Lianfen is an Associate Professor in Department of Mathematical Sciences at Florida Atlantic University (FAU) . She joined the faculty team in 1996 after earning her Ph.D. in Statistics from the Michigan State University. Her thesis advisor was Professor Hira L. Koul.
Lianfen received her M.S. in Statistics and B.S. in Mathematics from Hangzhou University (now Zhejiang University) in China, and spent seven years teaching in Department of Mathematics at Hangzhou University prior her graduate study in the U.S.
Lianfen's research interests are in time series analysis and regression modeling, survival analysis, environmental statistics, parameter and function estimation, weak convergence of stochastic processes and their applications to statistics, and wireless local area network. She collaborates with various researchers from different institutions and different fields including biology, computer science and the government. For the professional community, Lianfen is an active member by being the editor for the journal Advances and Applications in Statistics and reviewer for the American Mathematical Reviews and Technometrics.
Lianfen has taught numerous courses in Statistics. Many of them were new to the department and the university. Two brand new courses are for graduate students: one is a graduate core course for the newly developed masters program in environmental sciences, and the other is for graduate students who are interested in pursuing advanced knowledge in Statistics. Students from many different majors enrolled in these courses. Lianfen has received excellent teaching evaluations from her students.
Lianfen has received many awards. She was the recipient of Florida Atlantic University Initiation Award for the year 1998-1999 and of the Charles E. Schmidt College of Science Award for the year 2000-2001. She was a Project NExT Fellow from 1997-1998 chosen by the Mathematical Association of American. She is honored as Statistics Expert by the South Florida Water Management District.
Lianfen is the statistics coordinator for statistics program in Department of Mathematical Sciences at FAU. She also provides statistical consulting service for students and researchers from FAU and the community, and supervises the international actuarial exams for FAU Examination Center.
Lianfen's hobbies include cooking Chinese food, designing her homepage, swimming and playing tennis.
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Lianfen Qian Department of Mathematical Sciences Florida Atlantic University Boca Raton, FL 33431 |
Email: lqian@fau.edu URL: http://www.math.fau.edu/Qian/ Phone: (561) 297-2486 Fax: (561) 297-2436 |