Pacific Southwest Research Station

Education

• Ph.D., Statistics. University of California, Berkeley, 1977.
• M.Sc., Statistics. American University of Beirut, Lebanon, 1972.

Research Interests/Duties

Her current research includes development of probability models for predicting and forecasting forest fires; Estimation techniques for stochastic differential equations describing animal movement; Statistical modeling of effects of pollution on trees.

Current Emphases, Studies, Projects

• Probability modeling and forecasting fire risk. [In collaboration with Fire Management Unit (4402), University of California, Berkeley, University of Toronto, Canada and NICC Predictive Services]
• Stochastic modeling of animal movement [In collaboration with the PNW Starkey Project]
• Statistical modeling of pollution effects on trees [In collaboration with the Atmospheric Deposition Unit (PSW- 4451)]

Past Research

Haiganoush has been with the Environmental Statistics Unit at Albany since August 1997. Prior to that, she was the research statistician for the Forest Insect Population Unit (4503) also at Albany. Her research with the Forest Insect Unit was concerned with the statistical aspects of dose-response bioassays; modeling of bark beetle attacks; modeling chemotaxis of bark beetle's and spread of root disease in forest stands. Haiganoush earned her Ph.D. in Statistics from the university of California, Berkeley in 1977 and joined the Forest Service in 1984.