Alumna Francesca Chiaromonte Named Fellow of the IMS

Alumna Francesca Chiaromonte (PhD ’96) has been named Fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics (IMS). Her recognition cites "outstanding contributions to methodology for the analysis of large, complex, and structured data, in particular to the fields of sufficient dimension reduction and envelope models, for outstanding interdisciplinary work in the “Omics” and in the biomedical sciences, and for leadership in interdisciplinary training and mentoring efforts." The IMS will honor Chiaromonte and all its new Fellows at the IMS Presidential Address and Awards Ceremony in London in June.

Chiaromonte is a professor of statistics at Penn State. She has been the Dorothy Foehr Huck and J. Lloyd Huck Chair in Statistics for the Life Sciences since 2019.