Elizabeth J. Kelly

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Elizabeth J. Kelly is an American statistician who works at the Los Alamos National Laboratory on statistical problems in environmental assessment, environmental remediation, and plutonium storage and disposal. [1]

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Education and career

Kelly majored in mathematics at the University of Southern California, graduating in 1965. She stayed at the University of Southern California for a master's degree in mathematics, earned in 1967, [2] completed a Ph.D. in biostatistics at the University of California, Los Angeles in 1984, [2] [3] and joined the Los Alamos National Laboratory research staff in 1985. [1]

Recognition

In 2016, Kelly was elected as a Fellow of the American Statistical Association (ASA), [1] associated with the ASA Section on Statistics in Defense and National Security. [4] She is a 2020 winner of the ASA Statistics in Physical Engineering Sciences Award, shared with two other Los Alamos statisticians, Kirk Veirs and Brian Weaver. [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Elizabeth Kelly elected Fellow of the American Statistical Association", Science Highlights, Los Alamos National Laboratory, July 6, 2016, retrieved 2021-08-08
  2. 1 2 "Elizabeth Kelly: Scientist in Statistical Sciences Group, CCS-6", Profiles, Los Alamos National Laboratory, retrieved 2021-08-08
  3. Graduates 1983–1992, UCLA Biostatistics, retrieved 2021-08-08
  4. "ASA Fellow Members in SDNS", ASA Section on Statistics in Defense and National Security, American Statistical Association, retrieved 2021-08-08
  5. Statistics in Physical Engineering Sciences Award, American Statistical Association, retrieved 2021-08-08