Maoran Xu

Maoran Xu

Postdoctoral Associate
Department of Statistical Science
Duke University
Durham, NC

Welcome to Maoran Xu's webpage! I am a Postdoctoral Associate Researcher in Statistics at Duke University. I am working with Drs. Amy Herring and David Dunson on developing flexible probabilistic models for inferring low-dimensional structure in high-dimensional and structured data. Previously, I obtain my doctoral degree in statistics under the supervision of Dr. Leo Duan.

My research is mainly about inference and uncertainty quantification for various types of data and models. For example, high-dimensional data, network data, latent variable models, and cluster models. Specifically, I am interested in using optimization tools in Bayesian methods to build new likelihood-based models on low-dimensional geometric spaces.

Education

Ph.D. in Statistics, University of Florida, 2018-2022
B.S. in Mathematics and Applied Mathematics, Fudan University, 2014-2018

Contact

Email: maoran dot xu (at duke dot edu)