Dr Qingyuan Zhao

Qingyuan was born and raised in Wuhan in central China, a city known for its waters and rich cultural heritage. After high school, he went to the Special Class for the Gifted Young in University of Science and Technology of China and majored in mathematics. He then went to Stanford University for postgraduate studies and obtained his Ph.D. in Statistics in 2016. He spent three years in the Wharton School of University of Pennsylvania as a postdoctoral fellow before joining the Statistical Laboratory in University of Cambridge as a University Lecturer.
Qingyuan's research interests lie primarily in drawing scientific conclusions about causal relationships using experimental and observational data, a fast-growing area known as "causal inference". He is also broadly interested in applying statistical methods in biomedical and social sciences.