"Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler." - Albert Einstein

Welcome

The department of statistics takes great pride in the teaching and research accomplishments of its faculty. Many have been the recipients of prestigious awards and are recognized internationally in their fields; are engaged in ground-breaking research at the forefront of diverse fields of science; serve as editors of prestigious peer-reviewed scientific journals; and have authored books in areas such as linear models and regression, time series analysis, statistical theory, and stochastic processes which have become standard texts in statistics courses throughout the world.
Faculty:
Jana Anderson, Distance Degree Program Coordinator, Ph.D.,Colorado State, 1992.
Member, ASA. Developments in Statistical Education. anderson@stat.colostate.edu
Asa Ben-Hur, Assistant Professor of Computer Science and Statistics, Ph.D.,Technion: Israel Institute of Technology, 2001
Bioinformatics, applications of machine learning in bioinformatics. asa@cs.colostate.edu
F. Jay Breidt, Professor and Department Chair; Ph.D., Colorado State, 1991.   
Fellow, ASA; Member, ISI; Member, Federal Economic Statistics Advisory Committee; Associate Editor, Journal of Forecasting, Environmental and Ecological Statistics. Time series analysis, statistical inference in finite population sampling, natural resources monitoring. jbreidt@stat.colostate.edu
Phillip L. Chapman, Professor and Experiment Station Statistician; Ph.D., Minnesota, 1985.
Bootstrap and resampling methods, applied linear modeling, statistics in agriculture, biological and environmental sciences, statistical consulting. chapman@stat.colostate.edu
Dan Cooley, Assistant Professor; Ph.D., University of Colorado at Boulder, 2005
Member,  ASA.  Extreme values, spatial statistics, environmental/climatological applications. cooleyd@stat.colostate.edu
Richard A. Davis, Professor Laureate; Ph.D., California, San Diego, 1979.
Fellow, IMS, ASA; Member, ISI; Associate Editor, Extremes and Bernoulli; co-director of PRIMES. Extreme values, stochastic processes, time series. rdavis@stat.colostate.edu
Ryan T. Elmore , Assistant Professor; Ph.D., Penn State, 2003.
Member, ASA, IMS. Nonparametric methods, mixture models, data depth, density estimation. elmore@stat.colostate.edu
Don Estep, Professor of Mathematics and Statistics, Ph.D., University of Michigan, 1987
Member AMS, ASA, SIAM. Associate editor, Siam Journal on Numerical Analysis, Int. J. Computer Math., Member, Siam Education Committee. Co-Director, PRIMES. Director, CIMS. Computational differential equations, solution and analysis of multiscale, multiphysics problems, sensitivity analysis, density estimation, data assimilation, adaptive error control and sampling, dynamical systems. estep@math.colostate.edu
Geof H. Givens, Associate Professor; Ph.D., Washington, 1993.
Member, ASA. Bayesian methods, statistical computing, face recognition algorithms; bowhead whales and marine mammal population dynamics.   geof@stat.colostate.edu
Jan Hannig, Associate Professor, Ph.D, Michigan State, 2000.
Member, IMS, Bernoulli Society. Probability, theory of stochastic processes, stochastic analysis, small ball probabilities, Gaussian processes, Levy processes and nonparametric statistics. hannig@stat.colostate.edu
Ann Hess, Special Appointment Assistant Professor, Ph.D. Colorado State University 2005
Microarray data analysis, bioinformatics, linear models, experimental design, environmental statistics. hess@stat.colostate.edu
Jennifer A. Hoeting, Associate Professor; Ph.D., Washington, 1994.
Member, ASA, Intl. Soc. for Bayesian Analysis; WNAR board member. Bayesian methods, model selection and model uncertainty, spatial statistics, statistical methods for ecological problems. jah@stat.colostate.edu
Hari K. Iyer, Professor; Ph.D. (Mathematics), Notre Dame, 1975; Ph.D. (Statistics), Colorado State, 1980.
Fellow, ASA; Linear models, variance components, experimental design, permutation methods, pharmaceutical statistics, environmental statistics, microarrays, bioinformatics. hari@stat.colostate.edu
Thomas C. M. Lee, Associate Professor; Ph.D., Macquarie, 1997.
Member, ASA, IEEE, IMS, Statistical Society of Australia, Intl. Chinese Statistical Assoc. Computational statistical methods, image and signal processing, nonparametric and semiparametric modeling, model selection principles. tlee@stat.colostate.edu
Mary C Meyer, Associate Professor; Ph.D., University of Michigan, 1996.
Member, ASA, IMS.  Editorial board, Chance Magazine.  Nonparametric function estimation and inference using shape restrictions. meyer@stat.colostate.edu
Jean D. Opsomer, Professor; Ph.D., Cornell University, 1995.
Member, ISI; Fellow, ASA; Associate Editor, Biometrika and Survey Methodology. Survey statistics, nonparametric statistics, environmental statistics. jopsomer@stat.colostate.edu
Louis Scharf, Professor of Electrical Engineering and Statistics; Ph.D., Washington (Seattle), 1969.
Fellow, IEEE; Member, IEEE Technical Committee on Theory and Methods in Multichannel Signal Processing. Statistical signal processing for wireless communication, instrumentation, radar, and sonar. scharf@engr.colostate.edu
Haonan Wang, Assistant Professor; PhD, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill, 2003.
Member, ASA, IMS. Functional data analysis and application; multivariate analysis; statistical methodology on populations of trees. wanghn@stat.colostate.edu
Zhang, Chenhua, Visiting Assistant Professor, Ph.D. , University of Georgia, 2007
Extreme values, heavy-tailed phenomena, stochastic processes, pharmokinetic modeling.
James R. zumBrunnen, Associate Director, Franklin A. Graybill Statistical Laboratory and Center for Applied Statistical Expertise (CASE); MS, Iowa State, 1975.
Member, ASA. General statistical consulting; use of statistical computer programs and the interpretation of results; statistical computing. zumbrunnen@stat.colostate.edu


Emeritus Faculty:
 
Thomas J. Boardman, Professor Emeritus, Ph.D., Rutgers, 1968.
Fellow, ASA, ASQC; Member, ISI; Member, Board of Directors, ASA; Past president, WNAR of the Biometric Society. Quality improvement and statistical thinking, statistical graphics and computing, consulting, statistical methodology in biological research. boardman@stat.colostate.edu
Duane C. Boes, Professor Emeritus; Ph.D., Purdue, 1963.
Member, ISI. Stochastic modeling and time series analysis of geophysical phenomena, statistical inference, reservoir and storage theory. boes@stat.colostate.edu
David C. Bowden, Professor Emeritus; Ph.D., Colorado State, 1968.  
Simultaneous inference in linear models, finite population sampling theory and applications, statistical theory in biometry. bowden@stat.colostate.edu
Peter J. Brockwell, Professor Emeritus; Ph.D., Australian National Univ., 1967.
Fellow, IMS; Fellow, ASA; Member, ISI; Associate Editor, Journal of Time Series Analysis; Associate Editor, Japanese Journal of Statistics, Annals of the Institute of Statistical Mathematics. Stochastic processes and applications, time series analysis , financial mathematics, inference for stochastic processes.  pjbrock@stat.colostate.edu
Franklin A. Graybill, Professor Emeritus; Ph.D., Iowa State, 1952.
Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science, ASA, IMS; Past Member, National Research Council; Past President, WNAR of the Biometric Society and ASA. Design of experiments, linear models, variance components.
fgraybill@aol.com
Paul W. Mielke, Jr., Professor Emeritus; Ph.D., Minnesota, 1963.

Editorial Board, Environmental and Ecological Statistics; Associate Editor, Journal of Applied Meteorology; Assistant Editor, Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference; Fellow, ASA. Permutation inference procedures, nonparametric techniques, parametric approximations, simulation investigations, quantal assay methods, weather modification studies, climate predictions. 
mielke@stat.colostate.edu

Mohammed M. Siddiqui, Professor Emeritus; Ph.D., North Carolina, 1957.
Fellow, ASA. Time series analysis, robust estimation, stochastic processes, extreme values, order statistics, distribution theory, applications of probability theory to hydrology, atmospheric sciences demography, clinical trials, radio propagation. siddiqui@stat.colostate.edu
J. N. Srivastava, Professor Emeritus; Ph.D., North Carolina, 1962.
Fellow, ASA, IMS, ISI, Third World of Academy of Science; Member, IMS Committee on Math Tables; Editorial Board, Comm. Stat., J. Mult. Anal., J. Comb. Inf. and Systems Sci., Adv. in Management Sci., J. Information and Optimization Sci., J. Ind. Soc. Agr. Stat., Founder and Editor-in-Chief, J. Stat. Planning and Inference; Director, Visiting Lecturer Program of ASA-IMS; President, Forum for Interdisciplinary Math; President, Indian Society of Agricultural Statistics. Design of experiments, multivariate analysis, combinatorial mathematics, foundation of statistics, linear models, sampling, reliability, mathematical logic, philosophy. jsrivas@lamar.colostate.edu

Post-Docs:
Merton, Andrew , Post-Doc, Ph.D. Colorado State University 2007
merton@stat.colostate.edu

Instructors:
Rick Gumina, Instructor, MS Colorado State University 1998, Statistics Education. 
Resampling techniques in process control, advances in educational testing and measurement theory, advances in technology as applied to learning, retention, and classroom delivery.
gumina@stat.colostate.edu
Lampros, Austin Instructor, Colorado State University,
Lampros@stat.colostate.edu

Faculty Affiliates:
Biggerstaff, Brad J,
CDC Foothills Campus, Fort Collins, CO 80523 (970-221-6473)
Burnham, Kenneth P
U.S Fish & Wildlife Service, 201 JVK Wagar Bldg. CSU (970-491-5396)
Bultler, Ron
Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX
rbutler@smu.edu
Shean-Tsong Chiu
807 Rocky Mountain Way, Fort Collins CO 80526
970-223-3272
chiu@stat.colostate.edu  
Engeman, Richard M
National Wildlife Research Center, 4101 LaPorte Av, Fort Collins, CO 80521 (970-266-6091)
richard.m.engeman@aphis.usda.gov
McDonald, Lyman
WEST, Inc., 2003 Central Avenue, Cheyenne, WY 82001 (307-634-0156) lymanmcd@uswest.net
Nychka, Douglas W
Climate/Global Dynamics Div, NCAR, Boulder, CO 80307 (303-497-1711) nychka@ucar.edu
Resnick, Sidney I
Dept. OR&IE, Cornel Univ, ET&C Bldg, Ithaca NY 14853 (607-265-2410) sid@orie.cornell.edu
Sain, Steve
Geophysical Statistics Project, Institute for Mathematics Applied to Geosciences,NCAR, P.O.Box 3000, Boulder, CO 80307-3000 (303-497-1709)
ssain@ucar.edu
Troutman, Brent M
USGS, Box 25046/MS418, Denver Fed Center, Denver CO 80225 (970-236-5038)
Urquhart, N. Scott , Professor; PhD, Colorado State University, 1965.
Program Director, Space-Time Aquatic Re sources Modeling and Analysis Program (STARMAP). (970-491-3834)
nsu@stat.colostate.edu
Vecchia, Aldo (Skip)
USGS, 821 E Interstate Ave, Bismarck, ND 58501 (701-250-4641) avecchia@usgs.gov
Wang, Jack C. Ming
NIST, 325 Broadway, Boulder, CO 80303 (303-497-3843)