Group Members

We are looking for new PhD students, Postdocs, and Master students to join the team (see openings) !

PhD and Postdoc

Leke Lyu

Postdoc, started Aug 2025

  • Sichuan University (Undergraduate, Biological Sciences & Software Engineering)

  • University of Georgia (PhD, Bioinformatics)

Zewen Liu (co-advised)

PhD (co-advised;primarily advised by Dr. Wei Jin), since 2024

  • Jilin University (B.S., Big Data Science and Technology)

Wyatt Madden (co-advised)

PhD (co-advised), since 2023

  • UCSC (Undergraduate, Econ and Maths)

  • Montana State (Ms, Statistics)

This could be you !

See openings for more info

Research Assistant

Susan Choi

Current PhD (Biostatistics) student

Lejun Shen

Current MSPH (Biostatistics) student

Other Students

Fiona Xiao

Current PhD (PBEE) student

Sherry Zhang

Current undergraduate (QTM and Human Health) student

Jacky An

Current undergraduate (QTM and Applied Maths) student

Alumni (PhD and Postdoc)

Hannah Waddel

In the Lau Lab 2021 - 2025, now Postdoc at UGA.
Role: PhD student worked on phylodynamic modeling.

Alumni (Master and Undergraduate)

Master students

Xinyu Xu, Spring 2022

Mian Wu, Fall 2025

Undergraduate students

Nicole Liao (U of Chicago), Spring 2023