Murali Haran receives Abdel El-Shaarawi Young Researcher Award

The awards committee of the International Environmetrics Society (TIES) in their citation recognized Dr. Haran's "significant inputs to statistical modeling in multiple areas, including inference for large non-Gaussian spatial data, spatial interaction point processes, compartmental models, and efficient MCMC methods for spatial models; for path breaking contributions to applications in environmental sciences such as climate change and paleoclimate reconstructions; for strong leadership and mentorship; and for sustained and distinguished service to the environmetrics community."

The award was presented at the TIES 2015 conference in November at the United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, UAE.