James Stephen Marron

James Stephen Marron is the Amos Hawley Distinguished Professor in the Department of Statistics and Operations Research and a Professor in the Department of Biostatistics at the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health. He holds positions at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Education: PhD in Mathematics (University of California, Los Angeles, 1982); MS in Mathematics (UCLA, 1980); BS in Mathematics (University of California, Davis, 1977).

Research focuses on high-dimensional data analysis, functional data analysis, and object-oriented data analysis (OODA), with applications in genetics, medicine, computer science, and biology. His work includes HDLSS asymptotics and data visualization. Earlier contributions span smoothing methods, curve estimation, and interdisciplinary collaborations across diverse fields like economics, image analysis, and software engineering.

Service includes editorial roles at journals such as Electronic Journal of Statistics and Annals of Statistics, and leadership in academic committees. He has held visiting positions at institutions worldwide, including Los Alamos National Laboratory, CSIRO Australia, and the Australian National University.

Dr. Marron is renowned for mentoring graduate students and junior faculty, and his research bridges statistical theory, computation, and interdisciplinary applications.