Nanny Wermuth (born 4 December 1943) is the Professor emerita of Statistics,

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. Her research interests are Multivariate statistical models and their properties, especially graphical Markov models, as well as their applications in the life sciences and in the natural sciences.

Academic career

Education

*1967 First degree in Economics (Diplom-Volkswirtin),

University of Munich The Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (simply University of Munich, LMU or LMU Munich; ) is a public university, public research university in Munich, Bavaria, Germany. Originally established as the University of Ingolstadt in 1472 by Duke ...

*1972 Degree in Statistics (Doctor of Philosophy),

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*1977 Degree in Medical Statistics (Professor),

University of Mainz The Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz () is a public research university in Mainz, Rhineland Palatinate, Germany. It has been named after the printer Johannes Gutenberg since 1946. it had approximately 32,000 students enrolled in around 100 a ...

Professional positions

*1972–1978 Research Assistant in Statistics;

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, University of Mainz *since 1978 Professor of Statistics and of Methods in Psychology, University of Mainz *1997–2000 Head of Research and Development, Center of Survey Research, Mannheim *since 2003 Professor of Statistics, Department of Mathematical Sciences at Chalmers University of Technology and University of Gothenburg

Selected services to the profession

*1993–2001 Coordinating member of the

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network HSSS *1993–2003 Editorial Advisor for the Springer Series of Statistics *1995–1996 President, German Region of the International Biometric Society *2000–2001 President,

International Biometric Society The International Biometric Society (IBS) is an international professional and academic society promoting the development and application of statistical and mathematical theory and methods in the biosciences, including biostatistics. It sponsors t ...

*2001–2004 Chair of the Life Science Committee of the

International Statistical Institute The International Statistical Institute (ISI) is a professional association of statisticians. At a meeting of the Jubilee Meeting of the Royal Statistical Society, statisticians met and formed the agreed statues of the International Statistical ...

*2008–2009 President,

Institute of Mathematical Statistics The Institute of Mathematical Statistics is an international professional and scholarly society devoted to the development, dissemination, and application of statistics and probability. The Institute currently has about 4,000 members in all parts ...

*2007–2010 Associate Editor of Bernoulli

Selected recognitions

*1968–1972 Stipends of the Fulbright Commission, of the International Peace Scholarship Fund and of Harvard University *1984–1985 Fulbright Scholar, Department of Statistics,

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*1992 Max Planck-Research Prize, jointly with Sir David Cox,

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*2001 Short term Research Fellowship,

Australian National University The Australian National University (ANU) is a public university, public research university and member of the Group of Eight (Australian universities), Group of Eight, located in Canberra, the capital of Australia. Its main campus in Acton, A ...

*2001–2002 Invited Research Fellow at Harvard’s

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*2011–2012 Senior Scientist Research Award,

International Agency for Research on Cancer The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC; ) is an intergovernmental agency forming part of the World Health Organization of the United Nations. Its role is to conduct and coordinate research into the causes of cancer. It also cance ...

Professional affiliations

She was elected as member of the

(1982) and of the German Academy of Sciences (2002); as fellow of the

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(1989) and of the

(2001).

Personal life

She has four sons with Dr. Dieter Wermuth - Jochen (1969) Martin (1974), Peter (1976) and Ulli (1981)

References

External links

Academic website at Chalmers/University of Gothenburg

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