Education
🎓 Ph.D. in Statistics, Michigan State University, 2007
Academic Positions Held
Tenured Professor, Statistics, George Mason University, 2021-Present
Tenured Professor, Statistics, Iowa State University, 2020-2021
Tenured Associate Professor, Statistics, Iowa State University, 2014-2020
Tenured Associate Professor, Statistics, University of Georgia, 2013-2014
Tenure-track Assistant Professor, Statistics, University of Georgia, 2007-2013
Other Leadership Experience
Chair-Elect/Chair, ASA Nonparametric Statistics Section 2024-2026
Chair of Executive Committee and Organizing Committee, 2026 ICSA Applied Statistics Symposium
Financial Economist IPA Fellow, US Securities and Exchange Commission 2019-2020
ASA/NSF/BLS Senior Research Fellow, US Bureau of Labor Statistics 2010-2011
Honors and Awards
Elected Fellow of the American Statistical Association (2021)
Elected Fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics (2020)
Elected Member of the International Statistical Institute (2008)
CEC Dean's Faculty Excellence Award for Research, George Mason University (2024)
LAS Award for Mid-Career Achievement in Research, Iowa State University (2021)
COVID-19 Exceptional Effort Research Impact Award, Iowa State University (2020)
IPA Research fellowship, US Securities and Exchange Commission (2019-2020)
ASA/NSF/BLS Senior Research Fellowship, US Bureau of Labor Statistics (2010-2011)
M. G. Michael Research Award, The University of Georgia (2012)
Teaching Academy Fellow, The University of Georgia (2011-2012)
Young Researcher Award, UFL 11th Annual Winter Workshop 2009
Laha Award, Institute of Mathematical Statistics 2006
Editorial Service
Associate Editor, Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, Series B 2020-present
Associate Editor, Journal of Computational and Graphical Statistics, 2024-present
Associate Editor, Statistica Sinica 2023-present
Associate Editor, Journal of Nonparametric Statistics 2019-present
Associate Editor, Statistical Analysis and Data Mining 2018-present