People

Ronald W. Butler, Ph.D.

C.F. Frensley Professor of Mathematical Sciences

rbutler@smu.edu

Jing Cao, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

jcao@smu.edu

Mahesh Fernando, Ph.D.

Lecturer

mfernando@smu.edu

Ian Richard Harris, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

iharris@smu.edu

Daniel F. Heitjan, Ph.D.

Professor, Director of the Biostatistics Program (joint with UTSW) and Chair

dheitjan@smu.edu

Monnie McGee, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

mmcgee@smu.edu

Chul Moon

Assistant Professor

chulm@smu.edu

Hon Keung "Tony" Ng, Ph.D.

Professor

ngh@smu.edu

Stephen Robertson, Ph.D.

Senior Lecturer

sdrobert@smu.edu

Charles South, Ph.D.

Professor of Practice and Director of the SMU Statistical Consulting Center

csouth@smu.edu

S. Lynne Stokes, Ph.D

Professor

slstokes@smu.edu

Raanju Ragavendar Sundararajan

Assistant Professor

rsundararajan@smu.edu

Xinlei (Sherry) Wang, Ph.D.

Professor

swang@smu.edu

Name	Email
Biostatistics Ph.D.
Ms. Mary Lena Bleile	mbliele@smu.edu
Ms. Emily Berry	eaberry@smu.edu
Mr. Xiaofei Chen	xiaofeic@smu.edu
Mr. Yunpeng Gao	yunpengg@smu.edu
Ms. Shuang Jiang	shuangi@smu.edu
Ms. Xi Jiang	xij@smu.edu
Ms. Hang Nguyen	hangnguyen@smu.edu
Ms. Jenny Park	jennyp@smu.edu
Ms. Rong Rong	rrong@smu.edu
Ms. Yanqiu Shao	yanqius@smu.edu
Mr. Micah Thornton	mathornton@smu.edu
Ms. Danyi Xiong	dxiong@smu.edu
Mr. Sen Yang	senyang@smu.edu
Mr. Shen Yin	syin@smu.edu

Statistical Science Ph.D.
1st Year
Mr. Jackson Barth	jbarth@smu.edu
Ms. Duwani Katumullage	dkatumullage@smu.edu
Mr. Yifan Lu	yvanl@smu.edu
Mr. Makanjuola Ogunleye	mogunleye@smu.edu
Mr. Chenyu Yang	chenyuy@smu.edu
Mr. Ming Zhang	mingz@smu.edu

2nd Year
Ms. Jinyu Du	jinyud@smu.edu
Ms. Bianca Luedeker	bluedeker@smu.edu
Mr. Louis Vazquez	lcvazquez@smu.edu
Ms. (Lucy) Yiqing Wang	yiqianw@smu.edu

3rd Year
Mr. Yuzhou Chen	yuzhouc@smu.edu
Ms. Jingjing Qu	jingjingq@smu.edu
Ms. Can Xu	canx@smu.edu

4th +
Mr. Heng Chen	hengc@smu.edu
Mr. (Charlie) Zhaoce Liu	haocel@smu.edu
Mr. (Spike) Xiangwen Shang	xiangwens@smu.edu
Ms. Guanshen Wang	guanshenw@smu.edu
Ms. Yang Yu	yuyang@smu.edu
Mr. Jaehyeon Yun	jaehyeony@smu.edu
Ms. Shalima Zalsha	szalsha@smu.edu
Ms. (Jasmine) Xiaojie Zhu	xiaojiez@smu.edu

MASDA Students
1st Year
Mr. Yi-Chien (Jason) Chou	ychou@smu.edu
Mr. Thomas DeLuca	tdeluca@smu.edu
Mr. Hank Dorsey	hdorsey@smu.edu
Mr. Cornelius Du Plessis	cduplessis@smu.edu
Ms. Claire Gillman	cgillman@smu.edu
Ms. (Stella) Shijie Huang	shijieh@smu.edu
Mr. Zhenli Jin	zhenlij@smu.edu
Mr. (David) Jingchen Liang	jingchen1@smu.edu
Mr. (Blake) Zherui Lin	jheuil@smu.edu
Mr. Tim Morales	moralest@smu.edu
Ms. (Penny) Peixin Pan	ppan@smu.edu
Mr. Rob Pruette	rpruette@smu.edu
Ms. (Michelle) Jinghong Wang	jinghong@smu.edu
Mr. Yifei Wang	ywang@smu.edu
Mr. Jordan Wegner	jwegner@smu.edu
Mr. Garrett West	gkwest@smu.edu

2nd Year
Mr. Yifan Ding	yifand@smu.edu
Mr. Won Ha Gonzalez	whgonzalez@smu.edu
Mr. Grey Leonard	greyl@smu.edu
Ms. (Kathy) Xuechen Li	xuechen@smu.edu
Mr. Shen (Owen) Lin	owenl@smu.edu
Ms. Wenquisi (Lydia) Pan	wenqisip@smu.edu
Mr. Zekai Wang	zekaiw@smu.edu

4+1 & Part time
Mr. Jiarui Chen	jiaruic@smu.edu
Mr. Guanqing Chen	quanqinqc@smu.edu
Ms. Sara Cavey	scavey@smu.edu
Mr. Manuel Corona
Mr. Aktan Eminoski	aeminovski@smu.edu
Ms. Alexis Gambino
Ms. Sarah Beth Luckey	sluckey@smu.edu
Ms. (Vivian) Xiaoyingzi Liu	xiaoyingza1@smu.edu
Ms. Caroline Mahaviet	cmhavier@smu.edu
Mr. Matt McMichael
Ms. Yiyao Qian	yiyaoq@smu.edu
Mr. Brian Salerno	brianr@smu.edu
Mr. Nihar Varanasi	nvaranasi@smu.edu
Ms. Yijun Wu
Mr. Yifu Zhang

	Office	Phone	Email
Chair
Dan Heitjan	142 Heroy	214-768-3062	dheitjan@smu.edu
Director of Undergraduate Studies
Ian Harris	103 Heroy	214-768-2454	iharris@smu.edu
Director of Graduate Studies
Jing Cao	105 Heroy	214-768-2451	jcao@smu.edu

General Inquiries:
Sheila Crain, Department	144 Heroy	214-768-1426	scrain@smu.edu
Ginny Diaz, MASDA Program	131 Heroy	214-768-3034	ginnyd@smu.edu

	Wayne A. Woodward, Ph.D. waynew@smu.edu \| Website \| Faculty Site Professor Texas Tech University, 1974 Research Interests: Time Series, Robust Estimation, Statistical Analysis
	U. Narayan Bhat, Ph.D. nbhat@smu.edu \| Faculty Site Professor Emeritus The University of Western Australia, 1964. Special Recognitions: Fellow ASA and Member ISI.
	Henry L. Gray, Ph.D. hgray@smu.edu \| Faculty Site Professor Emeritus University of Texas (Austin), 1966 Special Recognitions: Fellow ASA
	Richard F. Gunst, Ph.D. rgunst@smu.edu \| Website \| Faculty Site Professor Southern Methodist University, 1972 Research Interests: Regression Analysis, Linear Models, Statistical Analysis, Statistical Methods
	William R. Schucany, Ph.D. schucany@smu.edu \| Website Professor Emeritus Southern Methodist University, 1970 Special Recognitions: Fellow ASA; Founders Award ASA Research Interests: Data analysis in biomedical research, gene expression and association studies, rank tests for trend Nonparametric curve estimation, local linear and kernels, adaptive bandwidths, wavelets resampling methodologies including jackknife, bootstrap, and randomization tests analysis of medical imaging data.

Ronald W. Butler, Ph.D.

Jing Cao, Ph.D.

Mahesh Fernando, Ph.D.

Ian Richard Harris, Ph.D.

Daniel F. Heitjan, Ph.D.

Monnie McGee, Ph.D.

Chul Moon

Hon Keung "Tony" Ng, Ph.D.

Stephen Robertson, Ph.D.

Charles South, Ph.D.

S. Lynne Stokes, Ph.D

Raanju Ragavendar Sundararajan

Xinlei (Sherry) Wang, Ph.D.

Graduate Students

MASDA Students

Administration

Office Staff

Retired Professors

Alan Elliott

Professor Emeritus

Wayne A. Woodward, Ph.D.

U. Narayan Bhat, Ph.D.

Henry L. Gray, Ph.D.

Richard F. Gunst, Ph.D.

William R. Schucany, Ph.D.

In Memorium