Faculty Profile for Dr. Xiaoxi Shen

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Dr. Xiaoxi Shen
Assistant Professor — Mathematics
MCS 567
phone: (512) 245-9017
Scholarly/Creative Work
Awards
Grants
Service

Biography Section

Research Interests

 Statistical genetics; Mixed models; Statistical learning and Empirical processes

Selected Scholarly/Creative Work

  • Shen, X., & Lu, Q. (2025). Consistency of Restricted Maximum Likelihood Estimators in High-Dimensional Kernel Linear Mixed Effects Models with Applications to Estimating Genetic Heritability. Mathematics.
  • Shen, X., & Espinoza, J. (2025). Consistency and Rate of Convergence for Deep ReLU Neural Networks. Journal of Statistical Theory and Practice.
  • Lamkin, K., Xu, L., Wang, K., Liu, Y., Yang, K., Wu, H., … Zhu, J. (2024). Choline and Betaine Intakes during Pregnancy in Relation to Risk of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus among Chinese Women. British Journal of Nutrition.
  • Zhu, J., Saikia, G., Zhang, X., Shen, X., & Kahe, K. (2024). One-carbon Metabolism Nutrients, Genetic Variation, and Diabetes Mellitus. DIABETES METAB J.
  • Shen, X., Jiang, C., Sakhanenko, L., & Lu, Q. (2023). Asymptotic Properties of Neural Network Sieve Estimators. Journal of Nonparametric Statistics. https://doi.org/10.1080/10485252.2023.2209218

Selected Awards

  • Award / Honor Recipient: New Faculty Collection Grant Funds, $1011.25. October 2021
  • Award / Honor Recipient: 2022 Outstanding Review Editor, Editorial Office of Frontiers in Systems Biology. October 3, 2022 - Present
  • Award / Honor Recipient: 2024 Department of Mathematics Research Excellence Award. October 2024 - December 2024

Selected Grants

  • Yang, Yong (Principal), Keller, Thomas M (Co-Principal), Sun, Shuying (Supporting), Dochtermann, Anton (Supporting), Oh, Suho (Supporting), Shen, Xiaoxi (Supporting), Xiao, Jun (Supporting). REU Site: Algebra, Combinatorics, and Statistics, NSF, Federal, $271568. (Submitted: August 2024, Funded: April 1, 2025 - March 28, 2028). Grant.
  • Zhu, Jie (Principal), Shen, Xiaoxi (Co-Principal), Wang, Kaipeng (Co-Principal). Pork intake, Genetic Susceptibility, and Social Determinants in Association with Risk of Diabetes among a Population-based Prospective Study of US Hispanics/Latinos, National Pork Board, Private / Foundation / Corporate, $55000. (Submitted: April 23, 2025, Funded: September 1, 2025 - Present). Grant.
  • Zhu, Jie (Principal), Shen, Xiaoxi (Co-Principal), Metsis, Vangelis (Co-Principal). One-carbon Metabolism Nutrients Intakes, Genetic Susceptibility, and Social Determinants in Association with Diabetes Incidence among the U.S. Hispanic Adults: HCHS/SOL, TXST CADS 2024 Catalyst Research Awards, Texas State Center for Analytics and Data Science, Texas State University, $1000. (Submitted: December 22, 2024, Funded: February 1, 2024 - December 31, 2024). Grant.
  • Shen, Xiaoxi. Risk Prediction and Association Analyses Using Kernel Methods for High-Dimensional Genetic Data, Research Enhancement Program, Texas State University, $8000. (Funded: January 1, 2024 - May 31, 2025). Grant.
  • Zhu, Jie (Principal), Shen, Xiaoxi (Co-Principal), Bishop, Nicholas Joseph (Co-Principal), Metsis, Vangelis (Co-Principal). Exploring Interaction of One-carbon Metabolism Nutrients Intakes and Genetic Susceptibility on Risk of Metabolic Syndrome among Multi-ethnic US Adults with Diverse Socio-demographic, Biomedical, and Lifestyle Characters, Texas State University Multidisciplinary Internal Research Grant, Texas State University, $12000. (Funded: August 24, 2022 - Present). Grant.

Selected Service Activities

Reviewer / Referee
Statistics and Probability Letters
June 2021-Present
Member
Search Committee for Open Rank Tenure Line Faculty in Data Science, Machine Learning, and Artificial Intelligence
October 28, 2024-Present
Member
Award Committee
September 2023-Present
Organizer
Numerical Methods for Data Science and Engineering
September 2023-Present
Co-Chair
Statistics Teaching Forum
August 2023-Present