About Me
Welcome to my home page. I am currently a postdoc researcher at UCLA advised by Prof. Kirk Lohmueller. Previously I postdoced with Prof. Emilia Huerta-Sanchez at University of California, Merced (now at Brown University). I hold a PhD degree in Genetic Anthropology from University of California, Davis (2017), and a BSc degree in Biology from Beijing Normal University (2012).
As an anthropological geneticist by training, I use various computational methods and empirical datasets to answer a series of questions under the broad picture of human evolution. I am generally interested in disentangling selective forces acting on complex traits with a particular focus on adaptive introgression, and developing statistical tools to model population genetics processes in modern humans.
Some of my recent works include: 1) Examining the genomic consequences of Denisovan introgression in high altitude adaptation in Tibetan population; 2) Using extensive simulations and machine learning methods to infer adaptive introgression accounting for the effect of deleterious variants; 3) Method development for assessing the role of natural selection in recently admixed human populations and its impact on the genetic architecture of complex diseases.
For the details of my ongoing research projects and PhD dissertation, please refer to the link below.
As an anthropological geneticist by training, I use various computational methods and empirical datasets to answer a series of questions under the broad picture of human evolution. I am generally interested in disentangling selective forces acting on complex traits with a particular focus on adaptive introgression, and developing statistical tools to model population genetics processes in modern humans.
Some of my recent works include: 1) Examining the genomic consequences of Denisovan introgression in high altitude adaptation in Tibetan population; 2) Using extensive simulations and machine learning methods to infer adaptive introgression accounting for the effect of deleterious variants; 3) Method development for assessing the role of natural selection in recently admixed human populations and its impact on the genetic architecture of complex diseases.
For the details of my ongoing research projects and PhD dissertation, please refer to the link below.
