Yang Xu

Yang (Anna) Xu is a highly experienced data science professional currently serving as a Senior Manager at ICF since December 2016, with previous roles including Manager, Lead Data Scientist, and Data Scientist. Prior to ICF, Yang held a position as a STAR Teaching Assistant at George Mason University and worked as a Data Analyst at the Economic Research Service, USDA, where substantial data processing and automation were implemented. Experience also includes roles as a Statistical Analyst at The Cochrane Collaboration College for Policy and a Graduate Research Assistant at George Mason University, focusing on data visualization and regression analysis. Early career involvement included consultancy work in statistical analysis during a tenure at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Yang holds a PhD in Computational Sciences and Informatics from George Mason University, a Master's degree in Statistics from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and a Bachelor's degree in Mathematics from Nanjing Normal University.