Munich, January 2024
Munich, January 2024

I was born in Lincoln, Nebraska, and moved with my family to Fort Collins, Colorado, in 1998, where I’ve lived ever since. I am an alumnus of Fort Collins High School (‘02) and have earned multiple degrees from Colorado State University (‘07, ‘14, ‘24) and the University of Colorado (‘08, ‘12, ‘18), including a Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics in 2018.

In August 2018, I joined the Department of Statistics at Colorado State University as an Assistant Professor. I have spearheaded the development of two new courses and an undergraduate certificate in Sports Statistics and Analytics, teaching these courses twice. Additionally, I have taught a diverse array of twenty different courses in statistics and mathematics at both the undergraduate and graduate levels.

Before my academic career, I spent three years in the tech industry as an electrical engineer, focusing on radar signal processing and electronic intellingence. My transition from tech to academia was driven by a passion for teaching and a desire to further my education.

My wife, Rachel, is a kindergarten teacher, and we share our home with a clowder of eight cats . I am an avid reader with broad interests in philosophy, politics, history, and science fiction, and I have a particular affinity for collecting atlases and almanacs. I am an aspiring philosopher with interests in logic, philosophy of science, political philosophy, and artificial intelligence. My musical tastes range from the free jazz of Anthony Braxton to the minimalism of Philip Glass. with the Grateful Dead and Smashing Pumpkins being my all-time favorite bands. I have seen the Omaha indie rock band Bright Eyes play live 24 times.

Travel and sports are my other passions. I’ve visited 24 countries, with Munich, Germany as my favorite destination. I enjoy attending college football games in Fort Collins and Lincoln during the fall. I’ve been a Chicago Cubs fan since age five and I try to watch all their 162 regular-season games. My fascination with Sabermetrics, the statistical analysis of baseball, led me to attend the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR) Analytics Conference in March 2024.