Meet our board members!
Secretary
Hi all! My name is Aliena, I’m from the Netherlands and currently 22 years old. After finishing my bachelor in astronomy, I started to take a liking to the field of data science and now I’m doing the master Statistics and Data Science at Leiden University. Second year, and still going strong :). Besides my studies I also love to crochet, hang out with my friends, and play the guitar. You can also always make me happy with good food or concerts. I’m really glad to be part of the Young Statisticians and hope to see you at one of our events!
IT coordinator
Hi, I’m Yixiao, originally from an island in Southeast China. I completed my master’s in Statistics and Data Science at Leiden University and am now a PhD candidate in the Biostatistics Department at Erasmus MC. I really enjoy data visualization and get excited about the challenges in clinical statistics. It makes the work feel meaningful, knowing it can eventually benefit real people. I’m happy to be part of the board of Young Statisticians. It is so much fun to see young professionals come together, sharing both the fun and the struggles of working in the same field!
Communication
My name is Elia, I’m 26 years old and come from a small village between the Dolomites and Venice, in Italy. I received my master’s degree in Biostatistics from the University of Milano-Bicocca. Statistics made me travel to Stockholm, Rotterdam and Amsterdam, where I am currently working on my PhD. My main interests are clinical trials, causal inference, and Bayesian statistics applied to small datasets. Writing about my daily work helps me digest the challenges I bump into, hopefully it will help others too.
Chairperson
Hi everyone! I’m Francesco, originally from Italy, and I’m currently a PhD candidate in Mathematical Statistics at TU Delft. My research mostly focuses on structured data and Bayesian statistics. Beyond research, you’ll probably find me traveling, making pizza from scratch, brewing coffee, or out for a run. I’m happy to be part of the YS and hope to meet many of you at our events this year!
Treasurer
My name is Isak, I’m 25 years old, and I come from Uppsala, Sweden. After finishing my masters degree in statistics at Uppsala University I moved to the Netherlands to start my PhD within the Safe Causal Inference consortium. I’m primarily at the Medical Statistics section of Leiden UMC, but I also spend time at TU Delft. My research concerns methodology for evaluation of prediction models for Conditional Average Treatment Effects (CATE).