Affiliated with University of Salento, Italy

Sandra De Iaco is Full professor in Statistics at the University of Salento. 

Her research interests are: 

• Space-time covariance modelling and computational aspects, 
• Multivariate Geostatistics for environmental data, 
• Stochastic conditional and non-conditional simulation, 
• Multiple-point statistics,
• Time series analysis, 
• Multilevel regression models. 

She is an active member of the editorial board of Spatial Statistics and Mathematical Geosciences; moreover, she is reviewer for numerous international journals. She is Guest Editor of a special issue, entitled “Geostatistics and Machine Learning” in the journal Mathematical Geosciences. She participates in the scientific committees, as well as chairwoman and speaker, of the most important international conferences in the sector, aimed at welcoming new contributions in the field of spatial analysis and its various applications, including those in the environmental field. She is author of more than 140 scientific publications and 2 software packages.