Yang Chen received her Ph.D. (2017) in Statistics from Harvard University and then joined the University of Michigan as an Assistant Professor of Statistics and Research Assistant Professor at the Michigan Institute of Data Science (MIDAS). She received her B.A. in Mathematics and Applied Mathematics from the University of Science and Technology of China. Research interests include computational algorithms in statistical inference and applied statistics in the field of biology and astronomy.
Accomplishments and Awards
- $2M to fast track stronger alloys
- 2021 Propelling Original Data Science (PODS) Grant Award: Data Science Approach towards a Socio-ecological Framework for the Investigation of Continental Urban Stream Water Quality Pattern
- 2022 Propelling Original Data Science (PODS) Grant Award: Sustainability outcomes of restrictions on human actions: COVID-19 mobility changes, forest fires and air pollution across land regime