data Science and Analytics at One, Los Angeles, California
Yihua, Jiang, 2009, Senior Data Scientist at Netflix, San Francisco, California
Dezhong Wang, 2007, Quantitative Analyst in Sabrient Systems, Goleta, California
Alexander Villacorta, 2006, Co-Founder, Data & Analytics Executive and Scientist at ResiShares, Boulder, California
Jiacheng Yuan, 2006, Director of Biostatistics at Allergen, Irvine, California
Muhammad Siddiqi, 2006, Associate Director (Biostatistics) at Parexel, Hyderabad, Telangana, India
Samuel Frame, 2006, Statistics Professor at CalPoly Slo, San Luis Obispo, California
Xiaofang Lei, 2006, Senior Biostatistician at Allergan, Irvine, California
Mohit Dayal, 2003, Managing Director and Financial Economist at FINRA, Brooklyn, New York
Tatiana Khariton, 2003, Director of Pharmacometrics and Clinical Pharmacology at BioCryst, Pharmaceuticals, Sarasota, Florida
Anna Valeva, 2002, Associate Professor at Western Illinois University, Macomb, Illinois
Huaxin You, 2002, Associate Director, Communications Advanced Analytics at Bristol-Myers Squibb, New York, New York
Chunlei Ke, 2000, VP of Biostatistics at Apellis Pharmaceuticals
Peter Karcher, 2000, Lead Data Scientist and Product Owner of EnBW-DataLab, Chief Data Scientist at Sandy Energized Analytics, Bergisch Gladbach, Germany
Suddhasatta Acharyya, 2000, Director of Biostatistics at Daiichi Sankyo Inc., New York, New York
Dongfeng Wu, 1999, Professor at University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky
Zheng Wang, 1998, MD, Client Insights and Analytics, Wealth Management at Guotai Junan Securities Co., Ltd, New York, New York
Norbert Schumacher, 1997, Principal/Director at IRI, Chicago, Illinois
Vera Haynatzka, 1997, Director, Decision Sciences at FNBO, Omaha, Nebraska
Gleb Haynatzki, 1995, Professor at University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska
Wei Liu, 1992, VP of Biometrics at Edwards Lifesciences, Irvine, California
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