Recent Presentations: UNMC 2025, MCW 2025; Fall 2025 Courses: STAT 6150.
Research Experience
Worked in a Drosophila genetics lab from 2001-2003; worked at Proctor & Gamble in Cincinnati, Ohio as a Research Engineer from 1999-2001.
Education
PhD in Statistical Science from Duke University in 2009; MS in Biostatistics from the University of Minnesota in 2005; Bachelors of Chemical Engineering from the University of Minnesota in 1999.
Background
Professor in the Department of Statistics at Iowa State University. Research focuses on Bayesian inference, typically accomplished through computational methods such as Markov chain Monte Carlo and sequential Monte Carlo (SMC).
Miscellany
Originally from Duluth, Minnesota and attended Marshall School. Now lives in Ames, Iowa.