People
The CADENCE Lab is based in the Department of Statistics at Texas A&M University and is led by Debangan Dey. We work closely with collaborators in biostatistics, psychiatry, public health, and statistics across several institutions.

Principal Investigator

Debangan Dey
Assistant Professor of Statistics · Principal Investigator
Multivariate stochastic processes across space and time · Mixed-type functional data and semiparametric Gaussian copulas · Digital health technologies (wearables, EMA) and mental health

PhD Students

Olivia Marcum
PhD Student
Statistical methods for wearable and mHealth data
Gayun Kwon
Gayun Kwon
PhD Student
Statistics, Ewha Womans University
Co-mentoring with Dr. Nilanjana Laha
Sufficient dimension reduction · Mixed-type functional data
Swapnonil Mondal
Swapnonil Mondal
PhD Student
M.Sc. in Statistics, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
Co-mentoring with Dr. Rajarshi Guhaniyogi
Spatial statistics · Multivariate stochastic processes

Undergraduate Students

VR
Undergraduate Researcher
Statistics · Data science for digital health

Statistical Collaborators

Rajarshi Guhaniyogi
Professor
Scalable Bayesian methods for big and spatio-temporal data · Tensor, network and functional data
Nilanjana Laha
Assistant Professor
Dynamic treatment regimes and causal inference · High-dimensional and semiparametric statistics
Rahul Ghosal
Assistant Professor
Functional and distributional data analysis · Wearables, accelerometry and CGM data
Vadim Zipunnikov
Professor
Digital health and wearable data science · Circadian rhythms, sleep and mood disorders
Abhirup Datta
Professor
Spatial statistics and machine learning · Geospatial and environmental health data
Ana-Maria Staicu
Professor
Functional and longitudinal data analysis · Nonparametric statistics and imaging
Alokesh Manna
Instructional Assistant Professor
Bayesian hierarchical and scalable spatio-temporal modeling · Conformal and distribution-free inference
Christopher J. Geoga
Assistant Professor
Scalable computation for Gaussian processes · Nonstationary spatial and spatio-temporal dependence

Interdisciplinary Collaborators

Kathleen R. Merikangas
NIH Distinguished Investigator
Genetic epidemiology of mood disorders · Real-time assessment of mental and physical health
Tyler Prochnow
Associate Professor
Social network analysis and systems science of health behavior · Youth physical activity and mental health

Interested in joining?

We are looking for motivated PhD, master’s and undergraduate students to work on statistical and machine learning methods for wearables ⌚️, smartphones 📱, and contextual environmental data 📍.