Personal Statement
Scott Ferson is in the Institute for Risk and Uncertainty. He holds a Ph.D. in ecology and evolution from Stony Brook University and an A.B. in biology from Wabash College. He has over 200 peer-reviewed papers and 5 books on risk analysis and related topics. His research has been funded by EPSRC, ESRC, MRC, EPRI, NIH, NSF and NASA. His recent research has focused on developing methods and software to solve quantitative assessment problems when data are poor or lacking and structural knowledge about the model is severely limited. He has served on many expert panels called by government agencies.