TZstats Lab - Members and Collaborators


Lab dinner photo - Summer 2022.

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Current Members

Principal Investigator

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Tian Zheng

Professor of Statistics, Columbia University

Students and Postdocs

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Peter Jin

PhD student in Applied Mathermatics, Columbia

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Valerie Tsao

2026 Momentum Fellow (Summer 2026) PhD student in Civil and Environmental Engineering, Duke University

Mentored Research Students

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Dominique Avendano

REU @ LEAP (Summer 2026), Statistics, NCSU

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Abhinav Avvaru

Undergraduate student, Computer Science, Columbia College

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Arjun Balaji

MPA, School of International Public Affairs, Columbia

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Henry H. Cattermole

Undergraduate student, Applied Mathematics, Columbia Engineering

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Alex Reyes

REU @ LEAP (Summer 2026), Mathematics, UCLA

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Batuhan Duru Yeltekin

Undergraduate student, Computer Science, Columbia College

Design Studio Students

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Carter K. T. Hsu

MA in Statistics Student, Columbia Engineering

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Ahmed Jaber

Undergraduate student, Computer Science, Columbia Engineering

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Ayon Roy

MS Student, Data Science, Columbia Engineering

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Ray Tang

MS student, Computer Science, Columbia Engineering

Current Collaborators

My work is highly collaborative and spans partnerships across disciplines and sectors. Below is a partial list of my current and frequent collaborators. A complete list of coauthors can be found through my publications.

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Candace M. Agonafir

Associate Research Scientist, LEAP, Columbia University

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Eric Aragundi

Researcher, Columbia University; Lecturer, Lehman College

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James David

Senior Project Director of the HEALing Communities Study, Social Intervention Group, School of Social Work, Columbia University

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Nabila El-Bassel

University Professor; Willma and Albert Musher Professor of Social Work, School of Social Work, Columbia University

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Shawn Li

Assistant Professor, Wuhan University

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Anna Smith

Assistant Professor, Department of Statistics, University of Kentucky

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Maria Uriarte

Professor and Chair, Department of Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Biology, Columbia University.

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Owen Ward

Assistant Professor, Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science, Simon Fraser University

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Berry Wen

Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, University of Florida

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Yutian Wu

Lamont Associate Research Professor, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University

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Chenyang Zhong

Assistant Professor, Department of Statistics, Columbia University

Recent Past Members

This group has been built through the efforts of many talented researchers. I am proud to have worked alongside the past members of TZStats and excited to follow their continued accomplishments. Because it is not feasible to maintain a complete list of all past mentees on this website, please see my CV for a comprehensive record. Here are a subset of recent mentees with whom I have coauthored publications.

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Candace M. Agonafir

Associate Research Scientist, LEAP, Columbia University

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Sammy Agrawal

MS student, Columbia Engineering

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Zhewen Hou

Former PhD student in Statistics, Columbia

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Shouxuan Ji

PhD Student, Statistics, National University of Singapore

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Xinyi Ke

MA Student, Statistics, Columbia University

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Shawn Li

Assistant Professor, Wuhan University

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Diane Lu

Senior Data Scientist @ LaunchDarkly

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Anna Smith

Assistant Professor, Department of Statistics, University of Kentucky

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Subashree Venkatasubramanian

Undergraduate student, Columbia Engineering

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Owen Ward

Assistant Professor, Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science, Simon Fraser University