Ron Fricker was recently named associate dean for faculty affairs and administration in the Virginia Tech College of Science. In his new role, he will assist in the recruitment, retention, and development of faculty.

Fricker

Prior to coming to Virginia Tech in 2015, Fricker was a professor in the operations research department at the Naval Postgraduate School in California. Fricker also served as associate director of the National Security Research Division and a senior statistician at the RAND Corporation. He has more than 20 years of statistics experience, including working in both corporate and academic settings and conducting research on Gulf War illnesses, military recruiting and retention, disease detection and surveillance, and body armor testing.

Fricker is a fellow of the ASA, former chair of the ASA Section on Statistics in Defense and National Security, and elected member of the International Statistical Institute.

Visit the Virginia Tech website for details about Fricker’s promotion.