Abel Rodriguez
Department Chair
Abel Rodriguez joined the Department of Statistics at the University of Washington as the Department Chair and Professor in September 2020. He was previously a Professor of Statistics and Associate Director of the Center for Data, Discovery and Decisions (D3) at the University of California Santa Cruz (UCSC). Read More »
Yen-Chi Chen
Faculty PhD Graduate Program Coordinator
Yen-Chi Chen is an Associate Professor in the Department of Statistics and a Data Science Fellow in the eScience Institute at the University of Washington. His research combines advanced statistical methods with real-world data challenges, focusing on extracting reliable insights from large, complex, and imperfect datasets. This work includes developing new clustering techniques, modeling GPS data across space and time, and creating robust approaches for handling missing data in deep learning. Read More »
Thomas Richardson
Faculty MS Graduate Program Coordinator
Thomas Richardson is a Professor in the Department of Statistics and an Adjunct Professor in the Departments of Economics and Electrical Engineering. His research interests include graphical models, algorithmic model selection, Bayesian inference, causal modeling, and applications in economics. Read More »
Emanuela Furfaro
Faculty Undergraduate Program Coordinator
Emanuela Furfaro is an Assistant Teaching Professor and an Undergraduate Program Coordinator in the Department of Statistics at the University of Washington. She has a strong commitment to connecting with learners, understanding where they are and creating opportunities to better support their learning experience. Read More »