Steve Marron

Steve Marron is the Amos Hawley Distinguished Professor of Statistics and Operations Research at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC-CH). He holds a joint appointment in the School of Data Science and Society and is a professor in the Department of Biostatistics at the Gillings School of Global Public Health. Additionally, he serves as an adjunct professor in the Department of Computer Science within the College of Arts & Sciences. His research focuses on statistics, data science, and machine learning, with a particular emphasis on integrating diverse data types such as genomics, imaging, and demographic data.

Education: Marron earned an AA from Orange Coast College (1974), BS from University of California, Davis (1977), and PhD from UCLA (1982). He has held faculty positions at UNC-CH since 1982 and Cornell University (2001-2002). His honors include Fellowships from the Institute of Mathematical Statistics and American Statistical Association, and he is a top-cited mathematician (1991-2001).

Research interests include object-oriented data analysis, high-dimensional data methods (HDLSS), visualization techniques like SiZer, and statistical methodology for imaging and genomics. Notable contributions include Distance-Weighted Discrimination (DWD), Principal Nested Spheres, and JIVE for data integration. His work has applications in cancer genomics, medical imaging, and bioinformatics.

Awards and recognitions include the Amos Hawley Professorship, S. N. Roy Memorial Lectureship, and Saw Swee Hock Visiting Professorship. Marron has advised numerous students and collaborated on NIH-funded grants, including studies on cancer genomics and imaging. His lab focuses on developing statistical tools for complex, multi-source data analysis.