Bradley Efron

Max H. Stein Professor of Humanities and Sciences Professor of Statistics
Contact Info: Department of Statistics Sequoia Hall 390 Serra Mall Stanford University Stanford, CA 94305-4065 Phone: 650.723.2206 Fax: 650.725.8977 Email:

Research Interests
Bootstrap, Biostatistics, Statistical methods in Astrophysics

I like working on applied and theoretical problems at the same time and one thing nice about statistics is that you can be useful in a wide variety of areas. So my current applications include biostatistics and also astrophysical applications. The surprising thing is that the methods used are similar in both areas. I recently gave a talk called Astrophysics and Biostatistics--the odd couple at Penn State that made this point.

Follow the link to a 1995 interview about modern statistics (courtesy of McGraw Hill).

Personal Website
stat.stanford.edu/~brad/