PI Short Bio
I received my Ph.D. in Statistics at National Tsing Hua University in 2019. My current research interests are the genomic data analysis and causal inference.
For genomic studies: Biological topics I have studied include tumor heterogeneity, immune cell deconvolution, and single-cell sequencing. Based on these topics, I have applied Bayesian modeling, clustering approaches, and variable selection for developing the corresponding statistical models.
For causal inference: I recently focused on the statistical model development for mediator analysis with multiple mediators and instrumental variable methods (Mendelian Randomization).
I would welcome any email for an academic discussion.
Contact Information:
- Email: ashtai@stat.nthu.edu.tw
- Tel: +886 3-5715131#33188
- Office: Room 825, Institute of Statistics and Data Science, No.101, Section 2, Kuang-Fu Road, Hsinchu, Taiwan 30013, R.O.C.
NEWS
- YU-CHIEH LIU (劉宇婕), Dept. STAT Third Year Undergraduate, Awarded NSTC college student research scholarship for project “A Novel Instrumental Variable Model Relaxing the Independence and Exclusion Assumptions: A Mendelian Randomization Study of Age at Menarche and Uterine Fibroids”(114年度國科會大專學生研究計劃「放寬獨立性與排他性假設的新因果工具變量模型：應用於初經年紀與子宮肌瘤的孟德爾隨機化實驗」）
- HUA-RUI ZENG (曾華睿), Dept. STAT Third Year Undergraduate, Awarded NSTC college student research scholarship for project “An Improved MR-Egger Model Relaxing the Instrumental Variable Independence Assumption and Its Application”(114年度國科會大專學生研究計劃「放寬工具變量獨立性假設之改良 MR-Egger 模型及其應用」）
- I’m deeply honored and grateful to receive 2024 Outstanding Research Award (National Cheng Kung University - College of Management)
- BO-HAN YAO (姚博瀚), Dept. STAT Third Year Undergraduate, Received Mitacs Globalink Research Internship 2025 at University of British Columbia, Vancouver.
- I’m deeply honored and grateful to receive 2024 Outstanding Research Award for Young Scholars, Taiwan Comprehensive University System (臺灣綜合大學系統 113 年度年輕學者創新研發成果 傑出獎)
- BO-HAN YAO (姚博瀚), Dept. STAT Second Year Undergraduate, Awarded NSTC college student research scholarship for project “Application of Causal Mediation Models to Smoking-Induced Mechanisms of Accelarated Aging Measured by Epigenetic Clock”(113年度國科會大專學生研究計劃「因果中介模型應用於抽菸引導的老化加速機制」）