Department of Statistics and Biostatistics

The Department Office is located on the 2nd Floor of the North Science (SC-N) building, Room 229.

Open 9:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m., Monday - Thursday, and 9:00 a.m. - Noon on Fridays.

Dept. Phone: (510) 885-3435

Faculty

Professor Emerita

Lynn Eudey, Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley

Professors

Shenghua (Kelly) Fan, Ph.D. University of Minnesota

Joshua D. Kerr (Chair), Ph.D. University of California, Davis

Eric A. Suess, Ph.D. University of California, Davis

Mitchell R. Watnik, Ph.D. University of California, Davis

YanYan Zhou, Ph.D. University of Maryland

Associate Professor

Ayona Chatterjee, Ph.D. University of Edinburgh (United Kingdom)

Assistant Professors

Eric Fox, Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles

Jiyoun Myung, Ph.D. University of Florida

Li Zou, Ph.D. State University of New York

Graduate Coordinator

Lynn Eudey

Department Statement

There are many job opportunities locally for Statisticians in many diverse areas of application, such as Actuarial Science, Biostatistics, Bioinformatics, Data Analysis, Data Science, Medical Statistics, Pharmaceutical, Biotech, Finance, Banking, Government, Education, Consulting, and many others. Students are encouraged to consider the fields of Statistics and Biostatistics as a program of study, whether graduate or undergraduate. Many of the Department’s undergraduate students are double-majors. Computer Science, Math, and Psychology majors, in particular, have found double-majoring with Statistics to be valuable in getting a job or pursuing higher degrees.

About the Department

Use our university website link to learn more about what the Statistics and Biostatistics Department has to offer.

Scholarships
Actuarial Science
Biostatistics (PSM)
Statistics Organizations
Resources
And more…

Programs

Bachelor of Science

Minors

Master of Science

Certificates

Courses

Biostatistics: Graduate

Statistics

Statistics: Graduate