Ethan is a PhD student being jointly supervised with Sangwon Hyun. He is currrently working on innovative mixture of experts models for oceanography data.

Awards

• 2025 San Francisco Bay Area Chapter of the American Statistical Association Student Travel Award

Publications

• Pawl, E., Ribalet, F., Parker, P.A., and Hyun, S. (2026+) Mixtures of Neural Network Experts with Application to Phytoplankton Flow Cytometry Data.

Conference Presentations

• “Mixtures of Neural Network Experts with an Application to Phytoplankton Flow Cytometry Data” (Contributed Session) 2025 Joint Statistical Meetings, Nashville, TN, USA
• “Clustering Flow Cytometry Data via Mixtures of Neural Network Experts” (Poster), 2025 Simons Collaboration on Biogeochemial Modeling of Marine Ecosystems (CBIOMES) Annual Meeting, New York, NY, USA
• “Latitude-Specific Effects of Environmental Conditions upon Phytoplankton Populations” (Poster), 2025 American Association for the Advancement of Science Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, USA