Associate Professor, Deputy Head & Director of Graduate Studies
Department of Statistics, Stockholm University.

Visiting Address: Universitetsvägen 10B, 7th floor, Room B718, Frescati (Södra Huset)
Post Address: Dept. of Statistics, Stockholm University, SE-106 91 Stockholm - Sweden.
Telephone: 46-(0)8-16 29 83, Telefax: 46-(0)8-16 75 11
E-mail:

Consultation hours: Mondays 13:00 - 14:00 or by appointment

Courses I usually teach:

• Analysis of Survival Data, Basic level (Analys av överlevnadsdata, Grundnivå)
• Basic Statistics for Economists, Basic level (Grundläggande statistik för ekonomer, Grundnivå)
• Financial Statistics, Basic level (Finansiell statistik, Grundnivå)
• Statistical Computation, Advanced level (Statistiska Beräkningar, Avancerad Nivå)

• Ph. D (1998) & Ph. Lic. (1996) in Statistics, Uppsala University, Sweden.
• Ph. Lic. (1993) in Demography, Stockholm University, Sweden.
• M. Sc. (1986) & B. Sc. (1982) in Statistics, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia.
• High School (1973-77): Asmara Comprehensive Secondary School, Asmara, Eritrea.
• Primary School (1965-72): Agazian Primary & Junior Secondary School, Asmara, Eritrea.

Research Profile:

• Survival models (Event-History Analysis).
• Multilevel models.
• Selection and Causality.
• Bayesian methods.
• Applications in Demography, Public Health, and other sciences.

Academic Titles & Positons Held:

• Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Statistics, Stockholm University, 2008 - .
• Deputy Head, Department of Statistics, Stockholm University, 2002-2004 and 2007 - .
• Associate Professor (Docent) in Statistics, Department of Statistics, Stockholm University (Sweden), 2003.
• Assistant Professor (Forskarassistent) in Statistics, Department of Statistics, Stockholm University (Sweden), April 2000 - 2004.
• Senior Lecturer (Universitetslektor) of Statistics, Department of Statistics, Stockholm University (Sweden), August 1999 - Present.
• Senior Lecturer (Högskolelektor) of Mathematical Statistics, Department of Natural Sciences, University of Skövde (Sweden), August 1998 - April 2000.
• Graduate Assistant, Assistant Lecturer, and Lecturer of Statistics, Department of Mathematics, University of Asmara (Eritrea), Sept. 1982 - Dec. 1988.