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James L. Crooks, Ph.D.
AMAD/HEASD PostdocEducation:
- B.S. Physics (with high honors), Emory University, 1998
- Ph.D. Physics, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2005
- M.S. Statistics, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2006
Professional Experience:
2008 - Present: Postdoctoral Fellow, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC
2006 - 2008: Postdoctoral Fellow, The Statistical and Applied Mathematical Sciences Institute and Duke University, Research Triangle Park, NC
2005 - 2006: Graduate Research Assistant , Department of Epidemiology, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
1999 - 2005: Teaching Assistant , Department of Physics and Astronomy, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
1998 - 1999: Physics Instructor, Department of Physics, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
Publications:
Peer Reviewed Journal Articles
Crooks, J., E. Whitsel, D. Catellier, D. Liao, P. Quibrera, and R. Smith, Hierharchical Models for the Effect of Spatial Interpolation Error on the Inferred Relationship between Ambient Particulate Matter Exposure and Cardiovascular Health, Biostatistics (in review). (draft)
Crooks, J., J. Berger, and T. Loredo, Posterior-Guided Importance Sampling for Calculating Marginal Likelihoods with Application to Bayesian Exoplanet Searches, Duke University Department of Statistical Sciences Discussion Paper 2007-26. (paper)
Crooks, J., and P. Frampton, Conformal Transformations and Accelerated Cosmologies, Physical Review D73, 123512, 2006. (paper)
Crooks, J., J. Dunn, P. Frampton, H. Norton, and T. Takahashi, Cosmic Degeneracy with Dark Energy Equation of State, Astroparticle Physics 20, 361-367, 2003. (paper)
Crooks, J., J. Dunn, P. Frampton, Y. Ng, and R. Rohm, CMB with Quintessence: Analytic Approach and CMBFAST, Modern Physics Letters A16, 63-74, 2001. (paper)
Crooks, J., J. Dunn, and P. Frampton, Relic Neutrinos and Z-Resonance Mechanism for Highest-Energy Cosmic Rays, Astrophysical Journal 546, L1-L4, 2001. (paper)
Conference Proceedings, Presentations, Book Chapters, and Reports
Crooks, J., E. Whitsel, D. Catellier, D. Liao, P. Quibrera, and R. Smith, Hierarchical Models for the Effect of Spatial Interpolation Error on the Inferred Relationship between Ambient Particulate Matter Exposure and Cardiovascular Health (platform presentation). Twentieth Conference of the International Society for Environmental Epidemiology, Pasedena, CA, October 2008.
Crooks, J., J. Berger, and T. Loredo, Posterior-Guided Importance Sampling for Calculating Marginal Likelihoods (platform presentation). Joint Statistical Meeting, Denver, CO, August 2009.
Crooks, J., What will Duke Forest Look Like in 2100? Emulating a Stochastic Simulator (platform presentation), Case Studies in Bayesian Statistics 9, Pittsburgh, PA, October 2007.
Crooks, J., Interpolating Stochastic Model Output (poster presentation), SAMSI Complex Computer Models Transition Workshop, Research Triangle Park, NC, May 2007.
Crooks, J., Progress Toward Interpolating Stochastic Model Output (platform presentation), SAMSI Terrestrial Models Mid-Program Workshop, Research Triangle Park, NC, April 2007.