The members and associates of the lab develop statistical theory and methodology for understanding social networks, text data, AI systems, and causal inference in complex systems.

Current members:

  • Srikar Katta (PhD student, Computer Science)
  • Yen-Chun Liu (PhD student, Statistical Science)
  • Kat Husar (PhD student, Statistical Science)
  • Marie Neubrander (PhD student, Statistical Science)
  • Gwen Jacobson (PhD student, Statistical Science)
  • Gaurav Parikh (PhD student, Computer Science)
  • Aidan Gleich (PhD student, Statistical Science)
  • Devarpita Bag (PhD student, Statistical Science)
  • Yihao Gu (PhD student, Statistical Science)

Alumni:

  • Cathy Lee (PhD, Statistical Science, first placement: TikTok)
  • Houjie Wang (PhD, Statistical Science, first placement: Point72)
  • Luke Vrotsos (PhD, Statistical Science, first placement: The New York Times)
  • Quinn Lanners (PhD student, Biostatistics, first placement: Research Scientist at Upstart)
  • Yicheng Shen (Masters student, Statistical Science, first placement: PhD student at JHU)
  • Justin Weltz (PhD, Statistical Science, first placement: Postdoctoral Fellow at the Santa Fe Institute)
  • Sylvia Nitsova (PhD student, Political Science, University of North Carolina, first placement: Fellow at the University of Manchester)
  • Vittorio Orlandi (PhD, Statistical Science, first placement: Cubist Systematic Strategies)
  • Harsh Parikh (PhD, Computer Science, first placement: Assistant Professor of Biostatistics at Yale University)
  • Graham Tierney (PhD, Statistical Science, first placement: Netflix)
  • Claire Le Barbenchon (PhD, Sociology, first placement: McKinsey & Company)
  • Heather Mathews (PhD, first placement: Spotify)
  • Fan Bu (PhD, first placement: Assistant Professor at University of Michigan, Biostatistics)
  • Marco Morucci (PhD, Political Science at Duke, first placement: Postdoctoral Associate at NYU)
  • Christine Shen (Duke ‘20 Masters, first placement: PhD student, Statistical Science)
  • Rose Graves (Duke ‘20 undergraduate, first placement: PhD student at Rice)
  • Jerry Chang (Duke ‘18 undergraduate, first placement: PhD student at Harvard)
  • Yunran Chen (Duke ‘19 Masters, first placement: PhD student at Duke)
  • Andrew Cooper (Duke ‘18 undergraduate, Duke ‘20 Masters, first placement: PhD student at VT)
  • Sonia Xu (Duke ‘18 undergraduate, first placement: Deloitte)
  • Frances Hung (Duke ‘19 Masters, Statistical Science)