Hans-Georg Mueller, Ph.D., M.D.

Hans-Georg Müller

Position Title
Distinguished Professor

  • Statistics
He/Him/His
4236 Mathematical Sciences Building
One Shields Avenue, Davis CA 95616
Bio

Research Interests

  • Functional Data Analysis
  • Fréchet Analysis of Random Objects: Distributions, Covariances, 
    Networks
  • Applications: Longitudinal Studies, Brain Imaging, Growth and Development, Aging and Longevity

Selected Works

  • Petersen, A., Müller, H.G. (2019). Fréchet regression for random objects with Euclidean predictors. Annals of Statistics 47, 691-719.
  • Dubey, P., Müller, H.G. (2020). Fréchet change-point detection. Annals of Statistics 48, 3312-3335.
  • Carroll, C., Bhattacharjee, S., Chen, Y., Dubey, P., Fan, J. Gajardo,   A., Zhou, X., Müller, H.G., Wang, J.L. (2021). Time dynamics of COVID-19. Scientific Reports 10, 21040
  • Lin, Z., Müller, H.G. (2021). Total variation regularized Fréchet regression for metric-space valued data. Annals of Statistics 49, 3510-3533.
  • Chen, Y., Lin, Z., Müller, H.G. (2022). Wasserstein regression. J. American Statistical Association, https://doi.org/10.1080/01621459.2021.1956937
  • Gajardo, Á., Müller, H.G. (2022). Cox process regression. IEEE Transactions on Information Theory68, 1133-1156.
Honors and Awards
  • 2022: Rietz Lecture and Award, Institute of Mathematical Statistics (IMS)
  • 2020: Plenary Lecture at the 2020 Shenzhen International Conference on Statistics and Data Science
  • 2020: Graduate Program Advising and Mentoring Award, UC Davis
  • 2017: Gottfried E Noether Senior Scholar Award, American Statistical Association
  • 2017: Humboldt Research Award, awarded by the Humboldt Foundation
  • 2007: Medallion Lecture at Joint Statistical Meetings
  • 2006: Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
  • 1995: Elected Fellow, American Statistical Association
  • 1993: Election Fellow, Institute of Mathematical Statistics
  • 1989: Elected Member, International Statistics Institute
Publications
  • Geodesic Mixed Effects Models for Repeatedly Observed/Longitudinal Random Objects
    Journal Article | Bhattacharjee, S., Müller, H. Journal of the American Statistical Association, ahead-of-print, 1-23. 10.1080/01621459.2025.2474267
  • Diet Shapes Mortality Response to Trauma in Old Tephritid Fruit Flies
    Journal Article | Carey, J., Liedo, P., Xu, C., Wang, J., Müller, H., Su, Y., Vaupel, J. PLOS ONE, 11, e0158468. 10.1371/journal.pone.0158468
  • Female access and diet affect insemination success, senescence and the cost of reproduction in the male Mexican fruit fly Anastrepha ludens
    Journal Article | Harwood, J., Chen, K., Liedo, P., Müller, H., Wang, J., Morice, A., Carey, J. Physiological Entomology, 40, 65-71. 10.1111/phen.12089
  • Unifying Amplitude and Phase Analysis: A Compositional Data Approach to Functional Multivariate Mixed-Effects Modeling of Mandarin Chinese
    Journal Article | Hadjipantelis, P., Aston, J., Müller, H., Evans, J. Journal of the American Statistical Association, 110, 545-559. 10.1080/01621459.2015.1006729