I am a faculty member of the Statistics@UPF group at Universitat Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona (Dept. of Economics), and director of the Barcelona School of Economics Master in Data Science Methodology and Data Science Center . I obtained my PhD in Statistics at Rice University (Houston, USA) under Peter Müller and did a postdoc under Valen Johnson and Veera Baladandayuthapani at M.D. Anderson. I spent several years at IRB Barcelona as head of Biostatistics & Biostatistics Unit and later at the University of Warwick Statistics Dept. (UK). On my free time I love biking & outdoors. See my CV for further info
Broadly my research interests include high-dimensional inference (much in regression and more recently in graphical models and networks), including theory and methods, computational strategies, data integration, and applied statistical modeling in the Social Sciences and Biomedicine, with emphasis on the Bayesian approach. See the publications section for more details, or Google scholar for a publication list. Most of my methodology is available in R packages.
Some funding opportunities
PhD students
Programs for PhD studies in Data Science at the Barcelona Data Science Center
AGAUR fellowships
Postdocs
Juan de la Cierva Fellowships. 2-year positions, with two options: “Incorporación” (for PhDs with 2-4 years of postdoc experience; 1 of them outside their hosting institution) and “Formación” (0-2 years postdoc experience). Funded by the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (MINECO).
BP-DGR (Beautriu de Pinós Grants).2 -year postdoc positions for researchers with a minimum of 2 years of postdoctoral experience abroad. Funded by Generalitat de Catalunya.
Individual Fellowships-Marie Slodowska-Curie Actions. Funded by the European Commission, the IF-MSCA support top fellows from inside and outside Europe, through diverse instruments, providing excellent conditions to further independent research development.
“La Caixa” Junior Leaders. Sponsored by Obra Social ”la Caixa”, the programme is aimed at hiring excellent international talent to continue their research career in Spain on any discipline.
Visitors
Mobility grants at UPF https://www.upf.edu/web/international//vine-a-la-upf-pdi
Older bits & pieces:
- Science careers article by Elisabeth Pain (2010)
