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[at]gs.ncku.edu.tw
• Tel: +886 6-2757575#53626
• Office: 4F Room 62445, Department of Statistics, No.1, University Road, Tainan 701, Taiwan

NEWS

• 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)