Matthew Wascher

Matthew Wascher is a Research Fellow at The Ohio State University, contributing to interdisciplinary research in statistical modeling. He earned his Ph.D. in Statistics from The Ohio State University in 2020, with a dissertation focusing on epidemic dynamics and phylogenetic inference.

• Education
  • Ph.D. in Statistics, The Ohio State University, 2020

His research interests span two primary areas: Epidemics on Networks, where he models population structures to study infection dynamics, and Phylogenetic Inference, focusing on evolutionary history reconstruction using nucleotide sequences from multiple loci. His work explores the impact of natural selection on species phylogenies.

Matthew enjoys music, cooking, and board games, and is an amateur flutist and chorister. He grew up in Silver Spring, MD, and maintains a strong connection to the East Coast through family traditions like annual shore visits.