Nanny Wermuth

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Fields Statistics		Name Nanny Wermuth Spouse Dr. Dieter Wermuth

Born 4 December 1943 (age 80) ( 1943-12-04 ) Institutions Chalmers University of TechnologyUniversity of Gothenburg Thesis An empirical comparison of regression methods. (1973) Books Multivariate Dependencies: Models, Analysis and Interpretation Institution Chalmers University of Technology, University of Gothenburg
Other academic advisors David C. Hoaglin Doctoral advisor Arthur P. Dempster Doctoral students Goeran Kauermann

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Nanny Wermuth (born 4 December 1943) is the Professor emerita of Statistics, Chalmers University of Technology/University of Gothenburg. Her research interests are Multivariate statistical models and their properties, especially graphical Markov models, as well as their applications in the life sciences and in the natural sciences.

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Education

1967 First degree in Economics (Diplom-Volkswirtin), University of Munich

1972 Degree in Statistics (Doctor of Philosophy), Harvard University

1977 Degree in Medical Statistics (Professor), University of Mainz

Professional positions

1972–1978 Research Assistant in Statistics; University of Dortmund, University of Mainz

since 1978 Professor of Statistics and of Methods in Psychology, University of Mainz

1997–2000 Head of Research and Development, Center of Survey Research, Mannheim

since 2003 Professor of Statistics, Department of Mathematical Sciences at Chalmers University of Technology and University of Gothenburg

Selected services to the profession

1993–2001 Coordinating member of the European Science Foundation network HSSS

1993–2003 Editorial Advisor for the Springer Series of Statistics

1995–1996 President, German Region of the International Biometric Society

2000–2001 President, International Biometric Society

2001–2004 Chair of the Life Science Committee of the International Statistical Institute

2008–2009 President, Institute of Mathematical Statistics

2007–2010 Associate Editor of Bernoulli

Selected recognitions

1968–1972 Stipends of the Fulbright Commission, of the International Peace Scholarship Fund and of Harvard University

1984–1985 Fulbright Scholar, Department of Statistics, Princeton University

1992 Max Planck-Research Prize, jointly with Sir David Cox, Oxford

2001 Short term Research Fellowship, Australian National University

2001–2002 Invited Research Fellow at Harvard’s Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study

2011–2012 Senior Scientist Research Award, International Agency for Research on Cancer

Professional affiliations

She was elected as member of the International Statistical Institute (1982) and of the German Academy of Sciences (2002); as fellow of the American Statistical Association (1989) and of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics (2001).

Personal life

She has four sons with Dr. Dieter Wermuth - Jochen (1969) Martin (1974), Peter (1976) and Ulli (1981)

References

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