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Barry D. Nussbaum

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Barry D. Nussbaum
NationalityAmerican
Scientific career
FieldsStatistics
InstitutionsU.S. EPA

Barry D. Nussbaum is an American statistician.

Nussbaum earned a bachelor's degree from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and a master's and doctorate from George Washington University.[1]

Nussbaum joined the United States Environmental Protection Agency in 1975 and served as chief statistician from 2006 to 2016.[2] Early in his career, Nussbaum helped lead a recall of 208,000 cars for excessive carbon monoxide emissions, based on a sample of just ten cars.[3] He is a recipient of two EPA Silver Medals for Superior Service and the EPA's Distinguished Career Service Award.[4][5]

Nussbaum was president of the American Statistical Association for 2017.[1]

He has also taught graduate statistics courses for Virginia Tech and George Washington universities.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c EPA’s Barry D. Nussbaum Elected 112th ASA President. Amstat News. 1 July 2015.
  2. ^ Meet EPA Chief Statistician Barry D. Nussbaum. Amstat News. 1 February 2012.
  3. ^ "Science Wednesday: EPA and World Statistics Day". blog.epa.gov. Retrieved 2018-02-19.
  4. ^ [1], SDSS Symposium on Data Science and Statistics: Featured Speakers.
  5. ^ [2],National Center for Health Statistics: Plenary Speakers.