Bo Li (statistician)

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Bo Li
Alma mater Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Texas A&M University
Scientific career
Institutions Purdue University
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Washington University in St. Louis
Thesis An analysis of Texas rainfall data and asymptotic properties of space-time covariance estimators  (2006)
Doctoral advisor Raymond J. Carroll
Michael Sherman
Website sds.wustl.edu/people/bo-li/

Bo Li is a Chinese-American statistician whose research focuses on spatial statistics, spatio-temporal statistics, geostatistics, and environmental statistics, with applications in paleoclimatology, estimation of crop yields, and agriculture-related cancer risks. [1] She is the Stanley A. Sawyer Professor in the Department of Statistics and Data Science at the Washington University in St. Louis. [2]

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Education and career

Li studied naval architecture, ocean engineering, fluid mechanics, and industrial foreign trade at Shanghai Jiao Tong University in China, earning bachelor's and master's degrees there. She went to Texas A&M University for graduate study in statistics. She earned a second master's degree in 2004, and completed her Ph.D. in 2006 [3] under the joint supervision of Raymond J. Carroll and Michael Sherman. [1] [4]

After completing her Ph.D., she was a postdoctoral researcher at the National Center for Atmospheric Research, and then from 2008 to 2013 an assistant professor of statistics at Purdue University. She moved to the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in 2013. [1] She was named as a Data Science Founder Professorial Scholar in 2019, [5] given the Marjorie Roberts Professorship in 2023, [6] , and was the chair of the Department of Statistics from 2019-2024. [7] In 2024, she moved to the newly founded Department of Statistics and Data Science at Washington University in St. Louis as the Stanley A. Sawyer Professor in Statistics and Data Science. [8] [2]

She is 2023 chair of the American Statistical Association Section on Statistics and Environment, [9] and serves on the Advisory Committee on Environmental Research and Education of the National Science Foundation Office of Integrative Activities. [10]

Recognition

Li was named as a Fellow of the American Statistical Association in 2019. [11] She was the 2020 recipient of the H.O. Hartley Award, given by the Texas A&M University to a former student for distinguished service to statistics. [1] The American Statistical Association Section on Statistics and Environment gave her their Distinguished Achievement Award in 2022. [12]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 2020 H.O. Hartley Award Recipient: Dr. Bo Li (PDF), Texas A&M University Statistics, December 2020, retrieved 2023-12-03
  2. 1 2 "Bo Li - Department of Statistics and Data Science", Directory, Washington University in St. Louis Department of Statistics and Data Science, retrieved 2024-10-14
  3. "Bo Li", Directory, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Department of Statistics, retrieved 2023-12-03
  4. Bo Li at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
  5. Professors Bo Li and Yuguo Chen receive named scholar appointments, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Department of Statistics, March 22, 2019, retrieved 2023-12-03
  6. Bo Li named as recipient of a Marjorie Roberts Professorship, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Department of Statistics, September 22, 2023, retrieved 2023-12-03
  7. University of Illinois Department of Statistics Welcomes New Leadership for 2024-25 Academic Year, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Department of Statistics, retrieved 2024-10-14
  8. Department of Statistics and Data Science gains momentum with new hires, Washington University in St. Louis Department of Statistics and Data Science, retrieved 2024-10-14
  9. 2023 Elected Officers, American Statistical Association Section on Statistics and Environment, retrieved 2023-12-03
  10. "Biography", Advisory Committee for Environmental Research and Education, National Science Foundation, retrieved 2023-12-03
  11. Professor Bo Li has been selected as a Fellow of the American Statistical Association, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Department of Statistics, April 16, 2019, retrieved 2023-12-03
  12. Bo Li receives 2022 ENVR Distinguished Achievement Award, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Department of Statistics, April 15, 2022, retrieved 2023-12-03