- 'Studying Disease Reinfection Rates, Vaccine Efficacy, and the Timing of Vaccine Rollout in the Context of Infectious Diseases: A COVID-19 Case Study'
- 'Lung Cancer Prevalence in Virginia: A Spatial Zipcode-Level Analysis via INLA'
- 'Incorporating Interventions to an Extended SEIRD Model with Vaccination: Application to COVID-19 in Qatar'
- 'Estimating Atmospheric Motion Winds from Satellite Image Data using Space-time Drift Models'
Awards: Winner of 2023 International Indian Statistical Association Conference Student Paper Competition (Category: Application of Statistics and Data Sciences).
Research Experience
Associate Professor at the Department of Statistical Sciences & Operations Research, Virginia Commonwealth University; research areas cover modeling geostatistical satellite images, climate model ensembles, soil pollution, climate change, dynamic systems, epidemiological modeling, statistical genetics, support networks, and migration of refugees.
Education
No detailed educational background information provided.
Background
Research interests include the application of statistics in various scientific fields such as climate science, meteorology, biology, genomics, epidemiology and public health administration, and social sciences. Special focus on analyzing high-dimensional spatio-temporal datasets.