Statistics Faculty

Our faculty are experts in the fields of biostatistics, big data analytics, visualization, and government statistics.

  • Mason assistant professor Johnathan Auerbach wears a white, collared-shirt and has brown hair and a beard in his faculty profile
    Jonathan L. Auerbach

    Assistant Professor, Department of Statistics

    Research Interests: Data science, causal inference, survey methods, longitudinal data, official statistics, open data, citizen science/crowdsourcing/participatory government, urban analytics, public policy.
  • Assistant Professor Ray Bai
    Ray Bai

    Assistant Professor, Department of Statistics

    Research Interests: Bayesian inference, deep learning, deep generative models, high-dimensional statistics, scalable algorithms, causal inference, survival analysis
  • associate professor Brenda Betancourt
    Brenda Betancourt

    Associate Professor, Department of Statistics

    Research Interests: Bayesian statistics, statistical computing, data integration, network modeling, small-area estimation, interdisciplinary work
  • Mason assistant professor Isuru Dassanayake wears a blue suit and tie in his faculty profile
    Isuru Dassanayake

    Assistant Professor, Department of Statistics

    Research Interests: Machine learning, statistics computing, heteroscedastic mixed-effects models, spatial data analysis, bayesian statistics, high dimensional data analysis.
  • Mason associate professor Tokunbo Fadahunsi wears a blue shirt and glasses in his faculty profile
    Tokunbo Fadahunsi

    Associate Professor, Department of Statistics

    Research Interests: Financial mathematics, risk analysis, quantitative analysis, time series, biomedical applications.
  • A young black woman in a beige, hair wrap and plum-colored blouse
    Aminat Gbadamosi

    Assistant Professor, Department of Statistics

    Research Interests: Big Data Analytics, probability distributions, Risk Management, and Insurance
  • Instructor Michael Holland
    Michael Holland

    Instructor, Department of Statistics

    Research Interests: Statistical education.
  • Mason statistics professor Inchi Hu
    Inchi Hu

    Professor, Department of Statistics

    Research Interests: Empirical bayes, sequential analysis, high-dimensional data analysis, large scale inference.
  • Brett Hunter wears a navy suit in his faculty profile
    Brett Hunter

    Associate Professor, Department of Statistics

    Research Interests: Statistical computing, extreme value theory, biometric human recognition.
  • Mason associate professor Ilhan Izmirli
    Ilhan Izmirli

    Associate Professor, Department of Statistics

    Research Interests: Applied probability, mathematics education, statistics education, history of mathematics, history of statistics, foundations of mathematics