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The International Association of Mathematical Geology named Dr. Schuenemeyer  as their 2012 Distinguished Lecturer.  Over the last several months, he has been touring Europe and Asia delivering talks pertinent to various audiences.

Dr. Schuenemeyer is president of Southwest Statistical Consulting, LLC.  He has been active as a statistical consultant for over 30 years.  He is a Professor Emeritus of Statistics, Geography, and Geology at the University of Delaware, where he served as a faculty member in Department of Mathematical Sciences from 1976-1998 and directed the statistical consulting center at the University.  He was also a research mathematical statistician for the US Geological Survey.  In 1991, Dr. Schuenemeyer was elected a Fellow of the American Statistical Association (ASA).  He is the recipient of the 2004 John Cedric Griffiths Teaching Award of the International Association for Mathematical Geology.

Dr. Schuenemeyer has served as a consultant to organizations including the US Department of the Interior, NBC News, and the PGA Tour. He has been a leader in university-based statistical consulting and education.  He served as an advisor for graduate students in climatology whose topics included snow melt, global warming, and health indices related to climate.  He authored over 100 research publications, has given numerous invited talks and conducted workshops for scientists from industry, government and education.

He has developed methodology for the assessment of oil and gas resources in northern Alaska and gas hydrates in the US Federal offshore.  His interests include data analysis, model development and evaluation, spatial statistics and graphics.

He has served as a reviewer for numerous journals and was a prime organizer of the national ASA Section on Statistical Consulting.  He has served as chair of the U.S. National Committee for Mathematical Geology, chair of the ASA’s Committee for Energy Statistics and vice president of Mathematical Geologists of the US.  He is a member of the Committee on Resource Evaluation for the American Association of Petroleum Geologists.

Dr. Schuenemeyer received a BS degree in applied mathematics in 1969 and an MS degree in mathematics in 1971 from the University of Colorado.  He received a PhD in statistics from the University of Georgia in 1975.