Title
Assistant Professor

Department
Dept of Statistics


Faculty URL
http://www.stat.berkeley.edu/~epurdom

Email
epurdom@stat.berkeley.edu

Phone
(510) 642-6154


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Research Expertise and Interest
computational biology, bioinformatics, statistics, data analysis, sequencing, cancer genomics

Research Description
My research interests lie in developing statistical methods for high-dimensional data arising in the field of biology and genetics. I focus on questions of robust estimation and hypothesis testing for high-throughput biological experiments, in particular gene expression microarrays and next generation sequencing. I am also interested in integration of heterogeneous sources of data, where the data can be multiple experimental platforms or, more generally, arbitrary forms of preexisting biological knowledge such as networks or trees. Statistically, I am interested in questions of high-dimensional inference and multivariate analysis -- problems that arise naturally in trying to create a unified understanding of this type of data.