Joseph Antonelli
Assistant Professor
206 Griffin-Floyd Hall, P.O. Box 118545
Gainesville, FL 32611-8545
(352) 273-4638
Email: jantonelli@ufl.edu
Personal Webpage
Research Interests
- Bayesian inference, High-dimensional modeling, Causal inference, Environmental statistics
Education
- Ph.D. (2015) Harvard University, Biostatistics
- M.A. (2013) Harvard University, Biostatistics
- B.S. (2011) University of Florida, Statistics
Demetris Athienitis
Lecturer and Undergraduate Coordinator
116B Griffin-Floyd Hall, P.O. Box 118545
Gainesville, FL 32611-8545
(352) 273-2972
Email: athienit
Personal Webpage
Research Interests
- Nonparametric and distribution free statistics; Missing Data; Linear Models.
Education
- Ph.D. (2011) University of Florida, Statistics
- M.Stat. (2008) University of Florida, Statistics
- B.A. (2005) Rutgers University, Mathematics & Statistics
Brenda Betancourt
Assistant Professor
220 Griffin-Floyd Hall, P.O. Box 118545
Gainesville, FL 32611-8545
(352) 273-2984
Email: bbetancourt
Personal Webpage
Education
- Ph.D. (2015) University of California-Santa Cruz, Statistics and Applied Mathematics
- M.S. (2008) University of Puerto Rico-San Juan, Mathematics
- B.S. (2005) Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Statistics
Deborah Burr
Senior Lecturer
116C Griffin-Floyd Hall, P.O. Box 118545
Gainesville, FL 32611-8545
(352) 273-2973
Email: burr
Personal Webpage
Research Interests
- Bootstrap; Errors-in-variables; Meta-analysis; Statistical computing; Survival Analysis; Ergonomics; Risk and prevention of lower back disorders
Education
- Ph.D. (1985) Stanford University, Statistics
- B.S. (1978) Furman University, Mathematics
Michael Daniels
Professor, Chair and Andrew Banks Family Endowed Chair
102C Griffin-Floyd Hall, P.O. Box 118545
Gainesville, FL 32611-8545
(352) 273-2966
Email: daniels
Personal Webpage
Research Interests
- Bayesian Methodology; Biostatistics; Missing Data; Causal Inference
Education
- Sc.D. (1995) Harvard University, Biostatistics
- A.B. (1991) Brown University, Applied Mathematics
Hani Doss
Professor
222 Griffin-Floyd Hall, P.O. Box 118545
Gainesville, FL 32611-8545
(352) 273-2991
Email: doss
Personal Webpage
Research Interests
- Markov chain Monte Carlo;nnon/ semi-parametric Bayesian methods; Bayesian methods in biostatistics; survival analysis
Education
- Ph.D. (1982) Stanford University, Statistics
- M.S. (1978) Stanford University, Mathematics
- B.S. (1976) SUNY at Stony Brook, Mathematics
Li “Leo” Duan
Assistant Professor
101C Griffin-Floyd Hall, P.O. Box 118545
Gainesville, FL 32611-8545
(352) 294-1827
Email: li.duan
Personal Webpage
Research Interests
- Bayesian Pseudo-Likelihood, Robust Statistics, Bayesian Machine Learning, Constrained Models, Biomedical and Neuroscience Applications
Education
- Ph.D. (2015) University of Cincinnati, Statistics
- B.S. (2009) Chengdu, Biology
Malay Ghosh
Distinguished Professor
223 Griffin-Floyd Hall, P.O. Box 118545
Gainesville, FL 32611-8545
(352) 273-2992
Email: ghoshm
Personal Webpage
Research Interests
- Small area estimation; case-control studies; Bayesian inference; empirical Bayes analysis
Education
- Ph.D.(1969) University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Statistics
- M.A. (1964) Calcutta University, Statistics
- B.A. (1962) Calcutta University, Statistics
James Hobert
Professor and Graduate Coordinator
204 Griffin-Floyd Hall, P.O. Box 118545
Gainesville, FL 32611-8545
(352) 273-2990
Email: jhobert
Personal Webpage
Research Interests
- Convergence rates of Markov chain Monte Carlo algorithms; Perfect sampling algorithms; Connections between Markov chain theory and decision theory
Education
- Ph.D.(1994) Cornell University, Statistics
- M.S. (1992) Cornell University, Statistics
- B.S. (1989) Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Chemistry
Bikram Karmakar
Assistant Professor
226 Griffin-Floyd Hall, P.O. Box 118545
Gainesville, FL 32611-8545
(352) 273-273-2994
Email: bkarmakar
Personal Webpage
Research Interests
- Causal inference; design and analysis of observational studies; applications of statistics to social sciences, public policy and health
Education
- Ph.D (2019) University of Pennsylvania, Statistics
- Master of Statistics (2013) Indian Statistical Institute
- Bachelor of Statistics (2011) Indian Statistical Institute
Sayar Karmakar
Assistant Professor
101B Griffin-Floyd Hall, P.O. Box 118545
Gainesville, FL 32611-8545
(352) 273-1839
Email: sayarkarmakar
Personal Webpage
Research Interests
- Time Series, High-Dimensional Statistics, Econometrics, Forecasting, Change-point, Network analysis, Robust statistics
Education
- Ph.D (2018) University of Chicago, Statistics
- Master of Statistics (2013) Indian Statistical Institute
- Bachelor of Statistics (2011) Indian Statistical Institute
Kshitij Khare
Associate Professor
208 Griffin-Floyd Hall, P.O. Box 118545
Gainesville, FL 32611-8545
(352) 273-2985
Email: kdkhare
Personal Webpage
Research Interests
- Statistical methodology for graphical models and high dimensional inference
- Convergence rates of Markov chains arising from Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC)
- Construction of Gaussian fields from Markov chains and connections to Bayesian methodology
- Semi-supervised learning
Education
- Ph.D. (2009) Stanford University, Statistics
- Masters in Financial Mathematics (2009) Stanford University
- Master of Statistics (2004) Indian Statistical Institute
- Bachelor of Statistics (2002) Indian Statistical Institute
George Michailidis
Professor and Director of the Informatics Institute
205 Griffin-Floyd Hall, P.O. Box 118545
Gainesville, FL 32611-8545
(352) 294-3913
Email: gmichail
Research Interests
- Multivariate Analysis and Machine Learning; Computational Statistics; Change-point Estimation; Stochastic Processing Networks; Bioinformatics; Network Tomography; Visual Analytics; Statistical Methodology with Applications to Computer, Communications and Sensor Networks.
Aaron Molstad
Assistant Professor
202 Griffin-Floyd Hall, P.O. Box 118545
Gainesville, FL 32611-8545
(352) 273-2979
Email: amolstad
Personal Webpage
Research Interests
- Multivariate analysis; numerical optimization; statistical computing; matrix and tensor-valued data analysis; statistical genetics and genomics
Education
- Ph.D (2017) University of Minnesota, Statistics
- B.A. (2012) St. Olaf College, Mathematics
Georgia Papadogeorgou
Assistant Professor
103 Griffin-Floyd Hall, P.O. Box 118545
Gainesville, FL 32611-8545
(352) 273-XXXX
Email: gpapadogeorgou@ufl.edu
Personal Webpage
Research Interests
- Causal inference; spatial statistics; structured data; Bayesian methods; applications in environmental research, political science
Education
- Ph.D. (2018) Harvard University, Biostatistics
- M.A. (2015) Harvard University, Biostatistics
- B.Sc. (2013) National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Mathematics
Rohit Patra
Assistant Professor
221 Griffin-Floyd Hall, P.O. Box 118545
Gainesville, FL 32611-8545
(352) 273-2996
Email: rohitpatra
Personal Webpage
Research Interests
- Non- and semi-parametric estimation, large sampletheory; inference in non-standard models, with applications in astronomy, genetics; economics
Education
- Ph.D. (2016) Columbia University, Statistics
- M.A. (2011) Columbia University, Statistics
- Master of Statistics (2010) Indian Statistical Institute
- Bachelor of Statistics (2008) Indian Statistical Institute
Brett Presnell
Associate Professor
225 Griffin-Floyd Hall, P.O. Box 118545
Gainesville, FL 32611-8545
(352) 273-2989
Email: presnell
Personal Webpage
Research Interests
- Nonparametric statistics; Resampling methods
Education
- Ph.D.(1989) Florida State University, Statistics
- M.S. (1985) Florida State University, Statistics
- M.S. (1981) Florida State University, Mathematics
- B.A. (1980) Florida State University, Mathematics
Maria Ripol
Senior Lecturer
117C Griffin-Floyd Hall, P.O. Box 118545
Gainesville, FL 32611-8545
(352) 273-2976
Email: mripol
Personal Webpage
Research Interests
Statistical education
Education
- M.S. (1994) Cornell University, Statistics
- M.S. (1990) University of Puerto Rico, Applied Mathematics
- B.A. (1987) University of Puerto Rico, Mathematics
Abolfazl Safikhani
Assistant Professor
203 Griffin-Floyd Hall, P.O. Box 118545
Gainesville, FL 32611-8545
(352) 273-273-2980
Email: a.safikhani
Personal Webpage
Research Interests
- My research interests are: high-dimensional statistics time series model change point detection spatio-temporal models Gaussian random fields.
Education
- Ph.D (2015) Michigan State University, Statistics
- M.S. (2010) Sharif University of Technology, Mathematics
- B.S. (2008) Sharif University of Technology, Mathematics
Robert “John” Seppala
Lecturer
116A Griffin-Floyd Hall, P.O. Box 118545
Gainesville, FL 32611-8545
(352) 273-2971
Email: jseppala
Research Interests
Education
- M.Stat. (2002) University of Florida, Statistics
- B.S. (1990) University of Michigan, Industrial Engineering
Stephanie Stine
Lecturer
117B Griffin-Floyd Hall, P.O. Box 118545
Gainesville, FL 32611-8545
(352) 273-2975
Email: s.stine
Research Interests
Education
- M.S. (2017) Texas A&M University, Statistics
- B.S. (Hons) (2003) The Open University, Computing and Mathematical Sciences
Zhihua Su
Associate Professor
207 Griffin-Floyd Hall, P.O. Box 118545
Gainesville, FL 32611-8545
(352) 273-2993
Email: zhihuasu
Personal Webpage
Research Interests
- Multivariate Analysis; Dimension Reduction
Education
- Ph.D. (2012) University of Minnesota, Statistics
- M.S. (2011) University of Minnesota, Statistics
- B.S. (2006) Fudan University, Mathematics
Larry Winner
Senior Lecturer
228 Griffin-Floyd Hall, P.O. Box 118545
Gainesville, FL 32611-8545
(352) 273-2995
Email: winner
Personal Webpage
Research Interests
- Statistical education
Education
- Ph.D. (1994) North Carolina State University, Statistics
- M.S. (1986) Ohio State University, Statistics
- B.S. (1985) University of Florida, Statistics