Jennifer Clarke PhD

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Jennifer Clarke PhD

Director Quantitative Life Sciences Initiative(Complex BioSystems) University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Contact

Address
Prem S. Paul Research Center at Whittier School 2200
Vine Street Suite 230 F, Lincoln, NE 58583-0857,
Phone
4024722512
Email
jclarke3@unl.edu

Dr. Clarke conducted postdoctoral research at the National Institute of Statistical Sciences in Research Triangle Park and the Department of Statistical Sciences at Duke University before joining the faculty at Duke. Prior to coming to University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 2013, she was a faculty member at the University of Miami in the Division of Biostatistics and the Center for Computational Sciences. She serves on the steering committee of the Midwest Big Data Hub and is co-PI on an award from the NSF focused on data challenges in Digital Agriculture. Her current interests include statistical methodology for metagenomics and prediction, and training the next generation of data scientists.

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Education

Undergraduate Degree: Mathematics & Psychology - Skidmore University
Master of Science: Statistics - Carnegie Mellon University
Doctorate Degree: Statistics - Pennsylvania State University, under the mentorship of C.R. Rao.