Richard Bastian, Ph.D.
- Adjunct
- Internship Coordinator
Department: Mathematics
Office: James and Marlene Howard Hall 243
Phone: 732-571-4461
Email: rbastian@monmouth.edu
Education
Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University
Research Interests
Veterinary and medical procedures often balance therapeutic results against risk of side effects; moreover, practitioners often tweak procedures to minimize side effects. Statistical study of the efficacy of these changes helps assess the costs and benefits and facilitates publication of studies. Several projects involving mathematics for statistical analysis of efficacy of veterinary or medical procedures are being conducted. In addition to research involving statistical analysis and interpretation of data, students in my lab learn the basics of client communication and other essential entrepreneurship skills necessary for developing their own consulting practice. Potential projects in consultations with a veterinary practice include “Urinary Incontinence in Spayed Dogs” and “Regenerative Stem Cell Therapy in Dogs”. Consulting projects in conjunction with a urologist include “Serum Prostate Specific Antigen Levels as Predictors of Prostate Cancer”
Courses
Recently Taught Classes
2026 Spring
- Statistical Consulting – MA 321
2025 Fall
- Careers in Mathematics Seminar – MA 301
2025 Spring
- Design and Analysis of Biological Experiments – MA 327
- Introduction to Mathematical Modeling – MA 419
- Multivariate and Categorical Statistics – MA 460
- Statistical Consulting – MA 321
2024 Spring
- Data Science Consulting – DS 535
- Introduction to Mathematical Modeling – MA 419
- Probability and Statistics II – MA 320
- Research in Mathematics – MA 380
- Statistical Consulting – MA 321
2023 Fall
- Careers in Mathematics Seminar – MA 301
- Design of Experiments and Anova – MA 421
- Statistical Consulting – MA 321
- Statistics With Applications – MA 151
2023 Spring
Frequently Taught Classes
- Applied Multivariate Regression and Anova (MA 421)
- Careers in Mathematics Seminar (MA 301)
- Data Science Consulting (DS 535)
- Design and Analysis of Biological Experiments (BY 327, MA 327)
- Design of Experiments and Anova (MA 421)
- Introduction to Mathematical Modeling (MA 419)
- Multivariate and Categorical Statistics (MA 460)
- Probability and Statistics I (MA 220)
- Probability and Statistics II (MA 320)
- Research in Mathematics (MA 380)
- Statistical Consulting (MA 321)
- Statistics With Applications (MA 151)