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George Tiao, the W. Allen Wallis Professor Emeritus of Econometrics and Statistics in the Graduate School of Business, and his fellow members of the Ozone Science Tiger Team have received the 2005 Environmental Protection Agency’s Stratospheric Ozone Protection Award.
The Tiger Team is a group of statisticians and atmospheric scientists, which has, since 1982, studied the role of human impact on the ozone in the upper atmosphere.
Tiao, an original member of the 10-member team, is a member of the Center for Integrating Statistics and Environmental Science at the University. The Tiger Team is currently funded through the center, an EPA-supported endeavor that carries out research in a broad range of problems in environmental statistics. EPA program analyst Bella Maranion described the Tiger Team as “a major influence on the policy development to protect stratospheric ozone.”
The EPA established its Ozone Protection Awards in 1990 to recognize exceptional leadership, personal dedication and technical achievements in eliminating ozone-depleting substances.