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Dr. Qiang Zhao

  • Associate Professor - Mathematics
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Biography and expertise

Ph.D. in statistics from the University of Missouri - Columbia in 2004.

Education

Doctorate Degree

PhD in Statistics

University of Missouri-Columbia, 2004

Master's Degree

MS in Mathematical Science

University of North Florida, 1999

Bachelor's Degree

BS in Agriculture

Southwest Agriculture University, 1984

Research Interests

  • Pan, Xi (Principal), Hwang, Sangchul Scott (Co-Principal), Westerberg, Carmen E (Supporting), Zhao, Qiang (Supporting). Exposure to Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) on Cognitive Function in Firefighters in Central Texas, Texas State University, $30000. (Funded: 2023 - 2024). Grant.
  • Yang, Yong (Principal), Keller, Thomas M (Co-Principal), Sun, Shuying (Supporting), Zhao, Qiang (Supporting), Dochtermann, Anton (Supporting), Oh, Suho (Supporting). NSF REU Site: Algebra, Combinatorics, and Statistics (#: 2150205), NSF, Federal, $305417. (Submitted: August 2021, Funded: March 1, 2022 - February 28, 2026). Grant.
  • Dochtermann, Anton M (Supporting), Keller, Thomas M (Co-Principal), Oh, Suho (Supporting), Sun, Shuying (Supporting), Yang, Yong (Principal), Zhao, Qiang (Supporting). REU Site: Algebra, Combinatorics, and Statistics, NSF, Federal, $269696. (Submitted: August 18, 2017, Funded: September 1, 2018 - August 31, 2021). Grant.
  • Zhao, Q. (2015, January). Package “glrt”  (version 2.0). USA: Comprehensive R Archive Network. Retrieved from https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/glrt/glrt.pdf
  • Zhao, X., Duan, R., Zhao, Q., & Sun, J. (2013). A New Class of Generalized Log Rank Tests for Interval-censored Failure Time Data. Computational Statistics and Data Analysis, 60, 123–131. Retrieved from www.elsevier.com/locate/csda
  • Zhao, Q. (2012). gLRT - A New R Package for Analyzing Interval-censored Survival Data. In Interval-Censored Time-to-Event Data: Methods and Applications (pp. 377–396). USA: CRC Press.
  • Zhao, Q. (2012). Disease Survival Rate. In Encyclopedia of Mathematics and Society (Vol. 1, pp. 311–312). USA: Salem Press.
  • Gao, B. J., Griffith, O. L., Ester, M., Xiong, H., Zhao, Q., & Jones, S. J. M. (2012). On the Deep Order-preserving Submatrix Problem: A Best-effort Approach. IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering, 24(2), 309–325. Retrieved from https://www.computer.org/web/tkde
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  • Award / Honor Recipient: Graduate Faculty. September 2006 - June 2026
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Graduating Student Recognition of Campus Support (from Lawrence Warren). July 2016
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Certificate of Recognition from Siemens Foundation. January 28, 2013
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Mathworks Research Mentor Recognition, Texas Mathworks. 2010
  • Award / Honor Nominee: 2009 Dean's Nominee for the Presidential Award for Excellence in Scholarly/Creative Activities, College of Science, Texas State University. 2009
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  1. Member

    2026 Tenure-track Assistant Professor Hiring Committee - Statistics

  2. Chair

    2026 Open Rank DS/ML/AI Hiring Committee

  3. Other

    Faculty Advisor to Table Tennis Club - Texas State University

  4. Other

    Creating comprehensive exams for Math 5305 and Math 5345

  5. Other

    Statistics Qualifying Exam Committee

  6. Other

    Wrote letters of recommendation and acted as reference for 11 students

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