Alumni Alphabetically
Other Alumni Listings: Year of Degree
The Department of Statistical Science (then named the Institute of Statistics and Decision Sciences) established the Statistics PhD program in 1990, and awarded the first PhDs in 1993. Here's the subsequent graduation history, and some data on the current whereabouts of all of our graduates.
- Aguilar, Omar, Senior Vice President and Director of Quantitative Research, ING Investment Management, New York City, Latent Structure in Bayesian Multivariate Time Series Models , 1998
- Ashih, Heidi, House Officer, Cambridge Health Alliance and Clinical Fellow in Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Joint Estimation of Mammographic Sensitivity and Tumor Growth , 2000
- Bullard, Floyd A, Statistics Instructor, North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics, Exoplanet Detection: A Comparison of Three Statistics or How Long Should It Take To Find a Small Planet?, 2009
- Calder, Kate, Assistant Professor, Department of Statistics, Ohio State University and Associate Director of the Program in Spatial Statistics and Environmental Sciences (SSES), Exploring Latent Structure in Spatial Temporal Processes Using Process Convolutions , 2003
- Cao, Guoliang, Associate Director of Biometrics, Takeda Global R&D Center, IL, Bayesian Nonparametric Mixture Modeling, 1993
- Carvalho, Carlos M, Assistant Professor of Econometrics and Statistics, University of Chicago, Structure and Sparsity in High-Dimensional Multivariate Analysis, 2006
- Chen, Sining, Associate Professor , Department of Biostatistics and UMDNJ School of Public Health & Cancer Institute of New Jersey, A Deformation Model for Images, 2002
- Chen, Yang, Quantitative Analyst/Statistician, Risk Management, AIG International, NY, NY, Bayesian Time Series: Financial Models and Spectral Analysis, 1997
- Chu, Jen-Hwa, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Channing Laboratory, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Bayesian Function Estimation Using Overcomplete Dictionaries with Application in Genomics, 2007
- De Iorio, Maria, Lecturer in Statistics, Imperial College, London, England, Markov Random Fields at Multiple Resolutions and an ANOVA Model for Dependent Random Measures , 2001
- Duan, J. A., Assistant Professor, McCombs School of Business, University of Texas at Austin, Space Time Modelling Using Bayesian Nonparametric and Differential Equation Approaches, 2006
- Ferreira, Marco A.R., Assistant Professor of Statistics, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, Bayesian Multi-scale Modelling , 2002
- Ghosh, Joyee, Postdoctoral Fellow, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Efficient Bayesian Computation and Model Search in Linear Hierarchical Models, 2008
- Gopalan, Ram, President and Consultant, Data Infoworks Inc., Sunnyvale, CA, Bayesian Multiple Comparisons Using Dirichlet Process Priors, 1994
- Gudbjartsson, Daniel, Statistician, deCODE Genetics, Iceland, Multipoint Linkage Analysis based on Allele Sharing Models , 2000
- Gunn, Laura, Assistant Professor & Program Coordinator, Georgia Southern University, Bayesian Order Restricted Methods with Biomedical Applications , 2004
- Hans, Chris, Assistant Professor, Ohio State University, Regression Model Search and Uncertainty With Many Predictors, 2005
- Holloman, Chris, Associate Director, Statistical Consulting Service, The Ohio State University, Parameter Estimation Algorithms for Computationally Intensive Spatial Problems, 2002
- House, Leanna L, Assistant Professor, Virginia Tech, Dept of Statistics, Nonparametric Bayesian Models in Expression Proteomic Applications, 2006
- Huerta, Gabriel, Associate Professor and Regents Lecturer and Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of New Mexico, Bayesian Analysis of Latent Structure in Time Series Models , 1998
- Inoue, Lurdes, Associate Professor, Department of Biostatistics, University of Washington, Bayesian Design and Analysis of clinical Experiments , 1999
- Kern, John, Associate Professor, Duquesne University, Bayesian Process-Convolution Approaches to Specifying Spatial Dependence Structure , 2000
- Kinney, Satkartar, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, National Institute of Statistical Sciences, NC, Model selection and multivariate inference using data multiply imputed for disclosure limitation and nonresponse, 2007
- Kohnen, Christine N, Assistant Professor, Macalester College, Using Multiply Imputed, Synthetic Data to Facilitate Data Sharing, 2005
- Laading, Jacob, Head of Risk Management, DnB NOR Markets, Oslo, Norway, Practical methodology for inclusion of modality-specific modifications in a hierarchical Bayesian deformation model , 1999
- Leman, Scotland C, Assistant Professor, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, On Evolutionary Theory, Inference, and Simulation: A Geneological Perspective, 2007
- Li, Chengchang, Statistician, Ameritech, Hoffman Estates, IL, Comparing Survival Data For Two Therapies: Nonhierarchical and Hierarchical Bayesian Approaches , 1994
- Li, Frank, President, Spectrum-Prime Solutions, L.P., Time Deformation Models: Theory and Practice , 1997
- Liao, Ming, Senior Manager, The Nielsen Company (AC Nielsen), Stamford, CT, Bayesian Models and Machine Learning with Gene Expression Analysis Applications, 2005
- Liechty, Merrill, Assistant Professor, Department of Decision Sciences, LeBow College of Business, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, Covariance Matrices and Skewness: Modeling and Applications in Finance , 2003
- Lin, Zhengning, Senior Manager of Biostatistics, Aventis, Bridgewater, NJ, 1993
- Liu, Fei, Assistant Professor, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, Bayesian Functional Data Analysis for Computer Model Validation, 2007
- Liu, Jane, Statistical Finance Analyst, UBS Warburg, LLC, CT, Bayesian Time Series: Analysis Methods Using Simulation-Based Computation , 2000
- Lopes, Hedibert F., Associate Professor of Econometrics and Statistics, University of Chicago, Bayesian Analysis in Latent Factor and Longitudinal Models, 2000
- Lourdes, Viridiana, Vice President, Investment Management, Morgan Stanley, NY, NY, Bayesian Modeling and Analysis of Multivariate Time Series, with Applications in Finance and Health Policy , 2000
- Lucas, Joseph E, Assistant Research Professor, Institute for Genome Sciences & Policy, Duke University, "Sparsity Modeling for High Dimensional Systems: Applications in Genomics and Structural Biology", 2006
- Lunagomez, Simon, Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Statistics, London School of Economics, A Geometric Approach for Inference on Graphical Models, 2009
- Luo, JingQin, Instructor, Division of Biostatistics, School of medicine, Washingtion Univeristy, St. Louis., Model Selection, Covariance Selection and Bayes Classification via Shrinkage Estimators, 2006
- McCulloch, Colin, GE Global Research, High-level Image Understanding Through Bayesian Hierarchical Models , 1998
- Mitra, Robin, Lecturer, University of Southampton, UK, Bayesian Methods to Impute Missing Covariates for Causal Inference and Model Selection, 2008
- Molina, German, Emerging Markets Quantitative Trading, Tudor Capital, Epsom, UK, Bayesian Stochastic Computation, with Application to Model Selection and Inverse Problems , 2003
- Niemi, Jarad B., Assistant Professor, University of California, Santa Barbara, Bayesian Analysis and Computational Methods for Dynamic Modeling, 2009
- Ouyang, Zhi, Researcher, Google, CA, Bayesian Additive Regression Kernels, 2008
- Paddock, Susan, Senior Statistician and Head of the RAND Statistics Group, Randomized Polya Trees: Bayesian Nonparametrics for Multivariate Data Analysis , 1999
- Paulo, Rui, Assistant professor, Department of Mathematics, ISEG, Technical University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal, Problems on the Bayesian/Frequentist Interface , 2002
- Petris, Giovanni, Associate Professor, Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Arkansas, Bayesian Analysis of Long Memory Time Series, 1997
- Pillai, Natesh S, Post Doctoral Research Associate University of Warwick, Levy Random Measures: Posterior Consistency and Applications, 2008
- Ponisciak, Stephen, Embedded Researcher, Wisconsin Center for Education Research, University of Wisconsin, Bayesian Analysis of Teacher Effectiveness , 2002
- Prado, Raquel, Associate Professor, Department of Applied Mathematics & Statistics, University of California-Santa Cruz, Latent Structure in Non-Stationary Time Series , 1998
- Puggioni, Gavino, Postdoc, University of North Carolina at Chapel, Using Data Augmentation and Stochastic Differential Equations in Spatio Temporal Modeling, 2008
- Qian, Jiang, Senior Statistician II, Center of Clinical Assessment, Abbott Laboratories, Abbott Park, IL, A Bayesian Weibull Survival Model, 1994
- Rappold, Ana G., NRC Research Associate, EPA, RTP, NC, 2004
- Rigat, Fabio, Assistant Professor, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK, Beta Stacy Survival Models and Bayesian Weibull Survival Trees , 2004
- Rodriguez, Abel, Assistant Professor,University of California, Santa Cruz, Some Advances in Bayesian Nonparametric Modeling, 2007
- Ruggeri, Fabrizio, Research Director, CNR-IMATI, Milano, Italy, Bayesian Nonparametrics, Robustness and Fréchet Classes, 1994
- Sang, Huiyan, Assistant Professor, Texas A&M University, Extreme Value Modeling For Space-Time Data With Meteorological Applications, 2008
- Sasinowska, Heather D., Vice President and COO, INCOGEN, Inc, Prediction Using Orthogonalized Model Mixing, 1996
- Scott, James G., Assistant Professor, University of Texas at Austin, Bayesian Adjustment for Multiplicity, 2009
- Shen, Haige, Senior Biostatistician, Novartis Oncology, NJ, Bayesian Analysis in Cancer Pathway Studies and Probabilistic Pathway Annotation, 2007
- Stroud, Jonathan, Assistant Professor of Statistics, George Washington University, Bayesian Analysis of Nonlinear Time-Series Models, 1999
- Su, Fusheng, Sears Financial, Chicago, IL, Limit Theorems on Deviation Probabilities with Applications in Two-Armed Clinical Trials, 1996
- Swall, Jenise, Statistician, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Nonstationary Spatial Modeling using a Process Convolution Approach , 1999
- Tardella, Luca, Associate Professor, Dept. Di Statistica, University of Roma I "La Sapienza", Rome, Italy, Some Topics in Bayesian Methodology, 1998
- Tebaldi, Claudia, Research Scientist, Climate Central, Princeton, NJ, Bayesian Analysis of Network Flow Problems, 1997
- ter Horst, Enrique, Assistant Professor of Finance, Euromed School of Management, Marseille, France, A Lévy generalization of compound Poisson processes in Finance: Theory and applications, 2003
- Tu, Chong, Statistician, Capital One Financial, Bayesian Nonparametric Modeling Using Levy Process Priors with Applications for Function Estimation, Time Series Modeling and Spatio-Temporal Modeling, 2006
- Vance, Eric A, Assistant Research Professor, Virginia Tech, Department of Statistics, Statistical Methods for Dynamic Network Data, 2008
- Wilson, Alyson, Associate Professor of Statistics, Iowa State University, Statistical Models for Shapes and Deformations, 1995
- Woodard, Dawn, Assistant Professor, Cornell University, Conditions for Rapid and Torpid Mixing of Parallel and Simulated Tempering on Multimodel Distributions, 2007
- Wu, Yuhong, Statistical Arbitrage Researcher, Highbridge Capital Management, NY, "Bayesian Tree Models.", 2006
- Xia, Gangqiang, Vice President, Morgan Stanley, NYC, On Large Sample Size Issues in Spatial Statistics, 2006
- Zhang, Liang, Research Scientist, Yahoo Research, CA, Statistical Computation For Model Space Exploration In High-Dimensional Problems, 2008
- Zhou, Kathy, Assistant Professor, Department of Public Health, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, Classification of Missense Mutations of Disease Genes, 2002

