1 Education

• Postdoctoral Associate, Sep 2006 – May 2007
  Department of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA.
  Advisor: Dr. Hongyu Zhao, Center of Statistical Genomics and Proteomics
• Ph.D. in Statistics, Sep 2003 – Aug 2006
  Department of Mathematics and Statistics, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
  Supervisor: Dr. James O. Ramsay
  Thesis Title: Generalized Profiling Method and the Applications to Adaptive Penalized Smoothing, Generalized Semiparametric Additive Models and Estimating Differential Equations
• Ph.D. Student in Bioinformatics, Sep 2002 – Aug 2003
  School of Mathematical Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, China
• B.Sc. in Statistics, Sep 1998 – Jun 2002
  School of Mathematical Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China

2 Working Experience

• Professor with Tenure, Sep 2020 – Current
  Department of Statistics & Actuarial Science, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada.
• Director for Undergraduate Data Science Program, Sep 2019 – August 2021
  Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada.
• Associate Professor with Tenure, Sep 2013 – August 2020
  Department of Statistics & Actuarial Science, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada.
• Associate Professor, Sep 2012 – August 2013
  Dept. of Statistical and Actuarial Sciences, Univ. of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada.
• Assistant Professor (On Leave), Sep 2012 – August 2013
  Department of Statistics & Actuarial Science, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada.
• Assistant Professor, Jun 2007 – August 2012
  Department of Statistics & Actuarial Science, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada.
• Statistical Consultant, Jul 2005 – Aug 2006
  Working for Dr. Gerald M. Fried, Dr. Liane Feldman and Dr. Nancy E. Mayo,
  Department of Surgery, Montreal General Hospital, Montreal, Canada.
• Research Assistant, Nov 2004 – Jun 2005
  Working for Dr. Mark S. Goldberg, Division of Clinical Epidemiology,
  Royal Victoria Hospital, Montreal, Canada.

3 Awards

• CRM-SSC Prize in Statistics, 2021
  Jointly awarded by the Statistical Society of Canada (SSC) and the Centre de recherches mathématiques (CRM)
  One of the highest national awards in Statistics, the CRM-SSC Prize recognizes a statistical scientist's excellence and accomplishments in research during the first fifteen years after earning his/her doctorate.
  The citation for the award reads: "To Jiguo Cao for outstanding developments in modeling and analysis of functional data and dynamic systems; for broad work in numerous applications with special focus on statistical genetics; and for remarkable aptitude for creating and nurturing productive collaborations, particularly involving students and post-doctoral fellows."
• B.C. Sugar Achievement Award, 2021
  The BC Sugar Achievement Award recognizes a student, staff or faculty member for a history of leadership and accomplishments that enhances the university’s reputation.
• Canada Research Chair (CRC) in Data Science, Tier II, 2015-2025
  From CRC website: Tier 2 Chairs, tenable for five years and renewable once, are for exceptional emerging researchers, acknowledged by their peers as having the potential to lead in their field.
  I was nominated by Simon Fraser University as CRC in Data Science, Tier II in October 2014. The nomination was reviewed and approved by the Canadian national CRC program in April, 2015. The renewal was approved in July, 2020.
• Canada Research Chair (CRC) in Biostatistics and Environmetrics, Tier II, 2012
  I was hired by the University of Western Ontario with the nomination of CRC Tier II Chair in Biostatistics and Environmetrics. The nomination was reviewed and approved by the Canadian national CRC program in October, 2012.
• Research Fellow at Statistical and Applied Mathematical Sciences Institute (SAMSI), 2010
  I participated in their research program “Analysis of Object Data” during the 2010-2011 academic year.
• AusCan Scholar, Statistical Society of Canada (SSC), 2009
  From SSC website: The Statisticial Society of Canada and the Statistical Society of Australia select one outstanding young statistical researcher as the AusCan scholar every year. The two societies jointly provide full travel support for the AusCan scholars to visit a number of leading research centers in Australia and Canada, present their current research and interact with a number of researchers in those countries.

4 Editorial Service

• Associate Editor of Biometrics, 2018-present.
• Associate Editor of Canadian Journal Statistics, 2017-present.
• Associate Editor of Journal of Agricultural, Biological, and Environmental Statistics, 2017-present.
• Associate Editor of Statistics and Probability Letter, 2017-present.
• Associate Editor of Frontiers in Systems Biology, 2021-present.
• Guest co-Editor of a special issue on ``Functional Data Analysis", \emph{Canadian Journal of Statistics}, 2019-2021.

5 Professional Association Membership

• Member of Statistical Society of Canada (SSC)
• Life Member of Institute of Mathematical Statistics (IMS)
• Permanent member of International Chinese Statistical Association (ICSA)

6 Research Interests

• Functional Data Analysis;
• Statistical Genetics;
• Brain Image Analysis;
• Statistical Inference for Complex Dynamical Models