Expertise:
Statistics; Probability theory; Stochastic processes; Demography; Genetics; Mathematics education
Hobbies/Sports:
Spending time with his friends; Attending concerts; Listening to classical music; Watching the Public Broadcasting Service channel
Education Degrees:
Postdoctorate Fellowship in Statistics, North Carolina State University (1957); Ph.D. in Genetics, University of California (1956); Master of Science in Genetics, Kansas State University (1953); Bachelor of Science in Genetics, North Dakota State University, with Honors (1952)
Affiliations Awards:
Institute of Mathematical Statistics
Charity:
Volunteer, Calvary Lutheran Church
Number Of Years In Profession:
44
Number Of Years In Current Position:
13
What Does He/She Attribute Success To:
He attributes his success to his education, desire to educate others and the inspiration he received from his parents.
Position Responsibilities and Duties:
Teaching courses on stochastic models in biostatistics, demography, epidemiology of infectious diseases, genetics and bioinformatics, methods of statistical inference and data analysis, including branching processes, renewal theory, markov chains and semi-markov processes, software engineering, computer intensive methods and Monte Carlo simulations
Awards/Honors:
Achievement Award, Drexel University (1979)
Where Will You Be In 5 Years:
In five years, Dr. Mode intends to complete his latest book on genetics and mathematics; it will be published by World Scientific Publishing Co. in Asia.