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Probabilists
 

	Krzysztof Burdzy (University of Washington)   Interests: Brownian motion, stochastic calculus, potential theory, path properties of stochastic processes, partial differential equations   burdzy[at]math.washington.edu
	Zhenqing Chen (University of Washington)   Interests: diffusions and jump-diffusions, stochastic analysis, potential theory, Markov procesees, Dirichlet form, limit theorems for branching processes and superprocesses, SLE, partial differential equations.   zchen[at]math.washington.edu
	Christopher Hoffman (University of Washington)   Interests: Random walks, Percolation, First-Passage Percolation, Random Growth Processes, Mixing times of Markov chains, Phase transitions, Ergodic theory   hoffman[at]math.washington.edu
	Alexander Holroyd (Microsoft Research)   Interests: Discrete spatial models, including cellular automata, percolation, matching, coupling.   holroyd[at]microsoft.com
	Eyal Lubetzky (Microsoft Research)   Interests: Probabilistic methods in Combinatorics, Random graph models and processes, Random walks, Mixing times of Markov chains.   eyal[at]microsoft.com
	Soumik Pal (University of Washington)   Interests: Continuous stochastic processes, discrete point processes, interacting diffusion models, applications of probability to mathematical finance.   soumik[at]math.washington.edu
	Yuval Peres (Microsoft Research)   Interests: Random walks, Percolation, Mixing times of Markov chains, Brownian motion, Determinantal point processes, Fractals and Hausdorff dimension, Phase transitions, Ergodic theory, Game theory   peres[at]microsoft.com
	Hong Qian (University of Washington)   Interests: nonequilibrium statistical mechanics, stochastic modeling, continuous-time random walks, irreversible Markov process and cycles, fractional Brownian motion   hongq[at]bioeng.washington.edu
	Oded Schramm (Microsoft Research, died tragically in 2008)   Interests: Percolation, two dimensional random systems, critical systems, SLE, conformal mappings, dynamical random systems, discrete and coarse geometry, mountains
	Jon Wellner (University of Washington)   Interests: Empirical processes, limit theory, inequalities, applications of probability theory to statistics (semiparametric models; shape constrained estimation and inference)   jaw[at]stat.washington.edu
	David Wilson (Microsoft Research)   Interests: statistical physics, dimers, SLE, Markov chain mixing times, randomized algorithms   David.Wilson[at]microsoft.com

 
Friends of probability
 

	Ioana Dumitriu (University of Washington)   Interests: Random Matrix Theory, Probabilistic Games, Markov Chains and Mixing   dumitriu[at]math.washington.edu
	Peter Guttorp (University of Washington)   Interests: hidden compartment models, spatial and space-time processes, nonstationary covariance models   peter[at]stat.washington.edu
	Peter Hoff (University of Washington)   Interests: Markov chain Monte Carlo, multivariate analysis, random graph and matrix models, semiparametric inference   pdhoff[at]u.washington.edu
	James R. Lee (University of Washington)   Interests: Algorithms, complexity, and optimization. High-dimensional geometry and spectral graph theory. Applications of geometry and analysis in theoretical computer science.   jrl[at]cs.washington.edu
	Douglas Lind (University of Washington)   Interests: Algebraic dynamics, ergodic theory of group actions, entropy, amoebas.   lind[at]math.washington.edu
	Donald Marshall (University of Washington)   Interests: bounded analytic functions, harmonic measure, extremal length, univalent functions and the numerical computation of conformal maps   marshall[at]math.washington.edu
	Vladimir Minin (University of Washington)   Interests: stochastic modeling of evolutionary/genetic forces, statistical inference and hypothesis testing in stochastic processes, computational statistics, Bayesian inference   vminin[at]u.washington.edu
	Michael Perlman (University of Washington)   Interests: Multivariate analysis; graphical Markov models; decision theory; probability inequalities; convexity   michael[at]stat.washington.edu
	Steffen Rohde (University of Washington)   Interests: Conformal and quasiconformal geometry, Loewner equation, SLE, Laplacian growth (DLA and variants), dynamics   rohde[at]math.washington.edu
	Galen Shorack (University of Washington)   Interests: Empirical processes on the reals, L-statistics   galen[at]stat.washington.edu
	Boris Solomyak (University of Washington)   Interests: Deterministic and random fractals, Bernoulli convolutions, Ergodic Theory, Tilings   solomyak[at]math.washington.edu
	Tatiana Toro (University of Washington)   Interests: Geometric measure theory, partial differential equations, free boundary regularity problems and harmonic analysis.   toro[at]math.washington.edu

 
Postdocs
 

	Shaddin Dughmi (Microsoft Research)   Interests: algorithms, game theory, and combinatorial optimization   shaddin[at]microsoft.com
	Jason Miller (Microsoft Research)   Interests: All forms of probability theory, with a focus on stochastic interface models such as random surfaces and SLE.   jmiller[at]math.stanford.edu
	Alexandre Stauffer (Microsoft Research)   Interests:   alstauff[at]microsoft.com

 
Graduate Students
 

	Sayan Banerjee   sayan87[at]uw.edu
	Joel Barnes<\a>   Interests: I am currently investigating metrics on random surfaces   Adviser: Krzysztof Burdzy   joel[at]math.washington.edu
	Nathaniel Blair-Stahn   Interests: Discrete probability and statistical physics, first-passage percolation, random growth and competition models, random matrices   Adviser: Christopher Hoffman   ndbs[at]math.washington.edu
	Mauricio Duarte   Adviser: Krzysztof Burdzy   maduarte[at]math.washington.edu
	Louis Fan   Interests: Applications of stochastic processes and SPDEs in phenomena in physics, biology, finance, etc   Adviser: Zhenqing Chen   louisfan[at]uw.edu
	Toby Johnson   Interests: spectral graph theory, random matrices, and connections to combinatorics   Adviser: Ioana Dumitriu   tobiasj[at]math.washington.edu
	Shuwen Lou   Interests: Markov processes and Dirichlet forms   Adviser: Zhenqing Chen   shwlou[at]uw.edu
	Sudip Pal   sudip[at]math.washington.edu
	Elliot Paquette   Interests: Random matrix theory, Spectra of random graphs, Random Geometry   Adviser: Ioana Dumitriu   paque[at]math.washington.edu
	Andrey Sarantsev   Adviser: Soumik Pal   ansa1989[at]math.washington.edu
	Erik Slivken   Interests: sandpile groups, random graphs   Adviser: Chris Hoffman   slivken[at]math.washington.edu
	Tvrtko Tadić   tadic[at]math.washington.edu
	Josh Tokle   Adviser: Zhenqing Chen   jtokle[at]math.washington.edu

 
Former students
 

	Siva Athreya   Thesis title: Probability and Semilinear Partial Differential Equations (1998) Adviser: Krzysztof Burdzy
	Panki Kim   Thesis title: Potential theory for stable processes. (2004) Adviser: Zhenqing Chen
	Jason Swanson   Thesis title: Variations of stochastic processes: Alternative approaches (2004) Advisers: Krzysztof Burdzy and Zhenqing Chen
	Sona Zaveri   Thesis title: The Second Eigenfunction of the Neumann Laplacian on Thin Regions (2006) Adviser: Krzysztof Burdzy

 
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