Nan Xu

Dr. Xu received her Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering with minors in Applied Mathematics and Cognitive Development from Cornell University in May 2017. She received her Master of Science degree in May 2015. Before joining Cornell, she received double Bachelor's degrees in Electrical and Computer Engineering (BS) and Mathematics (BA) with a minor in Music from University of Rochester in May 2011. Nan has been interested in a broad research topics, including percolation theory, wireless sensor networks, VLSI circuits test algorithms, group representation theory, etc. Nan's current research interests are in statistical modeling and inference in biological data. In her Ph.D. study, she has been investigating two primary applications: brain network estimation and reconstruction of the statistical characteristics of ensembles of heterogeneous virus particles.