North Carolina State University Raleigh, NC  

   Ph.D. in Statistics Expected: Fall 2016  

  • Thesis topic : Longitudinal Functional Data with Biomedical Application
  • Advisor : Ana-Maria Staicu, North Carolina State University

Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA  

   Masters in Statistical Practice Spring 2010  

Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA  

   B.S. in Applied Mathematics, Operations Research Spring 2009  



North Carolina State University Raleigh, NC  

  • ST 730 Applied Time Series Analysis
  • ST 732 Applied Longitudinal Data Analysis
  • ST 733 Applied Spatial Statistics
  • ST 758 Computation for Statistical Research
  • ST 762 Linear and Nonlinear Model
  • ST 779 Advanced Probability
  • ST 790 Functional Data Analysis
  • ST 793 Advanced Statistical Inference
  • ST 810 Breakthrough in Statistics (special topic)
  • ST 810 Big Data (special topic)
  • ST 810 Statistical Methods for Neuroimaging Data Analaysis (special topic, SAMSI)
  • ST 841 Statistical Consulting
  • ST 885 Doctoral Supervised Teaching

Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA  

  • ST 608 Advanced Data Analysis
  • ST 661 Epidemiology in Statistics (special topic)
  • ST 662 Machine Learning in Statistics (special topic)
  • ST 625/626 Probability and Mathematical Statistics I & II
  • ST 707 Regression Analysis
  • ST 726 Statistical Practice (Consulting)


  • Attended CCNS: Computational Neuroscience Summer School at Statistical and Applied Mathematical Sciences Institute (SAMSI); Research Triangle Park (July, 2015)
  • Attended the Statistical Analysis of fMRI Data offered by ENAR Webinar (June, 2015)
  • Attended a Tutorial for Multisequence Clinical Structural Brain MRI at ENAR Conference; Miami, FL (March, 2015)
  • Attended a Tutorial for Functional Data Analysis: Techniques and Applications at ENAR Conference; Baltimore, MD (March, 2014)
  • Attended United States Conference on Teaching Statistics; Research Triangle Park, NC (May, 2013)


  • Software: Mathematica, Matlab, Minitab, R (Shiny, R Markdown), SAS, SPSS, SQL, StatCrunch, WinBUGS
  • Application: HTML, Java, LATEX, Microsoft Office
  • Language: English (fluent), Korean (native)


North Carolina State University Raleigh, NC  

  • Francis G. Giesbrecht Awards for Statistical Consulting (Spring, 2014)
  • Mu Sigma Rho, National Honor Society for Statistics (March, 2013 - Present)

Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA  

  • Merit-based Scholarship for the Masters in Statistical Practice (Fall, 2009 - Spring, 2010)
  • Dean’s List (Spring, 2009)
  • Dean’s List with High Honors (Fall, 2007 - Fall, 2008)
  • 1st Place Award in the Department of Statistics at the Meeting of the Minds, an annual Carnegie Mellon undergraduate research symposium (Spring, 2008)