Stephen Berg

Stephen Berg is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Statistics at Pennsylvania State University. His research spans statistical ecology, computational statistics, and biostatistics, with a focus on spatial modeling and Markov chain applications.

• Affiliations: Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences, Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics

Research Interests: Berg develops statistical methodologies for ecological and biomedical applications. His work includes:

• Ecotone detection using co-occurrence properties
• Markov chain-based variance estimation for computational models
• Spatial categorical data analysis for historical forest communities
• Health outcomes modeling in Medicare populations

Trends in Publications: His recent work emphasizes shape-constrained inference for autocovariance sequences and multivariate moment least-squares methods, while earlier contributions address ecological dynamics and healthcare analytics.

Labs & Affiliations: Berg collaborates with the Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences and the Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics, integrating statistical methods with interdisciplinary research.