Bio

CONTACT

Department of Statistics

Columbia University

926 SSW Building

1255 Amsterdam Ave

New York, NY, 10027

office: 926

email: marco.avella@columbia.edu

EMPLOYMENT

2023 – now  : Howard Levene Assistant Professor, Columbia University.

2018 – 2023 : Assistant Professor, Columbia University.

2016 – 2018 : Postdoctoral fellow, MIT.

2010 – 2016 : Teaching and research assistant, University of Geneva, Switzerland.

EDUCATION

2011 – 2016 : PhD in Statistics, University of Geneva.  Advisor: Elvezio Ronchetti

2009 – 2011 : Master in Statistics, University of Geneva.

2006 – 2009 : Bachelor in Economics, University of Geneva

VISITING

Feb–Jun 2015: Visiting student at Princeton University.  Host: Jianqing Fan.

LANGUAGES

• • Spanish: mother tongue

  • English: fluent

  • French: fluent

  • Italian: fluent

  • German: intermediate