Ephraim M. Hanks
Associate Professor of Statistics
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The Pennsylvania State University Millenium Science Complex W-250 University Park, PA 16801 |
(814)865-2956 hanks@psu.edu www.sites.psu.edu/hanks |
EDUCATION
| 2013 | Ph.D. Statistics | Colorado State University | Adviser: Mevin B. Hooten |
| 2010 | M.S. Statistics | Utah State University | Adviser: Mevin B. Hooten |
| 2002 | B.S. Mathematics | Utah State University |
PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS
A Walder, EM Hanks, A Slavkovic (In Review). Privacy for spatial point process data.
NB Wikle, EM Hanks, CM Zigler (In Review). Mechanistic models for spatial data from Ornstein-Uhlenbeck Processes.
S Zarmehri, EM Hanks, L Lin (To Appear). Correlogram based approaches for spatial genetic data. Journal of Agricultural, Biological, and Environmental Statistics.
T Wagner, NR Lottig, ML Bartley, EM Hanks, EM Schliep, NB Wikle, KBS King, I McCullough, J Stachelek, KS Cheruvelil, CT Filstrup, JF Lapierre, B Liu, PA Soranno, PN Tan, Q Wang, KE Webster, J Zhou (2020). Increasing accuracy of lake nutrient predictions in thousands of lakes by leveraging water clarity data. Limnology and Oceanography Letters 5(2):228-235
SL White, EM Hanks, T Wagner (2020). A novel quantitative framework for riverscape genetics. Ecological Applications 30(7):e02147.
PA Soranno, KS Cheruvelil, B Liu, Q Wang, PN Tan, J Zhou, KBS King, IM McCullough, J Stachelek, M Bartley, CT Filstrup, EM Hanks, JF Lapierre, NR Lottig, EM Schliep, T Wagner, KE Webster (2020). Ecological prediction at macroscales using big data: Does sampling design matter? Ecological Applications e02123
VL DeLeo, DNL Menge, EM Hanks, TE Juenger, JR Lasky (2020). Effects of two centuries of global environmental variation on phenology and physiology of Arabidopsis thaliana. Global Change Biology 26(2):523-538
D Wijeyakulasuriya, EM Hanks, BA Shaby (2020). Machine learning methods for animal movement. PloS ONE 15(7) e0235750.
VL De Leo, DNL Menge, EM Hanks, TE Juenger, JR Lasky (2020). Effects of two centuries of global environmental variation on phenology and physiology of Arabidopsis thaliana. Global Change Biology https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.14880.
E Eisenhauer, EM Hanks (2020). A lattice and random intermediate point sampling design for animal movement. Environmetrics e2618.
A Walder, EM Hanks (2020). Bayesian analysis of spatial generalized linear mixed models with Laplace moving average random fields. Computational Statistics and Data Analysis 144:10681.
ML Bartley, EM Hanks, EM Schliep, PA Soranno, T Wagner (2019). Identifying and characterizing extrapolation in multivariate response data. PLoS One 14(12): e0225715.
NB Wikle, EM Hanks, DP Hughes (2019). A dynamic individual-based model for high-resolution ant interactions. Journal of Agricultural, Biological, and Environmental Statistics 24(4):589-609.
PC Cross, DJ Prosser, AM Ramey, EM Hanks, KM Pepin (2019). Confronting models with data: the challenges of estimating disease spillover. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B. 374(1782):20180435.
AP Modlmeier, E Colman, EM Hanks, R Bringenberg, S Bansal, DP Hughes (2019). Ant colonies maintain social homeostasis in the face of decreased density. eLife 8:e38473.
EE Peterson, EM Hanks, MJ Fortin, JM Ver Hoef, MB Hooten (2019). Spatially structured statistical network models for landscape genetics. Ecological Monographs. 89(2):e01355.
D Wijeyakulasuriya, EM Hanks, BA Shaby, PC Cross (2019). Extreme value based methods for modeling elk dispersal. The Journal of Agricultural, Biological, and Environmental Statistics. 24(1):73-91.
FE Buderman, MB Hooten, MW Alldredge, EM Hanks, JS Ivan (2018). Time-varying predatory behavior is primary predictor of fine-scale movement of wildland-urban cougars. Movement Ecology 6:22.
J Fricks, EM Hanks (2018). Stochastic population models. Integrated Population Biology and Modeling 39:11443
A Brennan, JA Merkle, EM Hanks, EK Cole, SR Dewey, AB Courtemanch, PC Cross (2018). Examining speed versus selection in connectivity models using elk migration as an example. Landscape Ecology 33(6):955-968.
JM Ver Hoef, EM Hanks, MB Hooten (2018). On the relationship between conditional (CAR) and simultaneous (SAR) autoregressive models. Spatial Statistics 25:68-85.
ES Gracia, C de Bekker, EM Hanks, and DP Hughes (2018). Within the fortress: a specialized parasite is not discriminated against in a social insect society. PloS ONE 13(2):e0193536.
JM Ver Hoef, EE Peterson, MB Hooten, EM Hanks, and Marie-Josee Fortin (2018). Spatial autoregressive models for statistical inference from ecological data. Ecological Monographs 88(1):36-59.
K Wilson, EM Hanks, DS Johnson (2018). Estimating animal utilization densities using continuous-time Markov chain models. Methods in Ecology and Evolution 2018:1-9.
JC Russell, EM Hanks, M Haran, DP Hughes (2018). A spatially-varying stochastic differential equation model for animal movement. The Annals of Applied Statistics 12(2):1312-1331.
EM Hanks, DS Johnson, MB Hooten (2017). Reflected stochastic differential equation models for constrained animal movement. The Journal of Agricultural, Biological, and Environmental Statistics 22(3):353-372.
JC Russell, EM Hanks, DP Hughes (2017). Modeling collective animal movement through interactions in behavioral states. The Journal of Agricultural, Biological, and Environmental Statistics 22(3):313-334.
TJ Hefley, MB Hooten, EM Hanks, RE Russell, DP Walsh (2017). Dynamic spatio-temporal models for spatial data. Spatial Statistics 20:206-220.
TJ Hefley, MB Hooten, EM Hanks, RE Russell, DP Walsh (2017). The Bayesian group lasso for confounded spatial data. Journal of Agricultural, Biological, and Environmental Statistics 22(1):42-59.
EM Hanks (2017). Modeling spatial covariance using the limiting distribution of spatio-temporal random walks. Journal of the American Statistical Association 112(518):497-507.
MB Hooten, FE Buderman, BM Brost, EM Hanks, JS Ivan (2016). Hierarchical animal movement models for population-level inference. Environmetrics 27(6):322-333.
EM Hanks, MB Hooten, ST Knick, SJ Oyler-McCance, JA Fike, TB Cross, MK Schwartz (2016). Latent spatial models and sampling design for landscape genetics. The Annals of Applied Statistics 10(2):1041-1062.
JC Russell, EM Hanks, M Haran (2016). Dynamic models of animal movement with spatial point process interactions. Journal of Agricultural, Biological, and Environmental Statistics 21(1):22-40.
BM Brost, MB Hooten, EM Hanks, RJ Small (2015). Animal movement constraints improve resource selection inference in the presence of telemetry error. Ecology 96:2590-2597.
LE Quevillon, EM Hanks, S Bansal, DP Hughes (2015). Social, spatial, and temporal organization in a complex insect society. Scientific Reports 5:13393.
EM Hanks, MB Hooten, MW Alldredge (2015). Continuous-Time, Discrete-Space Models of Animal Movement. The Annals of Applied Statistics 9(1):145-165.
EM Hanks, EM Schliep, MB Hooten, JA Hoeting (2015). Restricted spatial regression in practice: geostatistical models, confounding, and robustness under model misspecification. Environmetrics 26(4): 243-254.
MB Hooten, EM Hanks, DS Johnson, MW Alldredge (2014). Temporal variation and scale in movement-based resource selection functions. Statistical Methodology 17: 82-98.
EM Hanks, MB Hooten (2013). Circuit theory and model-based inference for landscape connectivity. Journal of the American Statistical Association. 108(501), 22-33.
MB Hooten, EM Hanks, DS Johnson, MW Alldredge (2013). Reconciling resource utilization and resource selection functions. Journal of Animal Ecology. 82(6), 1146-1154
EM Hanks, MB Hooten, DS Johnson, JT Sterling (2011). Velocity-based movement modeling for individual and population level inference. PLoS ONE. 6(8), e22795
EM Hanks, MB Hooten, FA Baker (2011). Reconciling multiple data sources to improve accuracy of large-scale prediction of forest disease incidence. Ecological Applications 21(4), 1173-1188.
MB Hooten, DS Johnson, EM Hanks, JH Lowry (2010). Agent-based inference for animal movement and selection. Journal of Agricultural, Biological, and Environmental Statistics 15(4), 523-538.
FUNDING
| 2020-2023 | Statistical Approaches for Spatio-Temporal Stochastic Population Models. Role: Sole PI. NSF DMS-2015273 ($210,000) |
| 2016-2021 | A macrosystems ecology framework for continental-scale prediction and understanding of lakes. Role: Co-PI (PI of PSU Portion). NSF MSB 1638539 ($4,254,992, PSU portion $474,326) |
| 2018-2019 | Estimating and predicting landscape factors associated with elk connectivity and Brucellosis spread. Role: PI. USGS G16AC00055 ($24,675) |
| 2016-2017 | Estimating and predicting landscape factors associated with elk connectivity and Brucellosis spread. Role: PI. USGS G16AC00055 ($24,675) |
| 2016-2021 | From cells to societies: mechanisms by which microbial parasites control hosts phenotypes. Role: Co-PI. PI: David Hughes. NIH GM116927-01 ($1,854,715) |
| 2015-2017 | Development of crash modification factors. Role: Co-PI. PI: Eric Donnell. Contract: Vanasse Hangen Brustlin, Inc. ($127,591) |
| 2014-2019 | Ants as tools to study socio-ecological processes that influence the transmission dynamics of infectious diseases. Role: Co-PI. PI: David Hughes. NSF EEID 1414296 ($1,830,000). |
INVITED TALKS
| 2020 | Frontiers of Science series, Pennsylvania State University |
| 2019 | Brigham Young University |
| 2018 | Tri-State Brucellosis Research Group Meeting |
| 2018 | Joint Statistical Meetings |
| 2018 | Penn State Hershey Biostatistics |
| 2018 | University of Montreal |
| 2018 | University of Washington |
| 2017 | Cornell University |
| 2017 | Texas A&M University |
| 2017 | Tri-State Brucellosis Research Group Meeting |
| 2017 | Meetings of the French Statistical Society |
| 2017 | Georgetown University |
| 2016 | Tri-State Brucellosis Research Group Meeting |
| 2016 | Joint Statistical Meetings (JSM) |
| 2016 | Symposium on Research Methodologies in the Big Data Era (SRMBD) |
| 2015 | CMStatistics |
| 2015 | Meetings of the Wildlife Society (TWS) |
| 2015 | Southern Research Council on Statistics Summer Conference (SRCOS) |
| 2015 | SAMSI Transition Workshop on Mathematical and Statistical Ecology |
| 2015 | Eastern North American Meeting of the International Biometric Society (ENAR) |
| 2015 | RCN Forecast Working Group |
| 2014 | Meetings of the International Indian Statistical Association (IISA) |
| 2014 | Joint Statistical Meetings (topic-contributed) |
| 2013 | The Ohio State University |
| 2013 | The Pennsylvania State University |
| 2013 | University of Alberta |
| 2013 | Montana State University |
| 2013 | University of Wyoming |
| 2013 | Virginia Technical Institute |
| 2013 | University of Missouri |
| 2012 | RCN FORECAST Conference |
| 2012 | Brigham Young University |
| 2011 | Meetings of The Wildlife Society |
| 2011 | Joint Statistical Meetings (topic-contributed) |
| 2010 | Meetings of The International Environmetrics Society |
AWARDS
| 2017 | Early Investigator Award. ASA Section on Statistics and the Environment. |
| 2012 | 1st Place, Student Paper Competition. ASA Section on Statistics and the Environment. |
| 2012 | James L., M. Leslie, and Edna Madison Memorial Award. Colorado State University Department of Statistics. |
| 2011 | JSM Presentation Award. ASA Section on Statistics and the Environment. |
| 2011 | Runner Up, Student Paper Competition. ASA Section on Statistics and the Environment. |
| 2010 | NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Honorable Mention. National Science Foundation. |
| 2010 | College of Science M.S. Researcher of the Year. Utah State University. |
Advising
Past Students
- James Russell, Ph.D in Statistics, PSU, 2016. Joint advisor with Murali Haran. Dissertation title: Stochastic models for individual and collective animal movement. Current position: Assistant Professor of Mathematics, Muhlenberg College.
- Dhanushi Wijeyelakasuriya, Ph.D in Statistics, PSU, 2020. Joint advisor with Ben Shaby. Dissertation title: Machine learning models for animal movement. Current Position: Data Scientist, Microsoft.
- Meridith Bartley, Ph.D in Statistics, PSU, 2020. Dissertation title: Advances in Statistical Ecology. Current Position: Research Scientist, USGS Rocky Mountain Research Center.
Current Students
Sahar Zharmedi, Ph.D Candidate in Statistics, PSU. Joint advisor with Lynn Lin
Nathan Wikle, Ph.D Candidate in Statistics, PSU.
Adam Walder, Ph.D Candidate in Statistics, PSU.
Liz Eisenhauer, Ph.D Candidate in Statistics, PSU.
Emily Strong, Ph.D Candidate in Statistics, PSU.
EDITORIAL EXPERIENCE
| 2014-2021 | Ecological Applications (Subject Matter Editor). |
| 2018-2021 | Journal of Agricultural, Biological, and Environmental Statistics (Associate Editor. |
REFEREE EXPERIENCE
| 2020 | Journal of the American Statistical Association, Journal of Agricultural, Biological, and Environmental Statistics, Annals of Applied Statistics, Bayesian Analysis, Nature Communications, International Statistical Reviews, Biometrics, Computational Statistics and Data Analysis, Ecology. |
| 2019 | Journal of the American Statistical Association, Ecological Applications, Journal of Agricultural, Biological, and Environmental Statistics, Annals of Applied Statistics, Bayesian Analysis, Nature Communications, International Statistical Reviews, Biometrics, Computational Statistics and Data Analysis, Ecology. |
| 2018 | Journal of the American Statistical Association, Journal of Agricultural, Biological, and Environmental Statistics, Annals of Applied Statistics, Bayesian Analysis, Nature Communications. |
| 2017 | Journal of the American Statistical Association, Journal of Agricultural, Biological, and Environmental Statistics, Annals of Applied Statistics, The R Journal. |
| 2016 | Biometrics, Environmetrics, Bayesian Analysis, Statistica Sinica, The R Journal, Proceedings of the Royal Society Series B, Ecological Applications. |
| 2015 | Biometrics, Journal of Agricultural, Biological, and Environmental Statistics, Computational Statistics and Data Analysis, Annals of Applied Statistics, Environmetrics. |
| 2014 | Annals of Applied Statistics, Biometrics, Ecological Applications, Statistica Sinica, Journal of Agricultural, Biological, and Environmental Statistics. |
| 2013 | Annals of Applied Statistics, Statistica Sinica, Journal of Agricultural, Biological, and Environmental Statistics, Statistical Methodology, Ecology Letters, Journal of Applied Ecology. |
| 2012 | Annals of Applied Statistics, Journal of Agricultural, Biological, and Environmental Statistics, Methods in Ecology and Evolution, Journal of Wildlife Management. |
| 2011 | Ecological Applications, Methods in Ecology and Evolution |
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
The Pennsylvania State University
| 2013, 2014 | STAT 416: Stochastic Processes |
| 2014, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2020 | STAT 511: Regression |
| 2018 | STAT 512: Design and Analysis of Experiments |
| 2014 | STAT 440: Computational Statistics |
| 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 | STAT 461: Design and Analysis of Experiments |
Utah State University
| 2009, 2010 | Intermediate Algebra |
SERVICE
The Pennsylvania State University
| 2018-Present | Graduate Program Chair, Department of Statistics |
| 2016-2018 | Graduate Admissions Committee |
| 2013-2018 | Undergraduate Adviser |
| 2016 | Qualifying Exam Committee |
| 2014-2015 | Colloquium committee chair |
| 2014 | MS Exam Committee |
| 2014, 2018 | Graduate Academic Adviser |
| 2015-2018 | Data Science Steering Committee |