Michael O'Connell

Assistant Professor at Miami University

Oxford, Ohio, United States

About

Assistant professor in the Department of Statistics. Research involves dimension reduction methods for multi-source data sets, which are high-dimensional data sets where a common set of samples share different types of data (such as gene expression and protein expression). Applications include bioinformatics, toxicology, and sports statistics.

Experience

  • Assistant Professor at Miami University
    Aug 2018 - Present · 7 yrs 11 mos

  • University of Minnesota (5 yrs)
    • Research Assistant
      May 2015 - Jul 2018 · 3 yrs 3 mos

      Research with multisource, high-dimensional data.

    • Research Assistant
      Aug 2013 - Aug 2015 · 2 yrs 1 mo

      Research assistantship in the Biostatistical Design and Analysis Center.

    • Research Assistant
      Jun 2014 - Aug 2014 · 3 mos

      Statistical genetics research involving pancreatic cancer data from three sources.

  • Summer Intern at Dordt College
    Jun 2013 - Aug 2013 · 3 mos

    Statistical genetics research in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics.

  • Miami University (2 yrs 10 mos)
    • Undergraduate Researcher
      Aug 2010 - May 2013 · 2 yrs 10 mos

      Immunology research in the Department of Microbiology. Studied changes in expression of toll-like receptors and interferon-gamma receptors in cells in response to Chlamydia infection using western blotting, immunofluorescence microscopy, and flow cytometry.

    • Undergraduate Assistant
      Aug 2010 - Dec 2010 · 5 mos

      Assisted teaching an introductory biology lab class.

  • Summer Student at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
    Jun 2010 - Aug 2010 · 3 mos

    Research in the Department of Immunology. Studied effects of inhibiting toll-like receptor 5 in mouse splenic cells during infection with Toxoplasma using flow cytometry and ELISAs.