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I am a postdoctoral researcher in the Statistical Laboratory at the Department of Pure Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics, University of Cambridge. I am hosted by Richard Samworth, and my research interests encompass various topics in statistical theory and methodology, including nonparametric procedures, kernel techniques, random forests, and coupling theory. I also offer regular consultations at the Statistics Clinic.

Biography

I received my PhD in Operations Research & Financial Engineering (ORFE) from Princeton University in 2024, where I wrote my dissertation under the supervision of Matias Cattaneo. Previously I received an MA degree in ORFE from Princeton in 2021 and an MMath in Mathematics & Statistics from the University of Oxford in 2019. I am an alumnus of St John’s College, Oxford.

In my spare time I enjoy programming in Julia and Rust, choral singing with the Choir of Christ’s College, Cambridge, and playing classical piano.

Contact

Contact me by email at wgu21@cam.ac.uk with any questions! Other contact details are available on my contact page, and you can download my CV here.

Teaching

I served as an Assistant in Instruction for the following classes at Princeton University:

• ORF 499: Senior Thesis, with Daniel Rigobon, Spring 2024
• ORF 498: Senior Independent Research Foundations, with Daniel Rigobon, Fall 2023
• SML 201: Introduction to Data Science, with Daisy Yan Huang, Fall 2023
• ORF 363: Computing and Optimization, with Ioannis Akrotirianakis, Spring 2023
• ORF 524: Statistical Theory and Methods, with Matias Cattaneo, Fall 2022
• ORF 526: Probability Theory, with Mykhaylo Shkolnikov, Fall 2022
• ORF 524: Statistical Theory and Methods, with Matias Cattaneo, Fall 2021
• ORF 245: Fundamentals of Statistics, with Matias Cattaneo, Spring 2021
• ORF 363: Computing and Optimization, with Amir Ali Ahmadi, Fall 2020

Awards

• School of Engineering and Applied Science Award for Excellence
  Princeton University, September 2022
• Francis Robbins Upton Fellowship in Engineering
  Princeton University, September 2019
• Gibbs Statistics Prize
  University of Oxford, July 2019
• Royal Statistical Society Prize
  Royal Statistical Society & University of Oxford, July 2019
• James Fund for Mathematics Research Grant
  St John's College, University of Oxford, June 2017
• Academic Exhibition
  St John's College, University of Oxford, July 2016

Peer Review

• Econometric Theory
• Information Theory, Probability and Statistical Learning
• Journal of the American Statistical Association
• Journal of Business and Economic Statistics
• Journal of Causal Inference
• Journal of Econometrics
• Operations Research

Conferences

• Statistical Foundations of Data Science and their Applications
  Princeton University, May 2023
  Local organizing committee member