James Crooks
Jim Crooks is a statistician at the EPA’s National Exposure Research Laboratory where he helps integrate air pollution measurements with computer models to improve predictions of human exposure in urban areas. He previously worked on statistical applications in ecology and environmental epidemiology as well as other fields. He holds an M.S. in statistics and a Ph.D. in physics from UNC Chapel Hill, and before his current job he worked for two years in the Department of Statistical Sciences at Duke. He lives in Durham with his wife and two young boys.
| Topic(s) | Presentation | Audience | Duration | Availability |
|---|
- Air Quality
- Careers
- Environment
- Math
| Math and the Environment | Grades 9-12, College | 30 - 90 minutes | Day, Evening |
- Air Quality
- Careers
- Environment
- Math
| Math, Statistics, Computing, and the Environment | Grades 9-12, College | 30 - 90 minutes | Day, Evening |
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