Peter J. Munson, Ph.D.
Chief of Mathematical and Statistical Computing Laboratory
Center for Information Technology
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, Maryland
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Dr. Munson heads the Mathematical and Statistical Computing Laboratory within the Division of Computational Biosciences, Center for Information Technology, at the National Institutes of Health. In addition to pursuing its research mission, his group acts as a resource for the NIH Intramural Research Program, with special emphasis on mathematical physics, mathematical modeling, statistics and bioinformatics. Dr. Munson's group has led the development and application of statistical and computational methods to the analysis of microarray-based experiments. His lab has developed software packages (P-SCAN, F-SCAN) for the analysis of microarray images and a high-throughput analysis pipeline (A-SCAN) for Affymetrix-based array experiments. Dr. Munson has served in the Center for Information Technology and earlier at the National Institute of Child Health. He received his bachelor’s degree from St. Olaf College, master’s from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and Ph.D. in mathematical statistics from American University. He has authored more than 100 publications on the application of statistical methodology and mathematical modeling to problems in endocrinology, pharmacology, oncology, protein structure prediction and bioinformatics.