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Chair</strong><br><em>Nonparametrics, Inference Under Order Restriction, Regression</em><br><strong>Email:  </strong><a href="mailto:Rhonda.Magel@ndsu.edu">Rhonda.Magel@ndsu.edu</a><br><strong>Office:  </strong> 334 H Minard Hall</p></div></div></div> </div> <div class="col-md-6 col-12"> <div id="c825056" class="frame frame-default frame-type-textpic frame-layout-0"><header><h3 class=""><a href="/statistics/faculty_staff/academic_assistant/">Judy Normann</a></h3></header><div class="ce-textpic ce-left ce-intext"><div class="ce-gallery" data-ce-columns="1" data-ce-images="1"><div class="ce-row"><div class="ce-column"><figure class="image "><img class="image-embed-item" src="/fileadmin/_processed_/c/8/csm_Normann_Judy_d26334f4ae.jpg" width="140" height="197" alt="" /></figure></div></div></div><div class="ce-bodytext"><p><strong><em>Academic Assistant</em></strong></p><p><strong>Email: </strong><a href="mailto:Judy.Normann@ndsu.edu">Judy.Normann@ndsu.edu</a><br><strong>Office:  </strong> 334 N Minard Hall</p></div></div></div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="c613332" class="frame frame-default frame-type-textpic frame-layout-0"><header><h3 class=""><a href="/statistics/facultystaff/dr_ron_degges/">Dr. Ron Degges</a></h3></header><div class="ce-textpic ce-left ce-intext"><div class="ce-gallery" data-ce-columns="1" data-ce-images="1"><div class="ce-row"><div class="ce-column"><figure class="image "><img class="image-embed-item" src="/fileadmin/_processed_/5/b/csm_Degges_Ron_c949139431.jpg" width="140" height="197" alt="" /></figure></div></div></div><div class="ce-bodytext"><p><strong>Associate Professor of Practice</strong><br> Survival Analysis<em>, </em>Nonparametrics, Regression<br><strong>Email: <a href="mailto:Ronald.Degges@ndsu.edu">Ronald.Degges@ndsu.edu</a></strong><br><strong>Office:  </strong>Minard 334 J</p><p> </p></div></div></div> <div id="c613462" class="frame frame-default frame-type-textpic frame-layout-0"><header><h3 class=""><a href="/statistics/facultystaff/dr_gang_shen/">Dr. Gang Shen</a></h3></header><div class="ce-textpic ce-left ce-intext"><div class="ce-gallery" data-ce-columns="1" data-ce-images="1"><div class="ce-row"><div class="ce-column"><figure class="image "><img class="image-embed-item" src="/fileadmin/_processed_/0/6/csm_Shen_Gang_495725cd23.jpg" width="140" height="197" alt="" /></figure></div></div></div><div class="ce-bodytext"><p><strong>Associate Professor</strong><br> Mathematical Statistics, Asymptotics Theory, Bayesian Statistics, Change-Point Problems, Computational<br><strong>Email: <a href="mailto:gang.shen@ndsu.edu">Gang.Shen@ndsu.edu</a></strong><br><strong>Office:  </strong>334 M Minard<strong> </strong>Hall</p></div></div></div> <div id="c613477" class="frame frame-default frame-type-textpic frame-layout-0"><header><h3 class=""><a href="/statistics/facultystaff/dr_megan_orr/">Dr. Megan Orr </a></h3></header><div class="ce-textpic ce-left ce-intext"><div class="ce-gallery" data-ce-columns="1" data-ce-images="1"><div class="ce-row"><div class="ce-column"><figure class="image "><img class="image-embed-item" src="/fileadmin/_processed_/1/e/csm_Megan_Orr_4a3b9a9192.jpg" width="140" height="197" alt="" /></figure></div></div></div><div class="ce-bodytext"><p><strong>Associate Professor</strong><br><em>Gene Expression Analysis, High-Dimensional Data Analysis, Multiple Testing, Public Health Research and Cancer Research</em><br><strong>Email:<a href="mailto:megan.orr@ndsu.edu">Megan.Orr@ndsu.edu</a></strong><br><strong>Office: </strong>334 K Minard Hall</p></div></div></div> <div id="c613485" class="frame frame-default frame-type-textpic frame-layout-0"><header><h3 class=""><a href="/statistics/facultystaff/dr_bong_jin_choi/">Dr. Bong-Jin Choi</a></h3></header><div class="ce-textpic ce-left ce-intext"><div class="ce-gallery" data-ce-columns="1" data-ce-images="1"><div class="ce-row"><div class="ce-column"><figure class="image "><img class="image-embed-item" src="/fileadmin/_processed_/a/f/csm_Choi_Bong-Jin_8f6bb792f8.jpg" width="140" height="197" alt="" /></figure></div></div></div><div class="ce-bodytext"><p><strong>Associate Professor, Big Data Statistical Analysis Graduate Certificate Coordinator  </strong><br><em>Computational Statistics, Biostatistics, Data Science, Large Language Model(LLM), Statistical Artificial Intelligence(SAI), Predictive Modeling, Data Linkage, Big Health Care Data Analysis, Insurance Claims Data Analysis, Applied Machine Learning, Public Health Research</em><br><strong>Email:  <a href="mailto:bongjin.choi@ndsu.edu">Bongjin.Choi@ndsu.edu</a></strong><br><strong>Office:  </strong>334 L Minard Hall</p></div></div></div> <div id="c613487" class="frame frame-default frame-type-textpic frame-layout-0"><header><h3 class=""><a href="/statistics/facultystaff/dr_mingao_yuan/">Dr. Mingao Yuan</a></h3></header><div class="ce-textpic ce-left ce-intext"><div class="ce-gallery" data-ce-columns="1" data-ce-images="1"><div class="ce-row"><div class="ce-column"><figure class="image "><img class="image-embed-item" src="/fileadmin/_processed_/a/f/csm_Yuan_Mingao_2_9bdd81f796.jpg" width="140" height="197" alt="" /></figure></div></div></div><div class="ce-bodytext"><p><strong>Associate Professor</strong><br><em>Network Analysis, Big Data Analysis, Statistical Machine Learning</em><br><strong>Email: <a href="mailto:mingao.yuan@ndsu.edu">Mingao.Yuan@ndsu.edu</a></strong><br><strong>Office:  </strong>334 G Minard Hall</p></div></div></div> <div id="c613489" class="frame frame-default frame-type-textpic frame-layout-0"><header><h3 class=""><a href="/statistics/facultystaff/mr_andrew_lexvold/">Mr. Andrew Lexvold</a></h3></header><div class="ce-textpic ce-left ce-intext"><div class="ce-gallery" data-ce-columns="1" data-ce-images="1"><div class="ce-row"><div class="ce-column"><figure class="image "><img class="image-embed-item" src="/fileadmin/_processed_/2/b/csm_Lexvold_Andrew_c5df7adcb6.jpg" width="140" 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