Postdoctoral Fellows
Meet our Postdoctoral Fellows
Our postdoctoral fellows come from around the world to apprentice with our faculty leaders. Areas they pursue are as rich as the department’s research directions. Read further to learn more about the interests and accomplishments of these impressive scholars.

FARZAD FARAHANI
Postdoctoral Fellow
PhD, Industrial & Systems Engineering, University of Central Florida, 2020
MSc, Industrial & Systems Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology, 2016
BSc, Industrial &Systems Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology, 2013
Email: ffaraha2@jhu.edu
Advisor: Martin Lindquist

Pratim Guha Niyogi
Postdoctoral Fellow
PhD, Statistics & Probability, Michigan State University, 2022
MStat< Statistics, Indian Statistical Institute, 2016
BS, Statistics, Presidency Unversity, 2014
Email: pnyogi1@jhmi.edu
Advisor: Vadim Zipunnikov

Boyi Guo
Postdoctoral Fellow
PhD, Biostatistics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 2022
MS, Statistics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2017
BS, Statistics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2014
Email: bguo6@jhmi.edu
Advisor: Stephanie Hicks

Min-Zhi Jiang
Postdoc Fellow
PhD, Applied Physical Sciences, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2023
MS, Physics, New York University, 2016
BS, Physics, Nanjing University - Kuang Yaming Honors School
Email: mjiang26@jh.edu
Advisor: Hongkai Ji
Micah Johnson
Postdoctoral Fellow
PhD, Psychology, UCLA, 2020
BA, Linguistics and Cognitive Science, Pomona College, 2010
Email: mjohn445@jh.edu
Advisor: Martin Lindquist

Mo li
Postdoctoral Fellow
PhD, Systems Modeling & Analysis, Virginia Commonwealth University, 2021
MS, Operations Research, Virginia Commonwealth University, 2018
BS, Statistics & Biology, University of Mexico, 2015
BS, Biology, Northwest University, 2013
Email: mli171@jhmi.edu
Advisor: Ni Zhao

Sean Maden
Postdoctoral Fellow
PhD, Computational Biology, Oregon Health & Science University, 2022
BA, Biology, Reed College, 2011
Email: smaden1@jhu.edu
Advisor: Stephanie Hicks

Babak Moghadas
PhD, Biomedical Engineering, Arizona State University, 2021
MS, Polymer Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology, 2015
Email: bmoghad1@jhmi.edu
Advisor: Brian Caffo

JULIUS NGWA
Postdoctoral Fellow
PhD, Biostatistics , Boston University, 2013
MS, Mathematics & Statistics, Youngstown State University, 2006
BSc, Mathematics & Computer Science, University of Buea, 2001
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Email: jngwa1@jhu.edu
Advisor: Ingo Ruczinski
Harsh Parikh
Postdoc Fellow
PhD, Computer Science, Duke University, 2023
MS, Economics, Duke University, 2018
BTech, Computer Science, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, 2015
Email: hparikh4@jh.edu
Advisor: Elizabeth Stuart

Sandipan Pramanik
Postdoctoral Fellow
PhD, Statistics , Texas A&M University, 2022
MStat, Statistics, Indian Statistical Institute, 2016
BA, Statistics, University of Calcutta, 2014
Email: spraman4@jhmi.edu
Advisor: Abhirup Datta

Bonnie Smith
Postdoctoral Fellow
PhD, Biostatistics, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 2022
PhD, Mathematics, University of Notre Dame, 2010
BS, Mathematics/French, Grinnell College, 2003
Email: bsmit179@jhmi.edu
Advisor: Brian Caffo

Ziqiao wang
Postdoctoral Fellow
PhD, Biostatistics, University of Texas MD Anderson UT Health Graduate School, 2022
BS, Mathematics/Applied Mathematics, SUNY Stony Brook, 2015
Email: zwang389@jhu.edu
Advisor: Nilanjan Chatterjee

Lukas weber
Postdoctoral Fellow
PhD, Biostatistics, University of Zurich, 2019
MA, Economics, University of Western Australia, 2005
BS, Physics/Pure Mathematics, University of Western Australia, 2002
Email: lukas.weber@jhu.edu
Advisor: Stephanie Hicks

Xinkai Zhou
PhD, Biostatistics, UCLA, 2022
MS, Statistics, UC San Diego, 2014
BS, Applied Mathematics, Hohai University, 2012
Email: xzhou118@jh.edu
Advisor: Ciprian Crainiceanu