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Qing Zhou received a Bachelor's degree in Engineering (Automation) in 2000 and a Master's degree in Pattern Recognition and Intelligent Systems in 2001 from Tsinghua University. He earned a Ph.D. in Statistics from Harvard University in 2006. Following his graduation, Zhou joined the Department of Statistics at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), where he has served as an assistant professor (2006-2012), associate professor (2012-2016), and professor (2016-present). He was the founding director of the self-supporting Master of Applied Statistics program from 2015 to 2018 and has been the department chair since 2023. He has also been a faculty member of the Bioinformatics interdepartmental program since 2007. Zhou has published a significant body of research in statistics, machine learning, and computational biology, which has been recognized through numerous competitive research awards including the NSF Career Award, NSF Big Data Award, and NIH R01 awards.
Department of Economics admits primarily for the PhD program.