About Me

I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at Auburn University. Previously, I was a Harrison Early Career Assistant Professor in the Department of Statistics at the University of Warwick. I have also held postdoctoral research positions at Pennsylvania State University with Prof. Runze Li, Université Catholique de Louvain with Prof. Johan Segers, and the University of Warwick with Prof. Yi Yu. I earned my Ph.D. in Statistics from the University of Geneva under the supervision of Prof. Maria-Pia Victoria-Feser and Prof. Stéphane Guerrier, and I hold an M.Sc. in Statistics from the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign.

Research Interests

• Nonparametric estimation in high-dimensions.
• Change point detection and inference.
• High-dimensional inference under temporal dependence and contamination.

Contact

• Email: haotian.xu@auburn.edu
• Office: STEM AG 1184