Visiting Research Scientist at the Division of Applied Mathematics, Brown University during 1996-1997; Joined the Department of Statistics at Florida State University as an Assistant Professor in Fall 1997; Associate Professor from 2003 to 2006; Full Professor starting Fall 2007; Recognized as a Distinguished Research Professor by FSU in 2014.
Education
B.Tech in Electronics Engineering from IIT-BHU (Varanasi, India) in 1990; M.S. and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Washington University in St. Louis in 1993 and 1996, respectively, both under the guidance of Prof. Michael I. Miller.
Background
Research Interests: Use of geometry and statistics in advancing inferences related to complex objects; Professional Field: Statistics; Brief Introduction: Professor in the Department of Statistics at Florida State University, focusing on transdisciplinary research in data science, particularly shape analysis of functional data and its applications.
Miscellany
Worked closely with and learned from Prof. Ulf Grenander, whose development of metric pattern-theory has been a major influence on his research and approach.