I'm Yalin Zhu

I am currently working as an Associate Principle Scientist, Biostatistics in Merck & Co., Inc. I earned my Ph.D. in Statistics from Department of Mathematical Sciences at the New Jersey Institute of Technology in 2017 (joint Ph.D. at Rutgers University). My dissertation was Topics on Multiple Hypotheses Testing and Generalized Linear Model, advised by Dr. Wenge Guo and Dr. Sunil Dhar. I also received my Master in Applied Statistics from NJIT.

My research interests include:
Theory: Multiple Hypotheses Testing (MHT), Selective Inference, Adaptive Design, Group Sequential Design, Bayesian Design, Mixed Model
Application: Machine Learning, Data Mining, Statistical Computing (R, Python), Data Visualization (EDA, D3, ggplot2, plotly, etc.).

"Essentially, all models are wrong, but some are useful." --- Dr. George Box

My hometwon is Tianjin, which is one of the four national central cities of China.