Statistics

My interest in math started when I was in elementary school. I always enjoying solving math problems. Although I did not chose math as my major in college, life somehow directed me to another path – statistics.

I earned my Master’s degree and PhD degree in statistics from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. While a graduate student, I worked as a statistical consultant with scientists and researchers in the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, helping them with experimental design, statistical modeling, data analysis, programming, as well as presentation and manuscript preparations. Since graduation, I have been working in the pharmaceutical industry, where not only did I analyze data from clinical trials, I also got to meet with FDA to discuss study designs, issues, or protocols in clinical trials and drug development processes.

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Professional Experience

Senior Research Scientist

Frontier Science Foundation, Inc., Madison, WI, United States
May 2022 – Present

Proprietor and Principal Consultant

Briostat, LLC, Madison, WI, United States
July 2017 – Present

Senior Biostatistician

Frontier Science Foundation, Inc., Madison, WI, United States
September 2020 – May 2022

Research Scientist

Frontier Science Foundation, Inc., Madison, WI, United States
September 2017 – September 2020

Senior Statistician

Nexcyon Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Madison, WI, Untied States
November 2012 – February 2017

Biostatistician II

Frontier Science & Technology Research Foundation, Inc., Madison, WI, United States
April 2012 – November 2012

Statistical Consultant

Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, United States
July 2007 – March 2012

Associate Lecturer

Department of Statistics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, United States
August 2010 – May 2011

Statistical Consultant

College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, United States
August 2005 – August 2010

Education

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Statistics

University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, United States
2011

Master of Science (MS), Statistics

University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, United States
2005

Bachelor of Science (BS), Physical Therapy

National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
2000

Awards

Best Paper Award

TRB Roundabout Committee, TRB Annual Meeting, Washington D.C., 2018
Paper: The Impact of Geometric Factors on the Capacity of Single-Lane Roundabouts

Publications

Professional Society Membership

American Statistical Association

Society for Clinical Trials

ENAR, International Biometric Society