I'm a fourth-year Ph.D. student in Statistics at University of Wisconsin-Madison. My advisor is Professor Hyunseung Kang. Prior to coming to Madison, I received B.S. in Statistics from the School of Mathematical Sciences at Nankai University in China.

My research interests include transportability/generalizability, sensitivity analysis, causal inference, and robust statistics.

Education

Ph.D. in Statistics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, (Expected) 2026

M.S. in Statistics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2021

B.S. in Statistics, Nankai University, 2020

Teaching Experience

Teaching Assistant at UW-Madison

• STAT 775: Bayesian Statistics. Spring 2024 (Grader)
• STAT 575: Statistical Methods for Spatial Data. Spring 2024
• STAT 849: Theory and Application of Regression and Analysis of Variance I. Fall 2023
• STAT 301: Introduction to Statistics. Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Summer 2024

Honors and Awards

• IMS Hannan Graduate Student Travel Award, awarded by Institute of Mathematical Statistics (IMS), 2025
• Summer Research Fellowship, awarded by Department of Statistics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2025
• Best Student Paper Award, awarded by Statistical Learning and Data Science (SLDS) Section, American Statistical Associations, 2025 [ASA Announcement]
• Outstanding Performance as a Teaching Assistant for Graduate Courses, awarded by Department of Statistics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2023-2024 [Department News]
• SCI Travel Scholarship, awarded by Socienty for Causal Inference (SCI), 2024

Contact

Email: xinran (dot) miao (at) wisc (dot) edu

Office: 1335O Medical Sciences Center, Madison, WI, 53706