Education:
Ph.D. Statistics,
University of California at Berkeley
M.S. Statistics, Stanford University
M.S.
Mathematics, University of Texas at El Paso
B.S.
Mathematics, University of Texas at El Paso
Honors:
- Member of committee of visitors for the Division of Mathematical Sciences
at the National Science Foundation in 2013.
Chaired two subcommittees each composed of 10 statisticians and mathematicians.
- Appointed to the Scientific Advisory Committee for the Mathematical Biosciences Institute at
Ohio State University 2014 - 2016.
- Adjunct professor: MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 2007 - Present.
- Adjunct/Visiting Professor: Centro de Investigación en Matemáticas (CIMAT) Guanajuato, Mexico 1999 - 2002.
- Elected to the National System of Researchers (SNI) at highest level III (CONACYT) 2009 - 2014.
- The American Statistical Association Don Owen award, 2010.
- Elected Distinguished Lecturer, 2008-2010 -- SIGMA XI, The Scientific Research Society.
- Elected Fellow, Institute of Mathematical Statistics.
- Elected Fellow, American Statistical Association.
- Elected Fellow, Royal Statistical Society.
- Elected Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science.
- Elected Member, International Statistical Institiute.
- Member, National Academy of Sciences Committee, 2001-2004.
- Member, National Academy of Sciences Committee, Institute of Medicine, 2005-2007.
- Member, Committee on Fellows, American Statistical Association, 2002-2004.
- Chair, Committee on Fellows, American Statistical Association, 2004.
- Member, Mathematical Sciences Research Institute, Human Resources Advisory.
Committee, 2003-2006.
- Member, Nominations Committee, Institute of Mathematical Statistics,2001.
Professional Appointments:
- Rice University.
Professor of Statistics,
Statistics Department January 1, 2001 - December 31, 2013.
- The National Science Foundation.
Statistics Program Director 1997-1999.
- Southern Methodist University.
Visiting Professor of Statistics, 1998-1999.
- University of Texas at El Paso.
Professor Mathematical Sciences Department, 1984-2001.
Some Publications:
Some
of my publications through MathSciNet