Yuping Wu
Department of Mathematics
Cleveland State University
Cleveland, OH 44115
(216) 687-4684
y.wu88@csuohio.edu
2589 Overlook Road #12
Cleveland Heights, OH 44106
(216) 320-9556
Education
• Ph.D. in Statistics, August 2006, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA
Dissertation: Statistical Methods for the Analysis of Mass Spectrometry Data
• M.E. in Computer Engineering, May 2002, University of South Carolina, Columbia,
SC, USA
• Graduate Studies in Organic Chemistry, August 1998-May 2000, Clemson University,
Clemson, SC, USA
• M.S. in Chemistry, July 1997, East China University of Science and Technology,
Shanghai, China
• B.S. in Chemistry, July 1994, East China University of Science and Technology,
Shanghai, China
Honors
• Research Presentation Award, University of South Carolina, April 2006
• Clint Miller Best Poster Award, Southern Regional Council on Statistics, June 2005
• R. L. Anderson Student Paper Award, Southern Regional Council on Statistics, June
2005
• Graduate Citizenship Award, University of South Carolina, April 2005
Publications
• Wu, Y., Piegorsch, W. W., West, R. W., Tang, D., Petkewich, M.O., Pan, W. (2006).
Multiplicity - adjusted inferences in risk assessment: Benchmark analysis with continuous response data, Journal of Environmental and Ecological Statistics, 13:125-141.
• West, R. W, Wu, Y., Heydt, D. (2004). An Introduction to Statcrunch 3.0, Journal
of Statistical Software, 9:441 - 463
Research Experience
• Graduate Research Assistant, Biometry Core: Center for Colon Cancer Research,
summer 2005. Department of Statistics, University of South Carolina, NIH COBRE
grant, supervised by Dr. Edsel Pena.
• Graduate Research Assistant, Low dose Risk Bounds Via Simultaneous Confidence
Bounds, summer 2003. Department of Statistics, University of South Carolina, NIH
grant, supervised by Dr. Walter Piegorsch.
• Graduate Research Assistant, WebStat: A Statistical Computing Package for the
WWW, Summer 2002 - Spring 2003. Department of Statistics, University of South
Carolina, NSF grant, supervised by Dr. Webster West.
Attended Workshops
• SAMSI Data Mining and Machine learning workshop, July 25-29 2005. Research
Triangle Park, NC.
• NISS Metabolomics workshop, July 14-15 2005. Research Triangle Park, NC.
Teaching Experience
• Instructor of Record, MTH 147, Statistical Concepts with Applications, fall 2006.
Department of Mathematics, Cleveland State University.
• Instructor of Record, STAT 201, Elementary Statistics, spring 2006, fall 2005. Department of Statistics, University of South Carolina.
• Instructor of Record, MATH/STAT 511, Probability, summer 2005. Department of
Statistics, University of South Carolina.
• Instructor of Record, STAT 110, Introduction to Descriptive Statistics, springs 2004,
2005, 2006, fall 2004. Department of Statistics, University of South Carolina.
• Lab Instructor, STAT 201, Elementary Statistics, fall 2003, Department of Statistics,
University of South Carolina..
• Lab Instructor, CSCE 145, Algorithmic Design I , spring and fall 2001-2002, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of South Carolina.
• Lab Instructor, CH 227, Organic Chemistry I, spring 2000. Department of Chemistry,
Clemson University.
• Lab Instructor, CH 228, Organic Chemistry II, spring and fall 1999. Department of
Chemistry, Clemson University.
• Lab Instructor, CH 102, General Chemistry, fall 1998, spring 1999. Department of
Chemistry, Clemson University.
• Teaching Assistant, CHEM 541, Physical Chemistry I, summer 2000-2005. Department of Chemistry, University of South Carolina.
• Teaching Assistant, CHEM 542, Physical Chemistry II, summer 2000-2005. Department of Chemistry, University of South Carolina.
• Instructor of Record, STAT 201, Elementary Statistics, spring 2006, fall 2005. Department of Statistics, University of South Carolina.
• Instructor of Record, MATH/STAT 511, Probability, summer 2005. Department of
Statistics, University of South Carolina.
• Instructor of Record, STAT 110, Introduction to Descriptive Statistics, springs 2004,
2005, 2006, fall 2004. Department of Statistics, University of South Carolina.
• Lab Instructor, STAT 201, Elementary Statistics, fall 2003, Department of Statistics,
University of South Carolina..
• Lab Instructor, CSCE 145, Algorithmic Design I , spring and fall 2001-2002, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of South Carolina.
• Lab Instructor, CH 227, Organic Chemistry I, spring 2000. Department of Chemistry,
Clemson University.
• Lab Instructor, CH 228, Organic Chemistry II, spring and fall 1999. Department of
Chemistry, Clemson University.
• Lab Instructor, CH 102, General Chemistry, fall 1998, spring 1999. Department of
Chemistry, Clemson University.
• Teaching Assistant, CHEM 541, Physical Chemistry I, summer 2000-2005. Department of Chemistry, University of South Carolina.
• Teaching Assistant, CHEM 542, Physical Chemistry II, summer 2000-2005. Department of Chemistry, University of South Carolina.
Computer Skills
• SAS Certified Base Programmer
• Programming experience in R, Splus, C, C++, JAVA, Fortran
• Familiarity with Unix, Windows
Professional Affiliations
• Member of American Statistical Association (ASA)
• Member of American Mathematical Association (AMS)
References
• Dr. Gregory Lupton. Department of Mathematics, Cleveland State University.
Cleveland, OH 44115. (216)6874689, g.lupton@csuohio.edu
• Dr. Webster West. Department of Statistics, Texas A&M university. College Station,
TX 77843. (979)8453141 , west@stat.tamu.edu
• Dr. James Lynch. Department of Statistics, University of South Carolina. Columbia,
SC 29208. (803)7775070, lynch@stat.sc.edu
• Dr. Walt Piegorsch. Department of Mathematics, University of Arizona. Tucson, AZ
85721. (520)6212357 piegorsch@math.arizona.edu