University of Pittsburgh

Recent Graduates

Selected Former PhD Students/Current Positions

Student Degree
Year
Achievement
William Griffith PhD
Mathematics
& Statistics
1979
Associate Professor
Department of Statistics
University of Kentucky
Mei-Ling Lee PhD
Mathematics
& Statistics
1980
Editor-in-Chief, Lifetime Data Analysis
Associate Professor, Biostats, Harvard School of Public Health
Associate Professor, Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Associate Biostatistician, Biostats, Massachusetts General Hospital
Lisa Weissfield PhD
Mathematics
& Statistics
1982
Professor
Department of Biostatistics
University of Pittsburgh
Truc Nguyen PhD
Mathematics
& Statistics
1982
Professor Emeritus
Department of Math and Statistics
Bowling Green University
Shyamal Das Peddada PhD
Mathematics
& Statistics
1983

Tenured Investigator

NIEHS
Research Triangle, NC
Best Applied Statistics Paper of the Year, ASA, 1997

Zhaoben Fang PhD
Mathematics
& Statistics
1986

Professor and Associate Dean
Business School, University of Science and Technology

Hefei, China

Jie Mi PhD
Mathematics
& Statistics
1991
Professor and Chair
Department of Statistics
Florida International University
Huiman Barnhardt PhD
Mathematics
& Statistics
1992
Associate Professor
Department of Biostatistics,
Duke University
Jose Mendoza-Blanco PhD
Mathematics
& Statistics
1995
Associate Professor
University of Mexico
Qiming Liao PhD
Mathematics
& Statistics
1995
GlaxoSmithKline
Sa Shen PhD
Statistics
1997
Assistant Professor
Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Columbia University/New York State Psychiatric Institute
Yi-Kuan Jong PhD
Statistics
1998
Assistant Professor
Department of Management Information System
St. John’s & St. Mary’s Institute of Technology,
Taiwan, Republic of China
Silviu-Alin Bacanu PhD
Statistics
1998
GlaxoSmithKline
Jeanne Kowalski PhD
Statistics
1998
Assistant Professor
Department of Biostatistics
Johns Hopkins University
Haitao Gao PhD
Statistics
1999
Eli Lilly & Co.
David Wendt PhD
Statistics
1999
Battelle Memorial Institute
Energy Products
Aurele Houngbedji PhD
Statistics
2000
Finance and Risk Management Group
Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency
The World Bank Group
Jonghyeon Kim PhD
Statistics
2000
Biostatistician
The Emmes Corporation
Statistical Analysis & Data Mgmt/Biomedical Research
Rockville, Maryland
Oded Meyer PhD
Statistics
2000
Lecturer
Department of Statistics
Carnegie Mellon University
Michael Sill PhD
Statistics
2000
Research Assistant, Professor
Department of Biostatistics
State University of New York at Buffalo
Claudia Matus PhD
Statistics
2001
Lecturer
Univesidad de Santiago de Chile
Marc Sylvester PhD
Statistics
2001
Associate Professor
Math and Computer Science
Edinboro University
Youngju Lee PhD
Statistics
2002
Principal/Research Officer
Barclays Global Investors
Eshetu Wondmagegnehu PhD
Statistics
2002
Assistant Professor
Department of Statistics
Western Michigan University
Sungyoung Auh PhD
Statistics
2003
Biostatistician
NIH
Bethesda, MD
Hsiao-Yun Huang PhD
Statistics
2003
Assistant Professor
Department of Statistics
Fu-Jen University, Taiwan
Tatsuki Koyama PhD
Statistics
2003
Assistant Professor
Department of Biostatistics
Vanderbilt–Ingram Cancer Center
Vanderbilt University
Yulin Li PhD
Statistics
2003
Visiting Assistant Professor
Department of Mathematics
The University of Toledo
Gregory Yothers PhD
Statistics
2003
Statistician and Research Assistant Professor
Biostatistical Center/NSABP/University of Pittsburgh
Gabriela Czanner PhD
Statistics
2004

Research Statistician
Department of Clinical Medicine,

Department of Epidemiology

University of Oxford

Hakan Gogtas PhD
Statistics
2004
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Washington, DC
Tulay Sengul PhD
Statistics
2004

Assistant Professor of Biostatistics
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health

Sylvester Biostatistics Core Resource

University of Miami Miller School of Medicine

Gang Jia PhD
Statistics
2004
Biostatistician
Merck & Co. Inc.
Zhuoxin Sun PhD
Statistics
2005

Research Scientist

Department of Biostatistics

Dana Farber Cancer Institute
Harvard School of Public Health

Jeongeun Kim

PhD

Statistics

2005

Senior Statistician

Samsung Marine & Fire Insurance

Mark Gamalo PhD
Statistics
2006

Mathematical Statistician

FDA

Washington, DC

Lulu Ren PhD
Statistics
2006
Senior Biostatistician
Biostats/General Medicine
Amgen Inc.
Julia Soulakova PhD
Statistics
2006

Assistant Professor

Department of Statistics

University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Melissa Ziegler PhD
Statistics
2006
Consulting Statistician
Quality Management and Technology
Dupont Engineering Technology
Ahmet Sezer PhD
Statistics
2006

Lecturer

Anadolu University
Eskisehir, Turkey

Qiang Wu PhD
Statistics
2007

Assistant Professor

Department of Biostatistics

College of Allied Health Sciences
East Carolina University

Ana-Maria Iosif

PhD

Statistics

2007

Assistant Professor

Division of Biostatistics

Department of Public Health Sciences

School of Medicine,University of California, Davis

Sangdae Han

PhD

Statistics

2008

Senior Statistician

Samsung Marine & Fire Insurance

Adriana Lopez

PhD

Statistics

2008

Visiting Lecturer

Qatar Campus of Carnegie Mellon University

Ghideon Ghebregiorgis

PhD

Statistics

2008

Mathematical Statistician

FDA

Washington, DC

Scott Nickleach

PhD

Statistics

2008

Assistant Professor

Department of Mathematics and Statistics

Sonoma State University

Jie Wang

PhD

Statistics

2008

Visiting Assistant Professor

Grand Valley State University