Dr. Zhaotong Lin is an Assistant Professor of Statistics. Her research focuses on advancing statistical genetics and genomics to better understand the biological mechanisms underlying complex human diseases. Her work spans Mendelian randomization, genome-, transcriptome- and proteome-wide association studies (GWAS/TWAS/PWAS), genetic colocalization, fine-mapping, and polygenic risk prediction.
Dr. Guang Wang is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science at Florida State University. Previously, he was a Postdoctoral Associate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and earned his Ph.D. in Computer Science from Rutgers University. His current research focuses on Generative AI and AI for Sustainability, advancing techniques in Massive Data Mining, Trustworthy Machine Learning (including fairness, privacy, and safety), Human-Centered Computing, and Cyber-Physical Systems. Dr.
Dr. Qing-Xiang “Amy” Sang is a Pfeiffer Professor for Cancer Research in Chemistry and Biochemistry and an Endowed Chair Professor of Cancer Research at the Florida State University. She received her Ph.D. degree from Georgetown University in Washington D.C. in 1990. Dr. Sang received National Research Service Award, NIH Individual Postdoctoral Fellowship and many other awards and grants. Dr. Sang has discovered and characterized several novel human metalloproteinases that are involved in cancer invasion and angiogenesis and age-related inflammatory diseases.
Dr. Chris Martin earned his Ph.D. from the University of Western Ontario in 2015. He is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology and Program in Neuroscience.
Dr. Norman B. (Brad) Schmidt is Distinguished Research Professor in the Department of Psychology.
His research focuses on the nature, causes, treatment and prevention of anxiety and related psychopathology. He is interested in developing treatments for distress among individuals with Mild Cognitive Impairment and early Alzheimer’s disease as well as their caregivers.
Dr. Shayok Chakraborty is Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science. Prior to joining FSU in 2017, Dr. Chakraborty held a research faculty position at Arizona State University, where he was an associate director of the Center for Cognitive Ubiquitous Computing (CUbiC) laboratory. He received his Ph.D. in Computer Science from Arizona State University in 2013. He has worked as a Post-doctoral researcher at Intel Labs, Oregon and in the Electrical and Computer Engineering department at Carnegie Mellon University.
Dr. Zuoxin Wang received his Ph.D. from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst in 1991. He joined the faculty at Florida State University in 1998, and now is University Distinguished Research Professor in the Department of Psychology and Program in Neuroscience.
Dr. Aaron Wilber is Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology and is affiliated with the Program in Neuroscience.
Dr. Thomas Joiner earned his Ph.D. from the University of Texas at Austin. His research is on the psychology, neurobiology, and treatment of suicidal behavior and related conditions, including in active duty military and veteran populations.
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Dr. Hongyuan Cao is an Associate Professor in the Department of Statistics. Dr. Cao earned her Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill in 2010. Her research focuses on statistical methods development with applications in social, medical and biological sciences. She has extensive experience in analyzing longitudinal data, survival data and omics data arising from various study designs.
