Contact information

Department of Mathematics, Statistics, and Computer Science

University of Illinois at Chicago

322 Science and Engineering Offices (M/C 249)

851 S. Morgan Street

Chicago, Illinois 60607

Office:....SEO 305

Email:....jpajda2 AT uic.edu  (the best way to contact me)

My departmental website

Education

         Ph.D.  University of Illinois at Chicago, Mathematics, 2016.

         M.N.S.  Southeast Missouri State University, Mathematics, 2009.

         B.S.  Southeast Missouri State University, Applied Mathematics and Statistics, 2007.

         B.S.  Southeast Missouri State University, Economics, 2007.

Fall 2025 Teaching

Stat 381 — Applied Statistical Methods I

Stat 473 / Econ 473 — Game Theory

Stat 481 — Applied Statistical Methods II

Fall 2025 Course Coordinator

Stat 361 — Elements of Statistical Methods

Stat 362 — Elements of Statistical Computing

Stat 381 — Applied Statistical Methods I

Stat 382 — Statistical Methods and Computing

Research Interests

Random walks, survey sampling, metapopulation models, and ecological appliations.

Activities

Faculty Coordinator, Statistics Graduate Student Committee (SGSC), 2022-current.

Honorary Member of the Wise Lab at UIC, 2015-2022.

Chair, Statistics Graduate Student Committee (SGSC), 2014-2016.