Anru Zhang

Department of Biostatistics & Bioinformatics and Department of Computer Science, Duke University

People

Research group

Our group works across statistical foundations, machine learning, optimization, and AI for health.

Current research team

  • Jianbin Tan
    Postdoctoral research fellow (jointly with Pixu Shi). Winner of the 2026 IMS New Researcher Travel Award.
  • Pengfei Lyu
    Postdoctoral research fellow.
  • Huifang Ma
    Postdoctoral research fellow (jointly with Jason Zhicheng Ji).
  • Han Chen
    PhD student in Statistical Science at Duke.
  • Zhengchi Ma
    PhD student in Electrical & Computer Engineering at Duke.
  • Fred Zhangzhi Peng
    PhD student in Computational Biology & Bioinformatics at Duke. Research Scientist Intern with NVIDIA’s Fundamental Generative AI Research Team in Summer and Fall 2026.
  • Yufa Zhou
    PhD student in Computer Science at Duke. Research Scientist Intern at ByteDance in Summer and Fall 2026.
  • Zihan Liang
    PhD student in Computational Biology & Bioinformatics at Duke.
  • Kevin Jian Lu
    Master's student in Computer Science at Duke.
  • Kaifeng Zhang
    Master's student in Statistical Science at Duke.

Alumni

Former students, postdoctoral researchers, and visiting researchers.

  • Yuchen Zhou
    PhD student at UW–Madison, 2016–2021. 2021 IMS Hannan Travel Award. Tenure-track Assistant Professor, University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign.
  • Yuetian Luo
    PhD student in Statistics at UW–Madison, 2017–2022. 2023 IMS Lawrence D. Brown Award. Assistant Professor of Statistics, Rutgers University.
  • Rungang Han
    PhD student in Statistics at UW–Madison, 2017–2021. 2022 IMS Lawrence D. Brown Award. Current position: Jump Trading.
  • Shiyi Jiang
    PhD student in ECE at Duke, 2021–2024. Postdoctoral research fellow at Columbia University Medical Center.
  • Runshi Tang
    PhD student in Statistics at UW–Madison, 2021–2026. Founder's Postdoctoral Fellow and adjunct assistant professor, Columbia Statistics.
  • Qiuyi Wu
    Postdoctoral research fellow. Assistant Professor, Temple University.
  • Jingyang Li
    Visiting PhD student, 2022–2023. Currently Assistant Professor, Fudan University.
  • Yixiao Wang
    Master's student in Statistical Science at Duke. First position: PhD student in Computer Science at Duke.
  • Raymond Xiong
    Undergraduate student in Computer Science at Duke. First position: PhD student in Computer Science at UMass Amherst.
  • Yinrui Sun
    Visiting student. Currently Assistant Professor at University of Science and Technology of China.
  • Yan Zhang
    Master's student in Biostatistics & Bioinformatics at Duke, 2024–2025. First position: PhD student at Emory.
  • Allan Guo
    Undergraduate student in Computer Science at Duke. First position: PhD student at Princeton.
  • Panyu Chen
    Master's student in Computer Science at Duke. First position: PhD student at UCL.
  • Zening (Jasmine) Wang
    Master's student in Statistical Science at Duke, 2024–2025. First position: PhD student at Rice.
  • Zihan Zhu
    Master's student in Statistical Science at Duke, 2022–2024. 2024 IMS Hannan Travel Award. First position: PhD student in Statistics & Data Science at the Wharton School.
  • Chenyin Gao
    HIV/AIDS summer camp intern, NC State PhD student, 2021.
  • Xin Gai
    Master's student in Statistical Science at Duke, 2022–2024. First position: PhD student at Vanderbilt.
  • Chen An
    HIV/AIDS summer camp intern, Duke Mathematics PhD student, 2021.
  • Yuankang Zhao
    Master's student in Biostatistics & Bioinformatics at Duke, 2022–2023. First position: PhD student at Duke.
  • Muhang Tian
    Undergraduate student in Computer Science at Duke. First position: PhD student at NYU Courant.
  • Ziyi Liu
    VISP–Master in Data Science student at UW–Madison. First position: PhD student at Toronto.
  • Xiaohan Zhu
    Undergraduate student at UW–Madison. First position: PhD student at Chicago.
  • Chengzhu Huang
    Undergraduate student at USTC. First position: PhD student at Columbia.