Group Members

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

Jump to PhD and postdoc, master and bachelor students, alumni.

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

Master and Bachelor Students

Lejun Shen

Current MSPH (Biostatistics) student

Sherry Zhang

Current undergraduate (QTM and Human Health) student

Jacky An

Current undergraduate (QTM and Applied Maths) student

Alumni

Hannah Waddel

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

Former BSc/ MSc students

Master students

Xinyu Xu, Spring 2022

Mian Wu, Fall 2025

Bachelor Students

Nicole Liao (U of Chicago), Spring 2023