Early Career Profiles: Recent bachelors-level graduates in the mathematical sciences

Jeffrey Simonoff
Professor in Stern School of Business
New York University

Jeffrey Simonoff graduated from Stony Brook, and then entered the Ph.D. program in the Department of Statistics at Yale. He remembers, "This was an ideal choice for me, since they emphasized both theory and applications in their program, just as the Stony Brook Applied Math major did.” 

“Many of my Stony Brook Applied Math courses served me well - probability, mathematical statistics, combinatorics and numerical analysis particularly come to mind. My most memorable course was the data analysis course which I took in my senior year. It involved an applied project with Professor Tanur in Sociology on biases in judged sporting events (dog shows, to be precise!), and was my first exposure to the problems of data collection, modeling, goodness-of-fit, regression, and giving reports - all problems that I would often face again in my career."

After earning his Ph.D. at Yale, Jeff accepted a position as Assistant Professor in the Statistics/Operations Research Area in the Stern Business School of New York University.  His research papers have appeared in the leading journals of theoretical and applied statistics.

"I am happy to report that I'm doing well both professionally and personally.  I've kept my love for applications, both in the kinds of methodological problems that interest me, and through collaborative research with workers in cancer research, database management, futures markets and book conservation, as well as consulting with various public and private organizations." His statistical analyses of deterioration of library books at Yale University (caused primarily by the acidic content of old paper) had a major impact on the book conservation community.