REU Research Mentors
Jianping Sun (PI) j_sun4@uncg.edu
Dr. Jianping Sun is a statistician who has been working at UNCG since August 2018. She had postdoctoral and industry experiences before joining UNCG. She has interests in both statistical methodology and applied research in analyzing high-dimensional complex genomic data.
Chunfeng Huang c_huang4@uncg.edu
Dr. Chunfeng Huang received his Ph.D. in Statistics from Texas A&M University in 2001 and joined the University of North Carolina at Greensboro in 2025. His research interests include spatial statistics, spline smoothing and nonparametric statistics, neural networks, and applied statistics.
Scott Richter sjricht2@uncg.edu
Dr. Scott Richter has a PhD in Statistics (Oklahoma State University). He is Director of the Statistical Consulting Center at UNCG. His research involves nonparametric methods, especially methods using resampling. Dr. Richter has received extramural support multiple times as a Co-Investigator to train young researchers, including REU and UMB programs sponsored by NSF.
Thomas Weighill (Co-PI) t_weighill@uncg.edu
Dr. Thomas Weighill joined the Mathematics and Statistics Department at UNCG in 2021. Before coming to UNCG, he completed a postdoc at the MGGG Redistricting Lab at Tufts University under the supervision of Moon Duchin. Dr. Weighill’s research uses topological and geometric methods in data science, with a particular focus on geographic and election data.