Curriculum Vitae

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Basics

Name Isaac Rankin
Email isaac dot rankin at stat dot ubc dot ca
Url https://1saacrankin.github.io
Summary I am a PhD student in Statistics at the University of British Columbia and Co-President of the Statistics Graduate Student Association (SGSA). I completed an MSc in Statistical Science at the University of Oxford, where I worked on conditional diffusion models for structure-based drug design, and a BSc in Mathematics and Statistics at the University of Victoria, where I worked on robust estimators and experimental design. My research interests include variational inference, Bayesian optimization, and enhanced sampling algorithms.

Education

  • PhD
    University of British Columbia
    Statistics
    2025 - 2029

    Vancouver, BC, Canada

  • MSc (Distinction)
    University of Oxford
    Statistical Sciences
    2023 - 2024

    Oxford, UK

  • BSc (Distinction)
    University of Victoria
    Mathematics and Statistics
    2018 - 2023

    Victoria, BC, Canada

Awards