Current Appointments & Affiliations
James B. Duke Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Statistical Science
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2018 - Present
Statistical Science,
Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Professor Emeritus of Statistical Science
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2018 - Present
Statistical Science,
Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Recent Publications
Joint spatiotemporal modelling of zooplankton and whale abundance in a dynamic marine environment
Journal Article Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series C Applied Statistics · January 1, 2026 North Atlantic right whales are an endangered species. Their entire population is estimated to be approximately 372 individuals, and they are subject to major anthropogenic threats. They feed on zooplankton species whose distribution shifts in a dynamic an ... Full text CiteSpatio-temporal analysis of record-breaking temperature increments across Spain
Journal Article Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment · January 1, 2026 The study of record-breaking values is of significant interest in environmental sciences. Studying records implies analyzing both their occurrence and their magnitude. Further, the study of this phenomenon within a spatio-temporal framework is vital for ev ... Full text CiteOn prior smoothing with discrete spatial data in the context of disease mapping.
Journal Article Statistical methods in medical research · October 2025 Disease mapping attempts to explain observed health event counts across areal units, typically using Markov random field models. These models rely on spatial priors to account for variation in raw relative risk or rate estimates. Spatial priors introduce s ... Full text CiteRecent Grants
Process based data fusion for Marine mammal science
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Office of Naval Research · 2023 - 2026Double MOCHA: Phase II Multi-study Ocean acoustic Human effects Analysis
ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by University of St. Andrews · 2018 - 2023EAGER-NEON: Probabilistic forecasting of biodiversity response to intensifying drought: A proposal to combine NEON with national climate, species, and trait data bases
ResearchInvestigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2015 - 2018View All Grants
Education, Training & Certifications
Stanford University ·
1969
Ph.D.
Stanford University ·
1967
M.S.
City College of New York ·
1965
B.S.