I am Dr. Lynn Y. S. Lin Professor of Statistics and Director of the School of Statistics at the University of Minnesota. I am also affialiated with the UMN Data Science Initiative.

My main research interests are in Markov chain Monte Carlo, statistical theory and methods in both Bayesian and frequentist domains, applications in neuroimaging and the physical sciences. I have also collaborated with a wide range of researchers including psychologists, veterinarians, librarians, and ecologists, among others.

I earned a PhD in Statistics from the University of Florida in 2001. I am a fellow of both the American Statistical Association and the Institute for Mathematical Statistics. Past Editor of Journal of Computational and Graphical Statistics.

When I’m not doing statistics, I’d mostly rather be outside. Preferably in the mountains.