Yi-Chun Lai, Ph.D.
Senior Research EngineerLocation: Wake Forest, NC
Background
Yi-Chun joined NCASI as a Senior Research Engineer in November 2024. Her professional experiences spans laboratory-based scientific research on microalgae, wastewater, and viruses, as well as data analytics of research and financial data using statistical and machine learning modeling. Yi-Chun’s passion is to leverage large, complex, and noisy research data with advanced analytics to deliver reliable insights to members and scientific audiences.
Qualifications
- Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering, Minor in Statistics, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
- M.S. in Analytics, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
- M.S. in Environmental Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
Research capabilities and/or focus areas
- Wastewater treatment modeling
- Machine learning modeling
- Wastewater treatment processes
- Microalgal bioprocesses
- Experimental design
- Data visualization
