Dale Poirier, UCI economics professor, has been named an inaugural fellow of the International Society of Bayesian Analysis. He is one of 20 scholars selected for outstanding contributions in statistical work. Founded in 1992, the International Society for Bayesian Analysis supports development and application of Bayesian analysis in theoretical and applied problems in science, industry and government.

Poirier joined the UCI faculty in 1999. He is a fellow of the Econometric Society, American Statistical Association, and Journal of Econometrics. He currently serves as associate editor of the Journal of Econometrics and recently published a chapter in the Handbook of Bayesian Econometrics.