Paul J. Lupinacci

Education:

Temple University
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania



Villanova University
Villanova, Pennsylvania
Doctor of Philosophy, August 2000
Master of Science, May 1997
Statistics Major, GPA: 3.90/4.0


Bachelor of Science, May 1995
Mathematics Major, GPA: 3.76/4.0

 

Experience:

Villanova University                                                                      August 2000-Present, Villanova, PA
     Assistant Professor in the Department of Mathematical Sciences:
                   Teach undergraduate statistics courses to students in the College of Liberal Arts and
                   Sciences. Teach graduate statistics courses to students in the Master’s Program of Applied
                   Statistics. Perform research in statistics.

 

Swarthmore College                                                                Sept. 1999-May 2000, Swarthmore, PA
     Visiting Professor in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics
                   Taught statistics to undergraduate students.

 

Temple University                                                                   Sept. 1995-May 1999, Philadelphia, PA
     Graduate Student:
                   Won "Excellence in Teaching" award for doctoral students in 1996 and 1998.
                   Taught undergraduate statistics courses involving probability, probability distributions,
                   hypothesis testing, and regression to undergraduate business and engineering students.
                   Tutored graduate students in statistical methods and mathematical statistics courses.

 

Merck & Co., Inc.,                                                                 May 1998 to Sept. 1998, West Point, PA
(Contracted by Kelly Services, Plymouth Meeting, PA)
      Summer Intern:
                  Analyzed data to determine the stability of various vaccines. Performed analyses on data
                  from vaccine manufacturing processes to determine if the assay for the vaccine is precise,
                  accurate, and robust to varying environmental changes.

 

Thomas Jefferson University                                                    January 1998 to May 1998, Phila., PA
      Contract Statistician:
                  Analyzed data from clinical trials on a contract by contract basis.

 

Merck & Co., Inc.                                                                    May 1997 to Sept. 1997, Blue Bell, PA
(Contracted by Ross Resources, Plymouth Meeting, PA)
      Summer Intern:
                  Analyzed serology and adverse experience data from a vaccine trial. Performed power and
                  sample size calculations for a pending vaccine trial. Wrote the Data Analysis Plan for a
                  pivotal protocol. Wrote the Clinical Study Report for a pivotal protocol. Helped develop
                  and prepare a presentation to the German regulatory agency.

 

Leadership Accomplishments:

Temple University:                  President of TAGSS (Temple Assoc. of Graduate Students in Statistics)

Villanova University:               Graduated Magna Cum Laude, Dean’s List
                                                  Inducted into the Mathematics Honor Society, Pi Mu Epsilon
                                                  President of Math Club

Societies: American Statistical Association, International Biometric Society

Course work:

Measure Theory, Statistical Theory I & II, Advanced Statistical Theory I & II, Statistical Methods I & II, Design of Experiments I & II, Response Surface Methodology, Regression, Linear Models, Generalized Linear Models, Sampling Theory, Multivariate Analysis, Categorical Data Analysis, Survival Analysis, Exploratory Data Analysis, Clinical Trials

Knowledge in the Following:

SAS, S-Plus, Minitab, Axum, MS Excel, MS Word, Latex, MS Quick Basic

Journal Articles:

Designs for testing lack of fit for a nonlinear dose response curve,
Journal of Biopharmaceutical Statistics, vol. 10, 45-54, 2000.