I’m currently an assistant professor at the University of San Francisco, with joint appointments between the Math and Statistics department and the M.S. in Data Science Program. I’m also a cohost of the USF Data Science Podcast with Robert Clements.
I’m a fan of working as a applied statistician in my research. I like finding intuitive and creative ways of conveying results and breaking through the “language barrier” between statisticians and other scientists. My applied collaborations span a wide variety of domains: currently I have ongoing projects with conservationists at The Nature Conservancy, auditory researchers and neuroscientists from the Salk Institute and UC San Diego, and eye surgeons at Stanford Medicine. In the past I’ve collaborated with scientists at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, veterinarians at the San Diego Zoo, and the researchers behind Mt. Everest’s Himalayan Database, among others.
With much of my working time spent behind a computer screen, I find a lot of value in connecting to the outdoors when I have the chance. In free moments you’ll probably find me camping out at music festivals or road tripping around Northern CA.