Dr. Stauffer on his way to class.

Dr. HOWARD B. STAUFFER
Professor of Statistics

Mathematics Department, Humboldt State University
(707) 826-4341
hbs2@axe.humboldt.edu

CURRICULUM VITAE

SUMMARY

Twenty-five years experience in university, government, and industry. Professor, consultant, research scientist, and manager. Problem solving using statistics, mathematics, operations research, and computer science techniques. Fulbright Professor. Author of numerous research publications and software. Specializing in development and implementation of sampling and experimental designs.

EDUCATION

Ph.D., Mathematics, University of California, Berkeley, 1969.
Advisor: Saunders MacLane.

B.A., Mathematics, Williams College, 1964. Cum Laude, Highest Honors in Mathematics, Phi Beta Kappa.

EXPERIENCE

Professor of Statistics, Humboldt State University, 1985-present: specializing in courses in sampling design and analysis, experimental design and analysis, multivariate statistics, and time series; have taught the entire curriculum in statistics, mathematics, operations research, and computer science; numerous teaching awards.

Contractor-Statistician, U.S. Forest Service, Six Rivers National Forest, 1994-present: development of a marbled murrelet survey design for Northern California.

Contractor-Statistician, British Columbia Ministry of Forests, Inventory Branch, Summers, 1993 and 1995: development of the new Vegetation Inventory System for British Columbia, Canada.

Contractor-Statistician, Coastal Forestlands, 1989-present: development of a permanent inventory system to monitor their Sustained Yield Plan for individual tree selection, uneven-aged forest management (70,000 acre landholding in Northern California).

Contractor-Statistician, Redwood Sciences Laboratory, U.S. Forest Service, 1992-present: development and implementation of a sampling system to monitor fisher and marten in California.

Contractor-Statistician, The Nature Conservancy, 1989-present: sampling design and analysis.

Contractor-Mathematician, Simpson Timber Company, 1988: development of an optimal timber drying system design using linear programming analysis.

Contractor-Mathematician, S-Matrix Corporation, 1987: experimental design and analysis.

Manager, Image Processing Facility, NASA, Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California, 1983-84: research and development of the MIDAS system (precursor to the SUN workstation); research and development of image processing software.

Statistician, British Columbia Ministry of Forests, Research Branch, Victoria, British Columbia, 1980-83: sampling design and analysis.

Contractor-Mathematician, Canadian Institute of Ocean Sciences, Sidney, British Columbia, 1979-80: development of an optimization scheme for mapping the Beaufort Sea.

Visiting Instructor of Mathematics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, 1978-80: sampling design and analysis.

Research Fellow, Statistician, Canadian Forestry Service, Pacific Forest Research Centre, Victoria, British Columbia, 1976-77: operations research and spatial distribution problems.

Fulbright Professor of Mathematics, National University of Malaysia, 1975-76: population dynamics; mathematical modeling.

Professor of Mathematics, tenured, California State University, Hayward, 1970-74: mathematics and operations research; teaching awards.

Research Fellow, Mathematics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, 1969-70.

Research Fellow, Mathematics, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, 1968-69.

PROFESSIONAL HONORS

Fulbright Professor, National University of Malaysia, 1974-75.

Frequently invited speaker at international research conferences, university colloquia, and government workshops.

Referee: Biometrics, Mathematical Reviews, Journal of Theoretical Biology, Forest Science, Canadian Journal of Forest Research.

Cited for professional achievement: American Men and Women of Science, Marquis Who's Who in America.

PUBLICATIONS

More than 25 articles published in refereed scientific journals. Bibliography available upon request.

SOFTWARE

More than 15 software packages developed for scientific applications. Bibliography available upon request.

REFERENCES

Names and addresses available upon request.

PERSONAL:

Community leader: church president and member of various community executive boards.

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