I am an Assistant Research Professor at Center for Data Science for Enterprise and Society, Cornell University. From 2024 to 2026, I was a Founder's Postdoctoral Fellow at Department of Statistics, Columbia University. In 2024, I received my PhD in Statistics from Stanford University, where I was advised by Professor Andrea Montanari. In 2019, I obtained my Bachelor's degree in Mathematics from School of Mathematical Sciences, Peking University.

My research interests include mathematical foundations for deep learning, high-dimensional statistics, non-convex optimization, and probability theory.

Here is my CV and Google Scholar profile.

I am on the 2026-2027 academic job market for tenure-track positions starting in Summer/Fall 2027.
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Email: kz437@cornell.edu