Partha Lahiri is a Professor at the University of Maryland, College Park, holding dual appointments in the Joint Program in Survey Methodology (JPSM) and the Department of Mathematics . He also serves as an Adjunct Research Professor at the Institute of Social Research, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Previously, he was the Milton Mohr Distinguished Professor of Statistics at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. His expertise spans Survey Sampling , Small-Area Estimation , Bayesian and Empirical Bayes Inference , and Resampling Methods . He has advised organizations such as the United Nations Development Program, World Bank, and Gallup, and contributed to panels like the U.S. Census Advisory Committee. He is a Fellow of the American Statistical Association and the Institute of Mathematical Statistics, and an elected member of the International Statistical Institute. Research interests include methodological advancements in small area estimation, survey data integration, and statistical linkage. His work emphasizes practical applications in policy and public health, including poverty measurement and pandemic-related studies (e.g., mask effectiveness perception during the pandemic). He has authored influential papers on topics like multi-goal prior selection, probabilistic record linkage, and resampling techniques for uncertainty quantification. His leadership roles, including directing JPSM, highlight his commitment to training future survey methodologists. Awards: ASA and IMS Fellowships, ISI Elected Membership Advisory Roles: U.S. Census Advisory Committee, National Academy of Sciences panels Publications Trends: Focus on small area estimation, Bayesian methods, and policy-relevant applications Grants/Projects: Collaborations with international organizations and academic institutions on statistical methodologies Lahiri’s research bridges theoretical statistics and practical survey challenges, with a strong emphasis on data integration and uncertainty estimation in complex systems.










