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Ephraim M. Hanks is a Professor in the Department of Statistics at Penn State University. He received his Ph.D. in Statistics from Colorado State University in 2013 and holds an M.S. in Statistics and a B.S. in Mathematics, both from Utah State University. His research interests focus on advancing statistical modeling and computation to enhance the ability to ask and answer scientific questions in the fields of ecology and epidemiology, with an emphasis on spatial and spatio-temporal systems. Hanks serves as the Graduate Program Chair for the Department of Statistics and is also on the executive board of the American Statistical Association's Section on Statistics and the Environment. His work includes numerous publications in prominent statistical journals and he has been recognized with the Early Investigator Award from the ASA Section on Statistics and the Environment in 2017.
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