Current: Co-Editor, Sankhya Series A; Associate Editor, Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series B. Past: Associate Editor, Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference; Associate Editor, Environmetrics.
Research Experience
Professor in the Department of Statistics at the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, University of Florida.
Education
Ph.D. in Statistics, 2009, Stanford University; Masters in Mathematical Finance, 2009, Stanford University; Masters in Statistics, 2004, Indian Statistical Institute, India; Bachelors in Statistics, 2002, Indian Statistical Institute, India.
Background
My core research interests lie in several aspects of high-dimensional Bayesian inference – encompassing methodology, asymptotics, and computation. A key research focus is estimation of covariance matrices in sample-starved settings using sparsity or other low-dimensional structures. On the computational front, I am particularly interested in the development and analysis of Markov chain Monte Carlo methods. In recent years, I have developed a growing interest in applying statistical methods to macroeconomic forecasting. Additionally, I have been involved in several collaborative and interdisciplinary projects with researchers from a range of fields, including chemistry, neuroscience, pharmacy, animal science and molecular biology.