Ivo D. Dinov, Short Biosketch
| Years | Institution | Role/Degree | Field |
| 2024-Present | University of Michigan, Ann Arbor | Faculty | Henry P. Tappan Collegiate Professor |
| 2013-Present | University of Michigan, Ann Arbor | Faculty | Health Behavior and Biological Sciences, Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics, Data Science |
| 2001-2013 | University of California, Los Angeles | Faculty | Statistics and Neurology |
| 1998-2001 | UCLA School of Medicine | Postdoctoral Fellow | Computational Neuroscience and Brain Mapping |
| 1993-1998 | Florida State University | PhD/MS | Mathematics/Statistics |
| 1993-1998 | Florida State University | Pre-doctoral fellow | Industrial engineering/Optimization |
| 1991-1993 | Michigan Technological University | MS | Mathematics |
| 1987-1991 | University of Sofia, Bulgaria | BS | Mathematics and Informatics |
Dr. Dinov's academic (mathematics) genealogy lineage starts in ancient Persia with
Ibn Sina (c. 980 – 1037 AD), known as Avicenna, and also includes
Bahmanyār ibn al-Marzubān (Iran) (1068),
Manuel Bryennios (Greece) (1315),
Cristoforo Landino (Italy) (1477),
Jacob Bernoulli (Basel) (1696),
Leonhard Euler (Switzerland) (1754),
Pierre-Simon Laplace (France) (1800),
Solomon Lefschet (Russia) (1911),
Fred Huffer (USA) (1982), and
De Witt L. Sumners (USA) (1967).
This partial dynamic graph
illustrates Prof. Dinov's academic heritage and here are his
CV and
NIH Biosketch.
Dr. Ivo D. Dinov is the Henry P. Tappan Collegiate Professor, and professor of Health Behavior and Biological Sciences and Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics at the University of Michigan. Dr. Dinov is a member of the Michigan Center for Applied and Interdisciplinary Mathematics (MCAIM), a core member of the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center, and associate director of Precision Health (PH) Education and Training Workgroup. Dr. Dinov's GoogleScholar Profile and Michigan Experts Profile provide additional technical information about his scholarly work.
Prof. Dinov serves as:
- Director of the Statistics Online Computational Resource (since 2002)
- Co-Director of the multi-institutional Probability Distributome Initiative (since 2007)
- Co-Director of the multi-institutional Editor, Journal Neuroinformatics (since 2022)
- Research Scout for the Michigan Great Minds, Greater Discoveries, Bold Ideas Initiative (2022-2025)
- Chair, Department of Systems, Populations and Leadership (SPL) (since 2022)
- Member of the Nature Medicine Statistical Advisory Board (since 2025).
- Associate Director of the Michigan Institute for Data Science (MIDAS, 2015-2022)
- Associate Director of the Michigan Neuroscience Graduate Program (NGP, 2019-2021).
- Associate Director of the Precision Health (PH) Education and Training Workgroup (2022).
- Director of the Integrative Biostatistics and Informatics Core of the Michigan Nutrition and Obesity Research Center (2014-2020)
- Director of the Udall Parkinson’s Disease Biostatistics and Data Management Core (2014-2020)
- Co-Director of the Center for Complexity and Self-management of Chronic Disease (CSCD Center, 2014-2022)
- Chief Operations Officer of the Center for Computational Biology (CCB) (2004-2013).
Dr. Dinov's memberships in professional societies include:
- American Statistical Association (ASA)
- International Association for Statistical Education (IASE)
- American Mathematical Society (AMS)
- American Physical Society (APS)
- An Honorary Member (fellow) of the Sigma Theta Tau International Society
- American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
- An Elected Member of the International Statistical Institute (ISI).
Between 2022 and 2023, Dr. Dinov served as Coach of the University of Michigan Men's Water Polo Team (Club):
- UM Water Polo Fall 2022 Schedule and Results
- Donate to support water polo athletes
- 2022 Men's Water Polo Roster
- Collegiate Water Polo Association (CWPA)
- UM Water Polo National Ranking (October 2022)
- 2022 Big-10 Champions and third place at 2022 CWPA National Championship
- Jeff Brill was awarded the 2022 Big-10 MVP title and Dr. Dinov was 2022 Big-10 Coach of the Year.
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2023 UMich Men's Water Polo - CWPA Water Polo Fall 2023 Season, Schedule and Results