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Doctoral Alumni 

  • Rosa Banuelos (Marek Kimmel, Thesis Advisor) Ph.D. (May 2013) A Simulation-based Approach to Study Rare Variant Associations Across the Disease Spectrum. banuelos@rice.edu 
  • Stephanie Hicks (Marek Kimmel, Thesis Advisor) Ph.D. (May 2013) Probabilistic Models for Genetic and Genomic Data with Missing Information. Currently at the Department of Biostatistics and Computational Biology, Harvard School of Public Health, Postdoctoral Fellow. stephaniechicks@gmail.com 
  • Justin Silver (David Scott, Thesis Advisor) Ph.D. (May 2013) Robust Parametric Functional Component Estimation Using a Divergence Family. Currently at the Science and Research department of Pros, Inc. Houston, Tx., Associate Scientist. jsilver33@gmail.com  
  • Garrett Grolemund (Hadley Wickham, Thesis Advisor) Ph.D. (December 2012) Tools and Theory for Improving Data Analysis. Currently at RStudio, Inc., Master Instructor. grolemund@gmail.com 
  •  Roberto Bertolusso (Marek Kimmel, Thesis Advisor) Ph.D. (December 2011) Computational Models of Signaling Processes in Cells with Applications: Influence of Stochastic and Spatial Effects. Currently at Rice University, Department of Statistics, Postdoctoral fellow.
  •  Eric Chi (David Scott, Thesis Advisor) Ph.D. (December 2011) Parametric Classification and Variable Selection by the Minimum Integrated Squared Error Criterion. Currently at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Postdoc fellow. eric.c.chi@gmail.com  
  • Kevin DeHoff (Marek Kimmel, Thesis Advisor) Ph.D. (December 2011) Live Cell Compartment Tracking: Object Tracking in Oscillating Intensity Images. Currently at Intel Corporation, Statistician. kldehoff@gmail.com 
  • David Kahle (Javier Rojo, Thesis Advisor) Ph.D. (December 2011) Minimum Distance Estimation in Categorical Conditional Independence Models. Currently at Baylor University, Waco, Assistant Professor. david.kahle@gmail.com 
  •  Jonathan Lane (David Scott, Thesis Advisor) Ph.D. (December 2011) Robust Quantile Regression Using L2E. Currently at Sandia National Labs, Senior member of Technical staff. jono.lane@gmail.com 
  •  Dajiang Liu (Marek Kimmel, Thesis Advisor) Ph.D. (December 2011) Statistical Methods for Analysing Rare Variant Complex Trait Association via Sequence Data. Currently at University of Michigan, Postdoctoral fellow. dajiang.liu@gmail.com 
  •  Beth Bower (Katherine B. Ensor, Thesis Advisor) Ph.D. (December 2010) Forecasting Wind Power and Prices for Increased Revenue in the Texas Electricity Market. Currently at Bank of America Merrill Lynch Commodities, Quantitative Associate. statsgirl11@gmail.com   
  • Beibei Guo (Rudy Guerra, Thesis Advisor) Ph.D. (December 2010) Statistical Methods for Bioinformatics: Estimation of Copy Number and Detection of Gene Interactions. Currently at UTMDACC, Department of Biostatistics, Postdoc fellow. beibeiguo@gmail.com   
  • Alejandro Cruz (Katherine B. Ensor, Thesis Advisor), Ph.D. (May 2010) Estimating the Term Structure with a Semi-parametric Bayesian Population Model: An Application to Corporate Bonds. Currently at Capital One, Statistical Analysis Manager.  alejandro.cruzmarcelo@gmail.com   
  • Colleen Kenney (Marina Vannucci, Thesis Advisor), Ph.D. (May 2010) On the Separation of T Tauri Star Spectra Using Non-negative matrix Factorization and Bayesian Positive Source Separation. Currently at Edgewood Chemical and Biological Center, NRC post doc. fpctr@ultrafark.com 
  • Terrance Savitsky (Marina Vannucci, Thesis Advisor), Ph.D (May 2010) Generalized Gaussian Process Models with Bayesian Variable Selection. Currently at Rand Corporation, Statistics Group, Associate Statistician. tds151@gmail.com  
  • Sarah Thomas (Katherine B. Ensor, Thesis Advisor), Ph.D. (May 2010) Model-based Clustering for Multivariate Time Series of Counts. Currently at DOD. sarah.julia.thomas@gmail.com   
  • Nan Zhang (Dennis D. Cox, Thesis Advisor), Ph.D. (May 2010) Regression Survival Analysis with Dependent Censoring and a Change Point for the Hazard Rate: with Application to the Impact of the Gramm-Leach-Bliey Act to Insurance Companies' Survival. Currently at Allstate Insurance Company, Quantitative Research & Analytics, Senior Actuarial Assistant. jenny0919@gmail.com    
  • Darrin Gershman  (Rudolf Riedi, Thesis Advisor), Ph.D. (Dec. 2009) Modeling Price Dynamics on Electronic Stock Exchanges with Applications in Developing Automated Trading Strategies. Currently at Capital One Financial, Senior Statistician. dgersh@stat.rice.edu    
  • Millennia Foy (Marek Kimmel, Thesis Advisor), Ph.D. (Dec. 2009) Lung Carcinogenesis Modeling: Resampling and Simulation Approach to Model Fitting, Validation, and Prediction. Currently at the University of Texas Health Science Center, Postdoctoral Fellow. millenniafoy@yahoo.com   
  • Deborah Goldwasser (Marek Kimmel, Thesis Advisor), Ph.D. (Dec. 2009) Parameter Estimation in Mathematical Models of Lung Cancer. dlg2004@stat.rice.edu   
  • Luis G. Leon Novelo (Peter Müller, Thesis Advisor), Ph.D. (Dec. 2009) Bayesian Semiparametric and Flexible Models for Analyzing Biomedical Data. Currently at the University of Louisianna, Lafayett, tenure track assistant professor. leonnovelo@yahoo.com  
  • Tuan Nguyen (Javier Rojo, Thesis Advisor), Ph.D. (Dec. 2009) Dimension Reduction Methods with Applications to High Dimensional Data with a Censored Response. Currently at Eli Lilly, Research Scientist. kcstevone@gmail.com  
  • Xiaowei Wu (Marek Kimmel, Thesis Advisor), Ph.D. (Dec. 2009) Branching Processes with Biological Applications. Currently at the Virginia Technology University, Assistant Professor. xwwu@vt.edu    
  • Hongxiao Zhu (Dennis D. Cox, Thesis Advisor), Ph.D. (May 2010) Functional Data Classification and Covariance Estimation. Currently at Virginia Technology University, Assistant Professor. hongxiao@vt.edu  
  • Charlotte Ahern (Yu Shen, Thesis Advisor), Ph.D. (Jan. 2009) Statistical Modeling in the Optimization of Breast Cancer Screening Schedules. Currently at Bayor College of Medicine, Assistant Professor of Biostatistics. chahern@bcm.edu    
  • Jamie Chatman (Rudy Guerra, Thesis Advisor), Ph.D. (Jan. 2009) Computing Diversity in Undergraduate Admissions. Currently at the University of Pittsburgh, Postdoctoral Scholar/Kellogg Health Scholar. jchatman@cmh.pitt.edu   
  • James Christian (Rudy Guerra, Thesis Advisor), Ph.D. (Jan. 2009) Incorporating Annotation Data in Quantitative Trait Loci Mapping with mRNA Transcripts. NRC Postdoc Research Assistant, EPA, National Exposure Research Lab. blair.christian@gmail.com 
  • Viacheslav Fofanov (Marek Kimmel, Thesis Advisor), Ph.D. (Jan. 2009) Statistical Models in Protein Structural Alignments. Currently at Eureka Genomics. Director of Bioinformatics. vyfofanov@eurekagenomics.com   
  • Matthias Mathaes (Marek Kimmel, Thesis Advisor), Ph.D. (Jan. 2009) Statistical Tests of Neutrality Based on SNP and Alu Repeat Data. Currently at ALI Solutions, Data Analyst. matze@alumni.rice.edu   
  • Eleanor Shannon (Keith Baggerly, Thesis Advisor), Ph.D. (Jan. 2009) Models for the preprocessing of Reverse Phase Protein Arrays. Currently at Brigham Young University, Assistant Professor. sneeley@stats.byu.edu   
  • Lada Kyj (Katherine B. Ensor, Thesis Advisor), Ph.D. (May 2008) Estimating Realized Covariance using High Frequency Data. Currently a Vice President at Barclays, New York. ladakyj@alumni.rice.edu    
  • Galen Papkov (David W. Scott, Thesis Advisor), Ph.D. (May 2008) Locally-Adaptive Polynomial-Smoothed Histograms with Application to Massive and Pre-Binned Data Sets. Currently at Florida Gulf Coast University, Assistant Professor. gpapkov@alumni.rice.edu  
  • Josue Noyola Martinez (Dennis D. Cox, Thesis Advisor), Ph.D. (May 2008) Investigation of the Tau-Leap Method for Stochastic Simulation. Currently at Texas A&M University, Department of Statistics, Postdoctoral Fellow. martinezjosueg@gmail.com    
  • Jason Gershman (Rudy Guerra, Thesis Advisor), Ph.D. (Jan. 2008) Classification of Time-Course Gene Expression Array Data. Currently at Nova Southeastern University, Associate Professor. jgershma@nsu.nova.edu 
  • Garrett Fox (Rudy Guerra, Thesis Advisor), Ph.D. (Jan. 2008) A Bayesian Hierarchical Model for Detecting Associations Between Haplotypes and Disease Using Unphased SNPs. Currently at Frito-Lays, R&D, Bayesian Statistical Engineer. gfox20@gmail.com 
  • Hannah Jabri (Rudolf Riedi, Thesis Advisor), Ph.D. (Jan. 2008) Term Structures of Conditional Probabilities of Corporate Default in an Incomplete Information. Currently at Pacific Gas & Electric Company, Quantitative Analyst. hjabri@stat.rice.edu 
  • Talithia Williams (Katherine B. Ensor, Thesis Advisor), Ph.D. (Jan. 2008) Real-Time Estimation of Rainfall: A Dynamic Spatio-Temporal Model. Currently at Harvey Mudd College, Department of Mathematics, Assistant Professor. twilliams@hmc.edu   
  • Chad Bhatti (Dennis D. Cox, Thesis Advisor), Ph.D. (May 2007) Statistical Models for Intraday Trading Dynamics. Currently at JPMorgan Chase, Vice President - Senior Statistical Modeling Analyst, Columbus, Ohio. 
  • David Rossell Ribera (Peter Müller, Thesis Advisor), Ph.D. (May 2007) Some Approaches to Bayesian Design of Experiments and Microarray. Currently in Spain.  rusi@stat.rice.edu 
  • Jose-Miguel Yamal (Dennis D. Cox, Thesis Advisor), Ph.D. (May 2007) Multilevel Classification: Classification of Populations from Measurements on Members. Currently at the University of Texas School of Public Health, Department of Biometry, Assistant Professor. Jose-Miguel.Yamal@uth.tmc.edu 
  • Pawel Paszek (Marek Kimmel, Thesis Advisor), Ph.D. (Jan. 2007) Modeling Stochasticity in Gene Regulation. Currently at the Center for Cell Imaging. School of Biological Sciences, University of Liverpool, UK, Postdoctoral Fellow. ppaszek@rice.edu 
  • Jong Soo Lee (Dennis D. Cox, Thesis Advisor), Ph.D. (May 2006) Aspects of Functional Data Inference and Its Applications. Currently at the University of Delaware, Assistant Professor of Statistics. jslee@udel.edu 
  • Bo Peng (Marek Kimmel, Thesis Advisor), Ph.D. (May 2006) A Simulation-Based Study on the Impact of Population Stratification on the Allelic Spectrum of Human Disease. Currently at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Assistant Professor. bpeng@mdanderson.org 
  • Krzysztof Rudnicki (Gary L. Rosner, Thesis Advisor), Ph.D. (May 2006) A Dynamic Model for Survival Data with Longitudinal Covariates. Currently at the College of Bible Truth & Church Service. rudnicki@alumni.rice.edu  
  • Alena Oetting (David W. Scott, Thesis Advisor), Ph.D. (May 2006) Wavelet Denoising Using L2E. Currently at EDP Renovaveis, Market Intelligent Senior Associate. ixmocane@hotmail.com 
  • Xiuyu (Julie) Cong (Yu Shen, Thesis Advisor), Ph.D. (Jan. 2006) Statistical Issues in Breast Cancer Screening and Clustered Survival Data Analysis. Currently at Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Statistician. xcong@rdg.boehringer-ingelheim.com 
  • Ginger Davis (Katherine B. Ensor, Thesis Advisor), Ph.D. (Jan. 2006) An Examination of Some Open Problems in Time Series Analysis. Currently at Hewlett Packard, Demand Forecasting, Manager. ginger@gmail.com  
  • Li Deng (Marek Kimmel, Thesis Advisor), Ph.D. (Jan. 2006) Modeling Carcinogenesis in Lung Cancer: Taking Genetic Factors and Smoking Factor into Account. Currently at New England College of Optometry, Assistant Professor of Biostatistics. DengL@neco.edu 
  • Meichun Ding (Gary L. Rosner, Thesis Advisor), Ph.D. (Jan. 2006) Bayesian Optimal Design for Phase II Screening Trials. Currently at Amgen Inc., Senior Biostatistician. mding@amgen.com 
  • Shu Han (Donald Berry, Thesis Advisor), Ph.D. (Jan. 2006) Modeling Auxiliary Information in Clinical Trials. Currently at Boston Scientific Corporation, Senior Biostatistician. andrewhan20012002@yahoo.com 
  • Zhaoxia Yu (Rudy Guerra, Thesis Advisor), Ph.D. (Jan. 2006) Hapoltype Block  and Genetic Association. Currently at Mayo Clinic, Department of Biostatistics, Research Associate. Yu.Zhaoxia@mayo.edu 
  • Xian Zhou (Dennis D. Cox, Thesis Advisor), Ph.D. (Jan. 2006) Bayesian Inference for Ordinal Data. Currently at Genentech, Inc., Department of BioOncology, Senior Biostatistician. xianzhou@gmail.com 
  • Kalatu Davies (Dennis D. Cox, Thesis Advisor), Ph.D. (May 2005) Inverse Decision Theory with Medical Applications. Currently at  Drexel University, College of Medicine, Biostatistician. kalatu@gmail.com  
  • Gretchen Fix (Katherine B. Ensor and Xuelin Huang, Thesis Advisors), Ph.D. (May 2005) Estimating Marginal Survival in the Presence of Dependent and Independent Censoring: With Applications to Dividend Initiation Policy. 
  • Michael Lecocke (Rudy Guerra, Thesis Advisor), Ph.D. (May 2005) An Empirical Study of Feature Selection in Binary Classification with DNA Microarray Data. Currently at St. Mary's University, Assistant Professor of Mathematics. mlecocke@stmarytx.edu 
  • Richard Ott (Javier Rojo, Thesis Advisor), Ph.D. (May 2005) On the Operating Characteristics of Some Non-Parametric Methodologies for the Classification of Distributions by Tail Behavior. Currently at Mesa State College, Assistant Professor of Statistics.   rott@coloradomesa.edu  
  • Musie S. Ghebremichael (Javier Rojo, Thesis Advisor), Ph.D. (Jan. 2005) Nonparametric Estimation of Bivariate Mean Residual Life Function. Currently at Harvard Medical School as an Assistant Professor of Biostatistics. musie_ghebremichael@dfci.harvard.edu 
  • John A. Dobelman (James R. Thompson, Thesis Advisor), Ph.D. (May 2004) Market Outperformance by Nonparametric, Simugram-Based Portfolio Selection. Currently at Rice University, Department of Statistics, Professor in the Practice. dobelman@rice.edu 
  • Hsi-Guang Sung (David W. Scott, Thesis Advisor), Ph.D. (May 2004) Gaussian Mixture Regression and Classification. Currently at Microsoft Research, Bing Project. 
  • Michael Swartz (Marek Kimmel, Thesis Advisor), Ph.D. (May 2004) Stochastic Search Gene Suggestion: Hierarchical Bayesian Model Selection Meets Gene Mapping. Currently at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston ( UT Health),  Division of Biostatistics. Assistant Professor. Michael.D.Swartz@uth.tmc.edu   
  • John Michael Miller (James R. Thompson and Edward Williams, Thesis Advisors), Ph.D. (May 2003) Venture Capital, Entrepreneurship, and Long-run Performance Prediction: An Application in Data Mining. Currently at Sam Houston State University, Assistant Professor. 
  • Heidi Spratt (Marek Kimmel, Thesis Advisor), Ph.D. (Jan. 2003) A Comparison of Three Methods Used to Determine Functionally Important Protein Residues. Currently at University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Assistant Professor. hespratt@utmb.edu  
  • Richard Swartz (Dennis D. Cox, Thesis Advisor), Ph.D. (May 2003) Applications of Bayesian Sequential Decision Theory to Medical Decision Making. Currently at Rice University, Jones Graduate School of Business, Senior Statistician. rswartz@rice.edu 
  • Nancy Glenn (David W. Scott and Yin Zhang, Thesis Directors), Ph.D. (May 2002) Robust Empirical Likelihood. Currently at Texas Southern University, Department of Mathematical Sciences, Associate Professor. glennnl@tsu.edu   
  • Rachel Boekenhauer (Dennis D. Cox, Thesis Advisor), Ph.D. (2001) Estimating Nonlinear Functionals of a Random Field. 
  • Roxy Cramer (Katherine B. Ensor, Thesis Advisor), Ph.D. (2001) Parameter Estimation of Continuous Time Inhomogeneous Markov Processes with Denumberable State Space. Currently at Visual Numerics, Inc., IMSL Statistician. rcramer@vni.com   
  • Chad Shaw (Marek Kimmel, Thesis Advisor), Ph.D. (2001) Genealogical Methods for Multitype Branching Processes with Applications in Biology. Currently an Assistant Professor at Baylor College of Medicine. cashaw@bcm.edu 
  • William C. Wojciechowski (David W. Scott, Thesis Advisor), Ph.D. (2001) Robust Modeling. Currently at Vaughan Nelson Investment Management. 
  • Larry Scott Baggett (Katherine B. Ensor, Thesis Advisor), Ph.D. (2000) A Comprehensive Approach to Spatial Dependence Modeling. 
  • Mary Calizzi (Katherine B. Ensor, Thesis Advisor), Ph.D. (2000) An Approach to Modeling a Multivariate Spatial-Temporal Processes. 
  • John Patrick King (Marek Kimmel, Thesis Advisor), Ph.D. (2000) A Microsatellite-Based Statistic for Inferring Patterns of Population Growth: Sampling Properties and Hypothesis Testing. 
  • David Andrews (Dennis D. Cox, Thesis Advisor), Ph.D. (1999) Spatial-Temporal Modeling of Vector-Valued Data Using Gradient Processes: An Application to Wind Fields. Currently at University of Dallas, Assistant Professor. andrews@acad.udallas.edu 
  • Martin Lawera (James R. Thompson, Thesis Advisor), Ph.D. (1999) Future Prices: Data Mining and Modeling Approaches. Currently at Deutsche Bank, Vice President. martin.lawera@db.com  
  • Otto W. Schwalb III (James R. Thompson, Thesis Advisor), Ph.D. (1999) Practical and Effective Methods of Stimulation Based Parameter Estimation for Multidimensional Data. Currently with Citigroup in Atlanta. trey.schwalb@citi.com 
  • Mark Gebert (Dennis D. Cox, Thesis Advisor), Ph.D. (1998) Non-Parametric Density Contour Estimation. Currently at Eastern Kentucky University, Assistant Professor. mark.gerbert@eku.edu 
  • John Salch (David W. Scott, Thesis Advisor), Ph.D. (1997) Practical Methods for Data Mining with Massive Data Sets. Currently at PROS Holdings, Director of Product Development. jsalch@prospricing.com 
  • Keith Baggerly (Georgia Thompson and David W. Scott, Thesis Advisors), Ph.D. (1995) Visual Estimation of Structure in Tanked Data. Currently at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Department of Bioinformatics, professor. kabagger@mdanderson.org 
  • Margaret Gelder Ehm (Marek Kimmel, Thesis Advisor), Ph.D. (1995) Estimation of Uncertainty in Genetic Linkage Data for Human Pedigrees. Currently at Glaxo. 
  • Marc Nathan Elliott (James R. Thompson, Thesis Advisor), Ph.D. (1995) An Automatic Algorithm for the Estimation of Mode Locatin and Numerosity in General Multidimensional Data. Currently at Rand Corporation. marc_elliott@rand.org 
  • Monnie McGee (Katherine B. Ensor, Thesis Advisor), Ph.D. (1995) Tests for Harmonic Components in the Spectra of Categorical Time Series. Currently at Southern Methodist University, Assistant Professor. http://www.smu.edu/statistics/faculty/mcgee.htm, mmcgee@mail.smu.edu 
  • Mark Overley (James R. Thompson, Thesis Advisor), Ph.D. (1995) A Stochastic Approach to Prepayment Modeling. 
  • Ronnie Webster West (James R. Thompson, Thesis Advisor), Ph.D. (1995) Modeling the Potential Impact of HIV on the Spread of Tuberculosis in the United States. Currently at University of South Carolina at Columbia, Associate Professor. 
  • Stephan Sain (David W. Scott, Thesis Advisor), Ph.D. (1994) Adaptive Kernal Density Estimation. Currently at Geophysical Statistics Project, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Head. ssain@ucar.edu 
  • David Stivers (Marek Kimmel, Thesis Advisor), Ph.D. (1994) Multi-Type Branching Process Models of Cell Proliferation. Currently at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Assistant Professor. 
  • Kerry W. Go (Marek Kimmel, Thesis Advisor), Ph.D. (1993) Nonparametric Estimation of Transitions in Cancer. Currently at Sanofi Pasteur, Deputer Director, Biostatistics, Clinical Department kerry.go@sanofipasteur.com   
  • Michael C. Minnotte (David W. Scott, Thesis Advisor), Ph.D. (1993) A Test of Mode Existence with Applications to Multimodality. Currently at University of North Dakota, Associate Professor of Statistics. michael.minnotte@und.edu, http://arts-sciences.und.edu/math/faculty-staff.cfm  
  • Floyd Martin Spears (Barry W. Brown, Thesis Advisor), Ph.D. (1993) Multi-Stage Designs in Dose-Response Studies. Currently at Harding University, Associate Professor of Mathematics. mspears@harding.edu, http://www.harding.edu/USER/mspears/WWW/ 
  • Roland P. Sanchez (James R. Thompson, Thesis Advisor), Ph.D. (1990) A Nonparametric Regression Algorithm for Time Series Forecasting Applied to Daily Maximum Urban Ozone Concentrations. Currently at University of Monterey, Professor of Mathematics. 
  • Ferdinand Wang (David W. Scott, Thesis Advisor), Ph.D. (1990) A New Method for Robust Nonparametirc Regression. Currently at Freddie Mac Co., Department of the Treasury. ferdie_wang@freddiemac.com   

 Mathematical Sciences    

  • Rodney Jee (David W. Scott, Thesis Advisor), Ph.D. (1985) A Study of Projection Pursuit Methods. Currently at Risk Data Coproration, Irvine, CA. rodneyjee@yahoo.com 
  • Anna E. Baron (University of Texas School of Public Health, David W. Scott, co-director), Ph.D. (1984) Distributional Properties Affecting Classification in Multiple Group Discrimination Analysis. Currently at University of Colorado Medical School, Associate Professor. barin@uchsc.edu 
  • Steven B. Boswell (James R. Thompson, Thesis Advisor), Ph.D. (1983) Nonparametric Mode Estimation for Higher Dimensional Densities. Currently at Lincoln Laboratories, Scientist. 
  • Richard Hathaway (James R. Thompson, Thesis Advisor, codirected with J.E. Dennis), Ph.D. (1982) The EM Algorithm for the Maximum Likelihood Estimation of Gaussian Mistures. Currently at Georgia Southern University, Professor of Mathematics. 
  • E. Neely Atkinson (James R. Thompson, Thesis Advisor), Ph.D. (1981) An Epidemiological Examination of the Effects of Asbestos on Lung Function. Currently at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Faculty. neely@mdanderson.org  
  • Donna Nezames (David W. Scott, Thesis Advisor) Ph.D. (1980) Some Results for Estimating Bivariate Densities Using Kernel, Orthogonal Series, and Penalized-Likelihood Proceedures. Currently at Exxon Production Research. 
  • Melvyn Smith (James R. Thompson, Thesis Advisor), Ph.D. (1980) An Epidemiological Model for the Control of Gonorrhea. Currently a Physician and CEO of a medical center. 
  • Lynette E. Factor (Lamstein), (David W. Scott, Thesis Advisor) M.A. (1979) A Comparison of Three Data-Based Nonparametric Probability Density Estimators. 
  • David Scott (codirected J.R. Thompson and R.A. Tapia), Ph.D. (1976) Discrete Maximum Penalized Likelihood Density Estimation. Currently at Rice University, Noah Harding Professor of Statistics. scottdw@rice.edu, www/stat.rice.edu/~scottdw. 
  • James A. Hokanson (codirected J.R. Thompson and Barry W. Brown), Ph.D. (1975) Simulation Study of Myeloma Growth and Treatment. Currently at University of Texas Medical School at Galveston. james_hokanson@utmb.edu 
  • John Bennett (codirected J.R. Thompson and R.J.P. de Fiqueiredo), (1973) A Pattern Recognition Technique for Remote Sensing. Currently in the U.S. Army, Scientist. 
  • Gilbert de Montricher (codirected J.R. Thompson and R.A. Tapia), (1972) Nonparametric Bayesian Estimation of Probability Densities by Function Space Techniques. Currently at Bendix-Thompson of Paris, France, Scientist. 

 Masters (MA) 

  •  Sarah Tooth (John Dobelman, James Thompson) (December 2012) Design and Validation of Ranking Statistical Families for Momentum-Based Portfolio Selection. Currently a Ph.D. student at Rice University, Department of Statistics. smtooth@rice.edu  
  • Roberto Bertolusso (Marek Kimmel), M.A. (May 2010) Computational Models of Signaling Processes in Cells with Applications: Influence of Stochastic and Spatial Effects. Currently a Ph.D. student at Rice University, Department of Statistics. roberto@rice.edu 
  • Terrance Savitsky (Marina Vannucci), M.A. (Jan. 2009) Wavelets and Fractional Brownian Motion. Went on to get his Ph.D. from Rice University, Department of Statistics.   Currently at Rand Corporation, Statistics Group, Associate Statistician. tds151@gmail.com   
  • Colleen Kenney (Katherine B. Ensor, Rudolf Riedi, Barbara Ostdiek), M.A. (Jan. 2008) The Analysis of Limit Orders Using the Cox Proportional Hazards Model with Independent Competing Risks. Currently a Ph.D. student at Rice University, Department of Statistics. ctkenney@stat.rice.edu 
  • William Bryant (Katherine B. Ensor, Sanjay Shete), M.A. (May 2008) A Study on Statistical Approaches for Mutagen Sensitivity Analysis in Twins. 
  • Deepa Rajan (Marek Kimmel), M.A. (Jan. 2005) Analysis of Regulatory Mechanisms of Genes Controlled by the
    Transcription Factor NF-KappaB. Currently a Project Manager in the area of analytics/business consulting, India. dee.krishna@gmail.com       
  • Evan John Brott (Barry B. Brown, Thesis Advisor), M.A. (2004) An Unconditional Test for the Single-Sample Binomial. Currently at PROS Revenue Management Statistics Group. ebrott@sbcglobal.net 
  • Leslea Davison (Marek Kimmel, Thesis Advisor), M.A. (1997) ljdavis@cs.sandia.gov 
  • Elaine Hauschel (Katherine B. Ensor, Thesis Advisor), M.A. (1996) hauschel@griffon.mwsc.edu 
  • Christopher M. Brauner (Barry W. Brown, Thesis Advisor), M.A. (1995) Progress Against Cancer-A New Measure. Currently at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center. 
  • Terri F. Woodlan (Katherine B. Ensor, Thesis Advisor), M.A. (1994) Autocorrelated Data in Quality Control Charts. Currently at Hewlett-Packard.
  • Robert Moreno (Katherine B. Ensor, Thesis Advisor), M.A. (1993) Spatial Estimation from Sparse Data. 
  • Lynn Dittrich (Katherine B. Ensor, Thesis Advisor), M.A. (1992) A Time-Series Approach to Quality Control. Currently at American General. 
  • Thomas Kauffman M.A., (1988) Currently at Reliant Energy, thomas.kauffman@nrgenergy.com. 

Professional Masters   

  • Seungmin Yeon Master of Statistics (May 2013) Currently in Korea. smyon80@gmail.com 
  • Lin Yuan Master of Statistics (May 2013) Currently in Beijing, China. lin.yuan0323@gmail.com 
  • Maria Baca Master of Statistics (December 2012) Currently an intern at El Paso First Health Plans, Inc., El Paso, Tx.  angelica.baca.ab@gmail.com 
  •  Chongtian Gao Master of Statistics (December 2012) Currently a sales manager at Nowsun, LLC. wavesky@msn.com 
  •  Cui Guo Master of Statistics (December 2012) Currently a PhD student at the U of Michigan, Biostatistics program.  guocui5132011@gmail.com
  •  Seoksu Hong Master of Statistics (December 2012) blindsage10@gmail.com 
  •  Xitian Li Master of Statistics (December 2012) datian_2008@yahoo.com  
  •  Yinsheng Li Master of Statistics (December 2012) ethanli2013@gmail.com 
  •  Linglu Liu Master of Statistics (December 2012) Currently a Software Quality Engineer at MicroStrategy in the D.C. area. liuxx783@gmail.com 
  •  Chao Pan Master of Statistics (December 2012) Currently an IT Developer at Jones McClure Publishing Co. Houston, TX. pcgreat123@gmail.com 
  •  Taliya Perera Master of Statistics (December 2012) pereratn@gmail.com 
  •  Yuzhou Tang Master of Statistics (December 2012)  Currently a Statistician/Analyst at Model N, Waltham, MA. tangyuzhouloverice@live.com  
  •  Suwa Xu Master of Statistics (December 2012) Currently a PhD student in the U of Florida, Biostatistics program. xusuwa@gmail.com 
  • Fei Ni Master of Statistics (May 2012) Currently an Actuarial Assistant at Hautai Life Insurance Co,. Ltd., Beijing, China. nifei502@gmail.com  
  • Hsien Hui (Cindy ) Pan Master of Statistics (May 2012) cindyya1012@gmail.com  
  • Haisheng (Benjamin) Tang Master of Statistics (May 2012) Currently an analyst at Wood Mackenzie, Singapore. benjamin_tang@hotmail.com  
  • Wei Fu Master of Statistics (December 2011) Currently a PhD student in NYU, New York. weifu.scott@gmail.com 
  • Yanli Gao Master of Statistics (December 2011) Currently a SAS Statistician at Abbott Diagnostics, Dallas, TX.   yanli.hong2010@gmail.com  
  •  Yan Huang Master of Statistics (December 2011) Currently a SAS Marketing Analyst at Reliant Energy, Houston, TX .  allison_hy@yahoo.com    
  • Jinhee Lee Master of Statistics (December 2011) Currently a Research Assistant at Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX. jinhee.lee.2010@gmail.com 
  •  Yoojin Lee Master of Statistics (December 2011) Currently a PhD student in UC, Irvine, CA. yjinlee1@gmail.com 
  •  Dingyi Li Master of Statistics (December 2011) Currently a Manager of Personal Financial Management in Bank of China, ChengDu, China.  yzlibayern@gmail.com 
  •  Junjing Qin Master of Statistics (December 2011) Currently a Private Equity Analyst in China-Africa Development Fund, Beijing, China. transecoqin@hotmail.com   
  •  Brian Vanover Master of Statistics (December 2011) Currently a Technical Staff at Sandia National Labs, Albuquerque, NM. bjvanov@gmail.com 
  •  Rui Yang Master of Statistics (December 2011)  Currently Biostatistician 1 at Quintiles, Missouri. rui.yang.0808@gmail.com  
  •  Xuan Yang Master of Statistics (December 2011)  Currently a Consultant/Data Scientist at Model N, Waltham, MA. schwinn.young@gmail.com  
  •  Dallam Masterson Master of Statistics (May 2011) Currently a Derivatives Analyst at AEGON Americas, Houston, TX. wdm7@cornell.edu 
  • Meng Sun Master of Statistics (May 2011) Currently a Data Analyst at Brierley & Partners, Dallas, TX. meng.sun20@gmail.com 
  •  Sarah Tooth Master of Statistics (May 2011) Currently a graduate student in the M.A. program at Rice University, Department of Statistics. smtooth@rice.edu 
  •  Zhongyu Zhang Master of Statistics (May 2011) Currently at Yin Tai Investment & Company, Shanghai. sonicwth@gmail.com 
  • Rakesh Amaram Master of Statistics (December 2010) Currently an Actuary at Dailyaccess Corp, Dallas, TX. 
  • Yen-Yin Chen  Master of Statistics (December 2010) Currently in Taiwan. getaball@gmail.com  
  •  Himanshu Makwana Master of Statistics (December 2010) Currently a Business Analyst at FMC Technologies, Inc., Houston, TX. hmak01@gmail.com  
  •  Debra Pyle Master of Statistics (December 2010) Currently a self-employed Consultant, Data Mining and Predictive Analytics, Houston, TX. ddpyle@gmail.com  
  • Lisa Stryjewski Master of Statistics (December 2010) Currently a Master student at Mississippi State University, Broadcast Meteorology. lisastryjewski@gmail.com  
  • Chengyong Yin Master of Statistics (December 2010) Currently a Corporate Bond Research Analyst at China Merchants Securities Co., Ltd., Shanghai, China. kampfen.yin@gmail.com  
  • Ruo Yu Master of Statistics (December 2010) Currently at Novartis in Shanghai, China. rose.ruoyu@gmail.com  
  • Luis Arregoces Master of Statistics (May 2010) Currently a Senior Quantitative Analyst at GDF-Suez North America, Houston, TX.  larregoces@yahoo.com   
  • John Connelly Master of Statistics (May 2010) Currently at a Quantitative Analyst at New York Yankees . j_connel@gmail.com   
  • Caroline Nganga Master of Statistics (May 2010) Currently Statistician, at Capital One. carolcharles026@gmail.com   
  • Emilian Vankov Master of Statistics (May 2010) Currently a Ph.D. student at Rice University, Department of Statistics. erv1@rice.edu   
  • Yanli Chen Master of Statistics (Dec. 2009) Currently a Decision Analytics & Research Associate at Reliant Energy, Houston, TX. ylc.chelsea@gmail.com  
  • Xu Han Master of Statistics (Dec. 2009) Currently a Statistical Analyst at Baylor College of Medicine, Pediatrics department, Houston, TX. wendyhan08@gmail.com  
  • Kenneth (Buddy) Burkhalter Master of Statistics (May 2009) Currently an Associate Scientist at ToxStrategies Inc., Austin, TX. buddyburkhalter@gmail.com   
  • Joseph Egbulefu Master of Statistics (May 2009) Currently a Ph.D. student at Rice University, Department of Statistics. joe1@rice.edu     
  • Kristin Ritz Master of Statistics (May 2009) Currently a Quality Assurance Manager at Baylor College of Medicine. karitz@bcm.edu    
  • Tahira Saleem Master of Statistics (May 2009) Currently a certified travel agent at Cruise Holidays.  tahira.nisa@gmail.com 
  • Hector Flores Master of Statistics. (Jan. 2008) 
  • Theodore Petrou Master of Statistics. (Jan. 2007) 
  • Teresa Wollscheid Master of Statistics. (Jan. 2007) 
  • Hubert Marcus Master of Statistics (2000) Currently at ODS-Petrodata, Inc., Forecast Analyst. hmarcus@ods-petrodata.com 
  • John Venier Master of Statistics (1995) Currently at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center. 
  • Phillip Chen Master of Statistics (Min-Fook) (1995) Currently at Compact Computers. 
  • Ozgur Kaya Bayazitoglu Master of Statistics (1994) Currently a lawyer. 
  • Loralee Logan Master of Statistics (1994) Currently at Mesa Research Consultants, President/Consulting Statistician. loralee.logan@worldnet.att.net 
  • Vladimir Lopez-Bassols Master of Statistics (1993) Currently at the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) in Paris, France.  

Joint PhD and Professional Masters 

  • Jaime Acosta Margain Ph.D. in Economics, Master of Statistics (May 2013) Currently a Specialist in the Open Market Operations Department of Banco De Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico. acostamargain@gmail.com 
  • Pavlo Demchuk Ph.D. in Economics, Master of Statistics (May 2013) Currently a Senior Consultant in the International Tax Department of Transfer Pricing Group of Ernst & Young, Moscow, Russia. pavlo.demchuk@ru.ey.com  
  • Ronghua Guo Ph.D. in Economics, Master of Statistics (May 2012) Currently a Modeling Sr. Graduate at Freddie Mae. shahua730@gmail.com  
  • Seda Toklu Ph.D. in Economics, Master of Statistics (May 2012) Currently a Senior at Transfer Pricing and Economics in Ernst & Young. sb12@rice.edu 
  • Jiaqi Hao Ph.D. in Economics, Master of Statistics (December 2011) Currently a Senior Statistician at Capital One. haojiaqi@hotmail.com  
  • Pavlos Almanidis Ph.D. in Economics, Master of Statistics (May 2011) Currently a Senior Tax Staff at Ernst & Young, Toronto, Canada. palmanidis@yahoo.com  
  • Kutlut Levent Ph.D. in Economics, Master of Statistics (May 2010) Currently a visiting assistant professor in Georgia Technology University, Department of Economics. levent.kutlu@econ.gatech.edu    
  • Jia Xu Ph.D. in Bioch/ Cell Bio, Master of Statistics (May 2009) Currently a Data Analyst at Bancova. 
  • Jianghua Li Ph.D. in Economics, Master of Statistics (Jan. 2008) Currently a Ph.D. student in the Department of Economics, Rice University. jli6@rice.edu 
  • Akshay Sethi MBA and Master of Statistics (May 2008) Currently a Fundamental Analyst at E.ON Climate and Renewables, North America, Austin, Tx.

Undergraduate  

2013  

  • Nicholas Basch 
  • Cody Bryant  Currently a Project Coordinator in the IT department of Calpine. daftmath@gmail.com 
  • Henry Deng  Currently a Business Analyst in the Management Consulting department of Accenture, Boston, MA. henrydeng123@gmail.com  
  • Anna Handelman 
  • Rebecca Hyde Currently a project manager at Capital One in Plano, Tx. rjh5@rice.edu  
  • Christine Jeon 
  • Jeong Hwan Kook Currently a PhD student in the Department of Statistics, Rice University. eric.jeong.kook@gmail.com 
  • Ellen Liu 
  • Carole Mariani  Currently a Rotational Analyst for Calpine Corporation in Houston. Carole.b.mariani@gmail.com 
  • Mary Nelson 
  • Maximilian Richards 
  • James Rigby Currently a Business Intelligent Engineer at Amazon Web Services, Amazon.com. james.m.rigby@gmail.com  
  • Alexandra Santoro 
  • Somak Sarkar  Currently a Financial Analyst at Hines Real Estate.  sosarkar94@gmail.com 
  • Kayla Schaefer Currently a master student in the Statistics department of UT, Austin. kschaefer.tx@gmail.com 
  • Seung Whan Shin 
  • Jonathan Stewart Currently a PhD student in the Department of Statistics, Rice University. jrs6@rice.edu 
  • Won Suh 
  • Andrew Tilley 
  • Mengcheng Wang Currently a student in the professional Master of Statistics department of Rice University. mengcheng.wang@rice.edu 
  • Xiaoxiao Wang 
  • Caroline Wu 
  • Lieh Te Yu 

2012 

  • Elizabeth Curo 
  • Elizabeth Jackson Currently a Technical Services Problem-Solver at Epic Systems, Technical Services Division, Madison, Wisconsin. lizjackson722@gmail.com 
  • Hyun Bin Kang Currently applying for graduate schools. kang.hyunbin0823@gmail.com  
  • Amanda Kupchella Currently a Business Analyst at DeLoitte, Strategy and Operations, Houston. afk2904@gmail.com 
  • Qiusi Lu (Sophia) Currently a Business Analyst at McKinsey & Co., Houston. luqiusi@gmail.com 
  • Claire Meyer Currently a Transfer Pricing Associate at Grant Thornton, Houston. crmeyer90@gmail.com 
  • Hee Won Park (Chloe) Currently in Korea. parkhw88@gmail.com 
  • Sung Woo Park 
  • Elisha Payne 
  • Marcus Stansberry Currently an Engineering Technician/Reserves Analyst at BHP Billiton Petroleum. m.stansberry88@gmail.com
2011
  • Victoria Doan  
  • Shujun Feng Currently an investment banking analyst at Wells Fargo Bank
  • Eric Friedlander Currently at Capital One, Plano, Texas, Business Analyst
  • Yue Hu Currently a Ph.D student in Rice University, Department of Statistics
  • Phebe Huang Currently a Global Wealth Management Intern  at the Bank of America Merrill Lynch 
  • Kathleen Li  Currently a PhD student at the Wharton School of Business
  • John Lynch 
  • Oliver Peng Currently an Investment Banking Analyst-Oil & Gas at J.P. Morgan
  • Christopher Scott 
  • Marcus Stansberry Currently a Reserves Analyst at Petrohawk Energy

 2010 
Delma Flores Currently at Ariadne Capital LLC, Analyst. delma.flo@gmail.com
Da Ouyang Currently a Ph.D. student in UCSF, MD-Ph.D. program.david.ouyang@rice.edu   

2009
Sharon Chiang Currently at the Baylor College of Medicine, MD-Ph.D. program
Elizabeth Curo Currently with the Peace Corps
Jay Datesh Currently a master student at the University of Virginia
Cara Garcia Currently a student at The University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine, MD program. cara.e.garcia@gmail.com 
Neal Jain  
Caroline Nganga Currently a student in the MSTAT program at Rice University cwn1@rice.edu
Preston Smith Went on the University of Texas Medical School at Houston. Currently the owner at PottyMD LLC, 
also Pediatric Urologis at University Pediatric Urology.
Claire Taylor Currently a Graduate Research Assistant at Louisiana State University. 
Peng Wang 

2008 
Laura Krumland Currenlty a Clinical Data Manager at Emphusion (formerly ClinOps)
David Murad Currently a Senior Associate Actuary at Buck Consultants.
Laura Stroy Currently a Quality Analyst at Hewlett-Packard.
Diana Yen Currently a PhD student at Columbia Unibersity 

 2007  
Carrie (Fossum) Braun Currently at Apache Corporation.
Gregory Killings
Jeffrey Siaw
Diane Shao Currently a Ph.D. student at Harvard University, MD-Ph.D. program.
Gary Spence Currently a Consultant at Quorum Business Solutions.  

2006  
Genevera Allen Received her Ph.D. at Stanford University. She is currently an Assistant Professor 
at Baylor College of Medicine in the Department of Pediatrics-Neurology and at Rice University in the Department of Statistics. 
Also a member of the Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute at Texas Children's Hospital. 
Rachel Gelman Currently an Energy and Markets Analyst at National Renewable Energy Laboratory.  rgelman@gmail.com 
Kristian Lum Currently a Ph.D. student at Duke University.
Jerome Taylor Currently a Ph.D. student at the University of Virginia, School of Medicine. taylorjr@gmail.com 
Joseph Vavra Currently a Ph.D. student at Yale University. joseph.vavra@yale.edu 
Gabriel Yamal Currently at Lukens Energy Group, Associate Consultant. 

2005 
Philip Basil
Alan Bennett
Jacob Grabczewski
Adam Larson Currently a Graduate Student at the University of Michigan.
Marie Stevens
Sarah Trowbridge 

2004 
Brooke Lathram
Wai Shek 

2003 
Lada Maria Kyj Went on to get her Ph.D. at Rice. (Listed above)
Steven Movit Went on to Penn State University. Currently a Graduate Assistant/Research Assistant at Pennsylvania State University.
Jamie Story
Emily Zitek 

2002 
Sandra Brown Went on to the College of Business and Economics at Houston Baptist University. Currently the Director and Academic Tutor
at Blue Owl Tutoring, Inc.
Christopher Larson
Evelyn Patterson Went on to the Department of Criminology and Demography in the University of Pennsylvania. Currently an 
Assistant Professor of Sociology and Crime, Law and Justice & Demography.
Seth Tribble
Jesse Turner 

2001 
James Blair Christian Went on to get his Ph.D. at Rice. (Listed above)
Corrinn Davis Went on to the CFA Institute. Currently the Director, Principal at Edgbaston Investment Partners.

 2000
Gretchen Fix Went on to get her Ph.D. in Statistics at Rice University. (Listed above)
Gene Paik Went on to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Currently an HR Business Partner at Global Foundries.
Jose-Miguel Yamal Went on to get his Ph.D. in Statistics at Rice University. (Listed above) 

1999
Jennifer Clarkson
Rebecca Nugent 

1998
Luciano Batista 

 1997
Christopher Belfi Currently a Finance Analyst at BP.
Jeremy Fox
George Gonzalez Went on to the University of Texas at San Antonio. Currently Assistant Director of Strategic Planning, 
Effectiveness, and Institutional Research at Alamo Community College District.
Megan Hall Went on to The Anderson School of Management at the University of California. Currently Manager of 
Financial Planning and Analysis at the California Pizza Kitchen.
Mark Jeffcoat Currently a Software Engineer at IBM.
Amy Rosier
Alexis Smith Went on to the A.B. Freeman School of Business at Tulane University. Currently Assistant Professor of Management 
at Ramapo College of New Jersey.
Christopher Smith Went on to the University of Houston. Currently Chief at CGS Communications.
Benjamin Walter 
Charles Ward Currently CFO and Treasurer at Constellation Energy Partners.

1996
Xue-Ying Cheng
Jeremy Mills Currently a Statistics Manager at ESPN.
Benjamin Prichett
David Ross Currently an Independent Real Estate Investor.

1995
Angela Bellavance
Alicia Day Powers
William Forney
Debashis Ghosh Currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Biostatistics in the School of Public Health at the University of Michigan.
Rose Martinez Currently a Senior Manager at Digital Marketing at Halliburton.
David Sissman Went on to the Harvard Business School. Currently the Senior Vice President at Private Capital Management.
John Smiljanic
Chau Thach Went on to the University of Washington. Currently a Statistical Consultant at K&L Consulting Inc and Eisai Medical  Research.

1994
Mathew Daly
Steven Iltis Went on to Webster University. Currently a Network Engineer at Dynamic Quest.
Jason Lichtenstein
Christina Sands

1993
James Gardner
Leigh Sands
Benjamin Steinberg
Kurt Wagner Went on to Indiana University in Bloomington, then to The University of Texas at Dallas in the School of 
Management. Currently a Quality Engineer at Riverbed Technology.

1992
Christopher Brauner
John Bremer
Arthur Dryver
Renee Jamamillo
Douglas Kamen Currently a Consultant at Triad Resources.
Robert Manning Went on to University of North Texas, then to Texas A&M University.  Currently Economics Instructor 
at the Guildford Technical Community College.
Kathy Russell  
Mark Schoenhals Went on to the University of Chicago. Currently the CEO at Mbira Technologies LLC.
Daniel Swint Went on to the University of Florida. Currently a Senior Statistics Manager at HR Block.
Paulette Vines Went on to North Carolina State University. Currently an Associate Director of Statistics and Statistical Programming.

1991
Robert Bartsch 
Mark Garguila 
Corwin Joy Went on to Carnegie Mellon University. Currently a Developer at Zephyr Associates, Inc.

1990
Keith Baggerly Went on to get his Ph.D. in Statistics at Rice University. (Listed above)
Katherine Rice

1989
Michael Minnotte Went on to get his Ph.D. in Statistics at Rice University. (Listed above)
Staci Patterson
Stephan Sain Went on to get his Ph.D. in Statistics at Rice University. (Listed above)
Marie Stevens