I am currently a third year Ph.D. student in the Department of Statistics at North Carolina State University. I graduated with a Bachelor's degree in music performance (euphonium) from the University of Michigan in 2008 and earned my Master's degree in statistics from NCSU in 2011. My advisors are Dr. Leonard Stefanski and Dr. Eric Laber. For my dissertation, I am developing new statistical methods to deal with the non-regular asymptotics of dynamic treatment regimes. I am also interested in longitudinal data analysis, functional data analysis, clinical trials, measurement error, quantile regression, Bayesian methods, and the statistical properties of figure skating judging systems.
Past research projects:
A Bayesian Analysis of a Thorough QT Study - poster presentation at the 2012 Southern Regional Council on Statistics Summer Research Conference in Jekyll Island, GA.
Quantile Modeling for Functional Data - presented in 2011 at the Department of Statistics, NCSU.
Approaches to Assess the Risk of QT Prolongation in an Investigational New Drug - presented at the 2011 Joint Statistical Meetings in Miami Beach, FL.
Fun Stuff:
I am a huge Michigan football fan. Go Blue!
My statistical joke tied for first place in the 2011 A-mu-sing competition. Check out my winning entry here. (Cartoon depiction by John Landers.)
I am a keyboardist, backup vocalist, and lyricist in The Fifth Moment, the original NCSU graduate student statistics cover band. Below are a few links to videos of our live performances. Be sure to follow us on Twitter!
Super Bayes (Nicki Minaj and Justin Bieber cover)
The Curse of High Dimension (Muse cover)
The Line (Jimmy Eat World cover)
If You'd Be My Bayesian (Timbaland feat. Katy Perry cover)