Ph.D,  University of California at Davis,  2003 

M.S.,  University of California at Davis,  2002 

B.S.,  University of Science and Technology of China,  2000 

Functional data analysis, high-dimensional and complex structured data analysis, applications in longitudinal studies, brain imaging, genetics, finance and economics.  (MathSciNet)

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