Adway Wadekar

I am a first-year PhD student in the Department of Statistics at the University of Michigan. I graduated from Duke University with a B.S. in mathematics and statistical science in May 2025.

I am interested in developing general, robust, and assumption-light statistical methodology, often based on principles from Bayesian statistics and probabilistic machine learning. My work is motivated by data containing discrete, deep, and latent structure. These data arise naturally both in biomedicine (especially medical and population genetics) and in the social sciences (experimental design, causal inference, privacy, and survey methodology).

At Duke, I was fortunate to be advised by Prof. Jerry Reiter and Prof. Ezra Miller. I also worked with Prof. Jichun Xie and with Prof. Chirag Patel at Harvard Medical School.

Outside of research, I have a strong interest in journalism and worked as a news reporter and editor for The Chronicle, Duke's student-run newspaper. I am an avid basketball fan and worked on the creative team for Duke Men’s Basketball.