Joonhyuk Jung

About

Welcome to my website! Thanks for visiting. My name is Joonhyuk Jung, pronounced roughly as /dʒuːn.hjʌk.tʃʌŋ/; You might just call me 'Joon.' I am a first-year Ph.D. Student in the Department of Statistics at the University of Chicago. Excited to join the academic community at UChicago and make meaningful contributions!

Last Updated: Sep. 2024

Contact: joonhyukjung (at) uchicago (dot) edu

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Education and Employment

The University of Chicago (UChicago)

Sep. 2024 -

Ph.D. Student in Statistics

Seoul National University (SNU)

Mar. 2017 - Aug. 2023

B.S. in Statistics and B.A. in Economics

Graduated Summa Cum Laude with a GPA of 3.9/4.0

Ranked 1st in the College of Natural Sciences at the 77th Fall Commencement

The University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC)

Jun. 2023 - Aug. 2023

Research Internship (Full-Time)

Studied Bayesian dependent mixture models for heterogeneous treatment effect estimation under the guidance of Prof. Juhee Lee

Seoul National University (SNU)

Jul. 2022 - Feb. 2023

Research Internship (Part-Time)

Studied a general framework of covariate balancing for causal inference under the guidance of Prof. Kwonsang Lee and Prof. Yongdai Kim

Republic of Korea Air Force (ROKAF)

Oct. 2019 - Aug. 2021

Military Service (Full-Time)

Specialized in Military Intelligence and Joint Target Analysis with the Seventh Air Force of the United States

Completed duties as a Staff Sergeant (E-5)

Seoul Science High School (SSHS)

Mar. 2014 - Feb. 2017

Graduated from a specialized high school renowned for its emphasis on STEM education

Awards and Honors

Full Award from the University of Chicago

Sep. 2024 - Jun. 2029

Receiving an annual funding package worth over $135k, which includes a full-tuition merit scholarship, a yearly stipend, payment for individual health insurance, and coverage of other service fees