| Marc G. Genton | |
| Birth Date: | September 1969 |
| Birth Place: | Geneva, Switzerland |
| Occupation: | Academic / Scientist |
| Field: | Statistical analysis Uncertainty quantification Spatio-temporal data analysis Data Science |
| Workplaces: | KAUST Texas A&M University University of Geneva North Carolina State University Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Alma Mater: | Swiss Federal Institute of Technology |
| Doctoral Advisors: | Stephan Morgenthaler |
| Doctoral Students: | Yanyuan Ma |
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Marc G. Genton, (born September 1969 in Geneva, Switzerland) is currently a Distinguished Professor of Statistics with the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, (KAUST), Thuwal, Saudi Arabia.[1] He is known as a specialist in Spatio-Temporal Statistics, Data Science and their applications in geophysics, climate science, and marine science. The International Association for Mathematical Geosciences awarded him the Georges Matheron Lectureship in 2020. He is a Fellow of the American Statistical Association (2007), Elected member to the International Statistical Institute (2008), Fellow member of the Royal Statistical Society (2009), Fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics (2010), and Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (2012).