Congratulations to Yuchen Lu for Passing Her Thesis Proposal!

Congratulations
Published

April 30, 2025

We are thrilled to announce that Yuchen Lu has successfully passed her thesis proposal defense titled “Probabilistic Analysis of Nonstationary Hydroclimate Extremes!” ]This marks a significant milestone as Yuchen becomes the first PhD candidate in our research group.

Yuchen and her committee members

Yuchen presented her research with confidence and expertise, demonstrating a deep understanding of nonstationary hydroclimate extremes and her innovative approaches to probabilistic analysis. Her work promises to make significant contributions to our understanding of changing extreme weather patterns and their implications for infrastructure design and risk management. Her first paper is already under review (Lu, Lee, and Doss-Gollin 2025), and future work is forthcoming.

We would like to express our sincere gratitude to her committee members, Dr. Phil Bedient, Dr. Katherine Ensor, and Dr. Avantika Gori, for their thoughtful feedback and guidance throughout this process.

References

Lu, Yuchen, Ben Seiyon Lee, and James Doss-Gollin. 2025. “Bayesian Spatiotemporal Nonstationary Model Quantifies Robust Increases in Daily Extreme Rainfall Across the Western Gulf Coast.” February 4, 2025. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2502.02000.