Faculty

The School of Statistics has an internationally distinguished faculty, including many elected fellows of the major statistical organizations such as the American Statistical Association, the Institute of Mathematical Statistics, and the International Statistical Institute. Also, many of our faculty members are or have been editors or associate editors of major journals. Additionally, several have been nominated for, or are the recipients of, awards for excellence in teaching.

Name Contact Specialty
Sara Algeri
Assistant Professor
362 Ford Hall
612-625-4005 
salgeri@umn.edu
Statistical inference, computational statistics, astrostatistics
Jie Ding
Associate Professor
366 Ford Hall
dingj@umn.edu
Time series, model selection, inference methodology, applications in audio/video processing, finance
Charles Doss
Associate Professor
389 Ford Hall
612-625-5819
cdoss@umn.edu
Nonparametric estimation and inference
Charles Geyer
Professor
356 Ford Hall
612-625-8511
geyer@umn.edu
Constrained maximum likelihood, Markov chain Monte Carlo, Monte Carlo likelihood, spatial statistics
Birgit Grund
Professor
381 Ford Hall
612-624-8076
birgit@umn.edu
Design and analysis of clinical trials, research in HIV/AIDS, Ebola, and COVID-19
Nathaniel Helwig
Associate Professor
383 Ford Hall
612-625-7515
helwig@umn.edu
Computational statistics, smoothing splines, multimode/tensor analysis, nonparametric methods, neuroimaging, psychometrics
Tiefeng Jiang
Professor
365 Ford Hall
612-624-3850
jiang040@umn.edu
Random matrices, random graphs, probability, symmetric polynomials, high-dimensional statisitcs, connections to physics and computer science
Galin Jones
Professor
Director of the School of Statistics
313A Ford Hall
galin@umn.edu
Markov chain Monte Carlo methodology, decison theory, biological and environmental applications
Tianxi Li
Assistant Professor
376 Ford Hall
tianxili@umn.edu
Statistical network analysis, statistical machine learning
Xiaoou Li
Associate Professor
Director of Undergraduate Studies
347 Ford Hall
612-625-1816
lixx1766@umn.edu
Sequential analysis and adaptive design, latent variable models, graphical models, psychometrics
Lan Liu
Associate Professor
Director of the Lynn Y. S. Lin Consulting Center
372 Ford Hall
612-625-6636
liux3771@umn.edu
Causal inference, missing data analysis, clinical trials, doubly robust inference, Bayesian analysis, surrogate outcomes, measurement error, mediation analysis, social network, personalized medicine, unmeasured confounder, statistical consulting
Aaron Molstad
Assistant Professor
384 Ford Hall
amolstad@umn.edu
Statistical genetics and genomics, multivariate analysis, numerical optimization
Qian Qin
Assistant Professor
357 Ford Hall
qqin@umn.edu
Markov chain Monte Carlo, convergence rates of Markov chains
Adam Rothman
Professor
Director of Graduate Studies
367 Ford Hall
612-626-0346 
arothman@umn.edu
Multivariate analysis and statistical computing in
high dimensions
Xiaotong Shen
Professor
Interim Director of the School of Statistics
384 Ford Hall
612-624-7098
xshen@umn.edu
Machine learning and data science, inference and prediction, statistical applications in engineering and health science
Lu Yang
Assistant Professor
385 Ford Hall
luyang@umn.edu
Multivariate analysis, regression model diagnostics, nonparametric methods, insurance analytics
Yuhong Yang
Professor
376 Ford Hall
612-626-8337
yangx374@umn.edu
Model selection and model combining, high-dimensional data analysis, multi-armed bandits with covariates, forcast combinations, statistics in personalized medicine
Hui Zou
Professor
312 Ford Hall
612-625-8355
zouxx019@umn.edu
Statistical methodology and theory

Teaching Specialists

Name Contact
Kazeem Adepoju
Lecturer
465 Ford Hall
612-625-2858
kadepoju@umn.edu 
Georgia (Zhuozhi) Huang
Teaching Specialist
453 Ford Hall
612-625-8730
Barbara Kuzmak
Senior Lecturer
485 Ford Hall
612-625-4897
bkuzmak@umn.edu
Eugenie Ngandjeu Nya
Teaching Specialist
475 Ford Hall
ennya@umn.edu 
Yuyoung Park
Teaching Specialist
487 Ford Hall
612-625-4897
parky@umn.edu

Postdocs

Name Contact
Qiuyun Zhu 
IRSA Faragher Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellow
368 Ford Hall
qzhu@umn.edu                                           

Visiting Faculty and Scholars

Name Contact
Xin-Yu Tian               467 Ford Hall
tianx@umn.edu

Emeriti

Name                                   Contact
Christopher Bingham
Professor Emeritus
kb@umn.edu
R. Dennis Cook
Professor Emeritus
484 Ford Hall
rdcook@umn.edu
Morris L. Eaton
Professor Emeritus
eaton@stat.umn.edu
Douglas M. Hawkins
Professor Emeritus
dhawkins@umn.edu
Glen Meeden
Professor Emeritus
392 Ford Hall
gmeeden@umn.edu
Gary W. Oehlert
Professor Emeritus
320 Ford Hall
612-625-1557
gary@umn.edu
William Sudderth
Professor Emeritus
392 Ford Hall
sudde001@umn.edu
Sanford Weisberg
Professor Emeritus
sandy@umn.edu