Barry D. Nussbaum is an American statistician. Nussbaum earned a bachelor's degree from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and a master's and doctorate from George Washington University.
Nussbaum joined the United States Environmental Protection Agency in 1975 and served as chief statistician from 2006 to 2016.[1] Early in his career, Nussbaum helped lead a recall of 208,000 cars for excessive carbon monoxide emissions, based on a sample of just ten cars.[2] He is a recipient of two EPA Silver Medals for Superior Service and the EPA's Distinguished Career Service Award.[3] [4]
Nussbaum was president of the American Statistical Association for 2017.[5]
He has also taught graduate statistics courses for Virginia Tech and George Washington universities.