Alex Liebrecht is currently a lecturer in the Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science at the University of Iowa.

He earned a PhD and MS from University of Iowa, a MS from Illinois State University, and a BS from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

His research interests are Bayesian hierarchical modeling, spatio-temporal statistics, environmental statistics, and statistical education.

Prior to being a lecturer for University of Iowa, Alex taught high school for four years in the Des Moines area where he became passionate about teaching and sharing statistical knowledge with students.

Research interests

• Bayesian hierarchical modeling
• Spatio-temporal statistics
• Statistical education