Department of Mathematics and Statistics

Jie Chen Jie Chen

Professor

Chair
Ph.D. 1995, Statistics, Bowling Green State University
M.S. 1990, Applied Statistics, The University of Akron
B.S. 1985, Applied Mathematics, Chongqing Univ., China
 Chair Office
Haag 206 B
(816) 235-5719
umkcmathdept@umkc.edu

Personal Office
Manheim 304A
(816) 235-2844
chenj@umkc.edu

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Research Interests:
  • Change-point Analysis, Information Criterion Statistics, Multivariate Statistical Analysis,
    Applied Statistics/Biostatistics, Microarray Data Analysis
Teaching -- List of recent UMKC courses:
Dr. Chen joined the UMKC faculty in Fall 1995. In 2001 she was a Faculty Honoree at the UMKC Convocation and Awards Ceremony, and in 2004 was honored at the Activity & Program Council's UMKC Faculty and Staff Appreciation Day, having been nominated by students she teaches, advises, or mentors. In 2008 she was promoted to full Professor and elected Chair of the department.

Dr. Chen does research in statistical change point analysis and has published a research monograph on this subject. From 1996 to 2004 she also acted as a statistical consultant for 5 local law firms, providing statistical analyses in 10 cases. In addition to change point analysis, her research interests also include genomic data analysis and distribution theory that characterizes gene expression data. She was recently funded by a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant for her interdisciplinary research in modeling genetic data. She currently conducts research in statistical modeling of DNA copy number data using change point analysis.


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