About

I am a first year PhD student at the University of Chicago. I am interested in theoretical statistics and machine learning.

Education

• PhD Candidate Statistics, University of Chicago, ‘23
• BS Mathematics & Data Science, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor ‘18
• Mathematics & Computer Science, ICHB, Romania ‘14

Papers

In Progress

Experiences

• Course Assistant, STAT 220, Stat Mthds & Appl, UoC, Winter ‘19
• Coordinator, International Mathematical Olympiad, Summer ‘18
• Grader, MATH 419, Linear Spaces and Matrix Theory, UoM, Winter ‘18
• Grader, MATH 566, Algebraic Combinatorics, UoM, Winter ‘18
• Member, Michigan Student Artificial Intelligence Lab, UoM, Fall ‘17
• Data Science Intern, Chenope Inc, CA, Summer ‘17
• Research Assistant, BDSI Machine Learning, UoM, Summer ‘16
• Student, Intro to Algebraic Geometry, University of Utah, Summer ‘16
• Tutor, Math Lab, Mathematics Department, UoM, Fall ‘15
• Teaching Assistant, Alg & Combo, AwesomeMath, CA, Summer ‘12

Honors & Awards

• Neubauer Scholar, University of Chicago, ‘18-‘23
• High Honors and High Distinction, University of Michigan, ‘18
• James B. Angell Scholar, University of Michigan, ‘16-‘18
• First Place, UoM Undergraduate Mathematical Competition ‘16
• Honorable Mention, William Lowell Putnam Competition ‘15
• Bronze Medal, International Mathematical Olympiad ‘13
• Silver Medal, Balkan Mathematical Olympiad ‘12
• Gold Medal, Romanian National Mathematical Olympiad ‘11
• Gold Medal, Junior Balkan Mathematical Olympiad ‘10
• First Place, Princeton University Mathematics Competition ‘10

Course Highlights

• Mathematical Statistics I, STAT 301, UoC, prof Mary Sarah McPeek
• Distribution Theory, STAT 304, UoC, prof Wei Biao Wu
• Measure Theoretic Probability I, STAT 381, UoC, prof Steven Lalley
• Bayesian Nonparametrics, STAT 4151, UoC, prof Chao Gao
• Generalized Linear Models, STAT 347, UoC, prof Yali Amit
• Applied Linear Stat Mthds, STAT 343, UoC, prof Rina Foygel Barber
• Mathematical Computation I, STAT 309, UoC, prof Lek-Heng Lim
• Cont Optimization Mthds, MATH 562, UoM, prof Marina Epelman
• Multivariate & Categorical Data, STAT 601, UoM, prof Gongjun Xu
• Algebra I, MATH 593, UoM, prof Ham Derksen
• Introduction to Topology, MATH 590, UoM, prof Felix Janda
• Combinatorial Theory, MATH 566, UoM, prof Sergey Fomin
• Combinatorics & Graph Theory, MATH 565, UoM, prof Mircea Mustata
• Discrete Stochastic Processes, MATH 526, UoM, prof Alon Nishry
• Honors Analysis I & II, MATH 395-6, UoM, prof David Barrett