Ian Zhang

I’m an incoming PhD student at the University of Toronto under the joint supervision of Joshua Speagle and Thibault Randrianarisoa. I received my Honours BSc in statistics and mathematics from UofT in 2025, from which I graduated with high distinction, and my MSc in statistics in 2026.

My main research interests lie in approximate Bayesian statistical machine learning methods for image-based stellar/galactic inference problems.

I was previously a two-time Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada Undergraduate Student Research Award (NSERC USRA) awardee, conducting research under the supervision of Mike Kouritzin at the University of Alberta. I am currently a graduate student researcher affiliated the Rotman Research Institute (RRI) at Baycrest, an academic health sciences center focused on geriatric care and dementia research, under the supervision of Malcolm Binns.