Jun Zhu is a statistician and entomologist who works as a professor in the Departments of Statistics and Entomology at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. [1] Her research interests involve the analysis of spatial data and spatio-temporal data, and the applications of this analysis in environmental statistics. [2]
After earning a bachelor's degree from Knox College (Illinois) in mathematics and computer science in 1994, Zhu moved to Johns Hopkins University, where she earned a master's degree in mathematical sciences in 1995. She completed her Ph.D. in statistics at Iowa State University in 2000. [1] [2] Her dissertation, Asymptotic Inference for Spatial Cumulative Distribution Function, was jointly supervised by Soumendra Nath Lahiri and Noel Cressie. [3]
Zhu serves on the Human Studies Review Board of the United States Environmental Protection Agency. [4] In 2012 she chaired the American Statistical Association's Section on Statistics and the Environment. [5] In 2015 she was elected as a Fellow of the American Statistical Association, [6] and the Section on Statistics and the Environment gave her their Distinguished Achievement Medal. [7]
Jun Zhu is a statistician and entomologist who works as a professor in the Departments of Statistics and Entomology at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. [1] Her research interests involve the analysis of spatial data and spatio-temporal data, and the applications of this analysis in environmental statistics. [2]
After earning a bachelor's degree from Knox College (Illinois) in mathematics and computer science in 1994, Zhu moved to Johns Hopkins University, where she earned a master's degree in mathematical sciences in 1995. She completed her Ph.D. in statistics at Iowa State University in 2000. [1] [2] Her dissertation, Asymptotic Inference for Spatial Cumulative Distribution Function, was jointly supervised by Soumendra Nath Lahiri and Noel Cressie. [3]
Zhu serves on the Human Studies Review Board of the United States Environmental Protection Agency. [4] In 2012 she chaired the American Statistical Association's Section on Statistics and the Environment. [5] In 2015 she was elected as a Fellow of the American Statistical Association, [6] and the Section on Statistics and the Environment gave her their Distinguished Achievement Medal. [7]