Dr Li is currently an associate professor in the Department of Statistics and Data Science, Southern University of Science and Technology. Previously she was a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Statistics at the Pennsylvania State University. Dr. Li obtained her Ph.D. degree from the Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science at the University of Hong Kong. Dr. Li’s research covers random matrix theory and high dimensional statistics. She has published papers in top statistical journals.

Professional Experience:

Jan 2021-present，Department of Statistics and Data Science, Southern University of Science and Technology, Associate Professor

Aug 2019-Dec 2020, Department of Statistics and Data Science, Southern University of Science and Technology, Assistant Professor

Oct 2017-Aug 2019, Department of Statistics, Pennsylvania State University Eberly Postdoc Fellow, mentor: Prof. Runze Li

Apr 2017-Aug 2017, Department of Statistics, University of Washington, Seattle,Research Assistant, mentor: Dr. Fang Han

Sep 2012- Mar 2017, Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science, HKU, Teaching Assistant

Educational Background:

Apr 2017, The Unviersity of Hong Kong (HKU), Ph.D., Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science Advisor: Prof. Jianfeng Yao

Sep 2012, Renmin University of China, Beijing (RUC) M.Sc., School of Statistics

Sep 2009, Beijing Normal University, Beijing (BNU), B.Sc., School of Mathematical Science

Awards and Honors:

Sep 2012- Mar 2017, Department of Statistics And Actuarial Science, HKU Excellent Teaching Assistant Award (5 times)

Academic Services:

Referee Service. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: Series B, Journal of the American Statistical Association, The Annals of Statistics, Biometrika, IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing Journal of Multivariate Analysis, IISE Transactions