{"id":10937,"date":"2019-06-14T12:10:22","date_gmt":"2019-06-14T16:10:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cs\/?page_id=10937"},"modified":"2019-06-14T12:15:22","modified_gmt":"2019-06-14T16:15:22","slug":"faculty","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cs\/academics\/master-of-science-in-statistics\/faculty\/","title":{"rendered":"Faculty"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Master of Science in Statistics<\/h1>\n<section class=\"cl-wrapper cl-menu-wrapper\"><nav id=\"\" class=\"cl-menu  \" data-name=\"statistics-masters\" data-show-title=\"0\"><ul id=\"menu-statistics-masters\" class=\"cl-menu-list cl-menu-list-no-js\"><li id=\"menu-item-10153\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-10153\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cs\/academics\/master-of-science-in-statistics\/\">Overview<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-10901\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-10901\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cs\/academics\/master-of-science-in-statistics\/curriculum\/\">Curriculum<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-10928\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-10928\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cs\/academics\/master-of-science-in-statistics\/opportunities\/\">Opportunities<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-10943\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-10943\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cs\/academics\/master-of-science-in-statistics\/faculty\/\">Faculty<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/nav><\/section>\n<h2>Faculty<\/h2>\n<p>Faculty research interests include biostatistics, Bayesian methods, network analysis, econometrics, spatial and time series modeling, and project evaluation. Applications range from biology to pharmacy, from ecology to oceanography, from networks to finance. Offering a wide array of graduate and undergraduate courses, collaboration and consulting to the majority of Departments at URI, we are a well integrated, respected and sought after resource across campus.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"uri-people-tool cl-tiles halves\"><div class=\"peopleitem h-card has-thumbnail\">\n\t<header>\n\t\t<div class=\"header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cs\/meet\/gavino-puggioni\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1600\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1531\/Gavino_headshot1-e1610666088381.jpg\" class=\"u-photo  wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1531\/Gavino_headshot1-e1610666088381.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1531\/Gavino_headshot1-e1610666088381-300x300.jpg 300w, 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\/><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"p-name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cs\/meet\/gavino-puggioni\/\">Gavino Puggioni<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/header>\n\t<div class=\"inside\">\n\n\t\t<p class=\"people-title p-job-title\">Associate Professor |  Chair<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-department\">Bayesian Methods; Time Series; Spatial Data Modeling; Biostatistics<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-misc\"><span class=\"p-tel\">401.874.4388<\/span> <br> <a class=\"u-email\" href=\"mailto:gpuggioni@uri.edu\">gpuggioni@uri.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"peopleitem h-card has-thumbnail\">\n\t<header>\n\t\t<div class=\"header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cs\/meet\/natallia-katenka\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1531\/Natallia-Katenka_300.jpg\" class=\"u-photo  wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1531\/Natallia-Katenka_300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1531\/Natallia-Katenka_300-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"p-name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cs\/meet\/natallia-katenka\/\">Natallia Katenka<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/header>\n\t<div class=\"inside\">\n\n\t\t<p class=\"people-title p-job-title\">Associate Professor | Director of Data Science<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-department\">Statistical Analysis or Network and Longitudinal Data, Causal Influence<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-misc\"><a class=\"u-email\" href=\"mailto:nkatenka@uri.edu\">nkatenka@uri.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"peopleitem h-card has-thumbnail\">\n\t<header>\n\t\t<div class=\"header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cs\/meet\/jing-wu\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1531\/jing-wu-web.jpg\" class=\"u-photo  wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1531\/jing-wu-web.jpg 200w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1531\/jing-wu-web-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"p-name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cs\/meet\/jing-wu\/\">Jing Wu<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/header>\n\t<div class=\"inside\">\n\n\t\t<p class=\"people-title p-job-title\">Associate Professor | Director of Graduate Studies<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-department\">Bayesian Statistical Methods, Big Data, Missing Data Analysis (MCEM and Bayesian), Survival Data Analysis<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-misc\"><span class=\"p-tel\">401.874.4504<\/span> <br> <a class=\"u-email\" href=\"mailto:jing_wu@uri.edu\">jing_wu@uri.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"peopleitem h-card has-thumbnail\">\n\t<header>\n\t\t<div class=\"header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cs\/meet\/ashley-buchanan\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"966\" height=\"966\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1531\/Ashley-Buchanan.jpg\" class=\"u-photo  wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1531\/Ashley-Buchanan.jpg 966w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1531\/Ashley-Buchanan-300x300.jpg 300w, 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style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"peopleitem h-card has-thumbnail\">\n\t<header>\n\t\t<div class=\"header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cs\/meet\/jungjun-choi\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1531\/Jungjun_300.jpg\" class=\"u-photo  wp-post-image\" alt=\"Jungjun Choi\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1531\/Jungjun_300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1531\/Jungjun_300-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"p-name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cs\/meet\/jungjun-choi\/\">Jungjun Choi<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/header>\n\t<div class=\"inside\">\n\n\t\t<p class=\"people-title p-job-title\">Assistant Professor<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<p 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href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cs\/meet\/haihan-mark-yu\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1531\/haihan_2307.jpg\" class=\"u-photo  wp-post-image\" alt=\"Haihan Yu\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1531\/haihan_2307.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1531\/haihan_2307-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"p-name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cs\/meet\/haihan-mark-yu\/\">Haihan (Mark) Yu<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/header>\n\t<div class=\"inside\">\n\n\t\t<p class=\"people-title p-job-title\">Assistant Professor<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-department\">Statistics<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-misc\"><a class=\"u-email\" href=\"mailto:haihan.yu@uri.edu\">haihan.yu@uri.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"peopleitem h-card has-thumbnail\">\n\t<header>\n\t\t<div class=\"header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cs\/meet\/guangyu-zhu\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1531\/Guangyu-Zhu-web.jpg\" class=\"u-photo  wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1531\/Guangyu-Zhu-web.jpg 200w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1531\/Guangyu-Zhu-web-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"p-name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cs\/meet\/guangyu-zhu\/\">Guangyu Zhu<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/header>\n\t<div class=\"inside\">\n\n\t\t<p 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