Mark Risser

Research Scientist

Building 084, Room 0203D

Phone: 330-201-1857

Biography

Originally from Orrville, OH, Mark is currently a CASCADE Research Scientist at the Lawrence Berkeley National Lab in Berkeley, CA. After completing undergraduate studies at Eastern Mennonite University in Harrisonburg, VA, he received his Ph.D. in Statistics from the Ohio State University in July, 2015. Mark’s primary research is in spatial/environmental statistics and Bayesian modeling, but he also has interests in spatio-temporal statistics, computational methods, stochastic differential equations, data visualization, teaching statistics, hybrid educational methods, and meta analysis.

Experience

Research Scientist, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, 2017-Present
Postdoctoral Fellow, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, 2015-2017
Junior Statistician, Statistical Consulting Service, The Ohio State University, 2014-2015
Statistical Consultant, Peabody Research Institute, Vanderbilt University, 2014-2015
Graduate Research Associate, Department of Statistics, The Ohio State University, 2013-1014
Publishing Consultant, McGraw-Hill Publishing, 2013-2014
Solution Author, W.H. Freeman Publishing, 2012
Graduate Research Associate, Department of Statistics, The Ohio State University, 2011-2013
Assistant Director of Admissions, Office of Admissions, Eastern Mennonite University, 2007-2010