Samuel Muller

PhD, Fellow of the American Statistical Association, Elected Member of the International Statistical Institute, Professor

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1998 …2026

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Biography

Professor Samuel Muller is Executive Dean of the Faculty of Science and Engineering at Macquarie University and a globally recognized leader in data science and statistics. Since 2025, he has driven transformative change, delivering $5.5M in annual savings, launching the Strategic Framework 2026–2030, and achieving the Faculty’s highest-ever teaching income. Under his leadership, Macquarie secured five Eureka Prizes and record research success, including over twenty Australian Research Council grants in a single year. A Fellow of the American Statistical Association and Editor-in-Chief of the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Statistics, Samuel champions diversity as Executive Sponsor for the Ally Network and Access and Inclusion. With over $10M in research funding, including nine Australian Research Council Discovery Projects and 90+ publications, he continues to shape global statistical science and advance inclusive, high-performing institutions.

Research student supervision

Samuel Muller has supervised to completion 14 Postdocs, 14 PhDs, 2 Masters of Research students and 13 Honours students. Currently, he supervises 2 Postdocs, 3 PhD students and 4 Masters of Research student.

Research interests

Discovering, designing and building statistical models that better population and planet health through:

  • Variable selection and feature extraction solutions for large and complex data
  • Statistical model building for better and more accurate prediction
  • Correlated, clustered and complex data analysis
  • Classification and improved prediction methods for multiplatform data
  • Development of regularization methods for high-dimensional data
  • Resampling-based stability information
  • Robust selection and estimation methods including when data contains outliers, errors or some of the information is missing
  • Analysis of multi-layered and structured data in bioinformatics, microbiome, organ transplant and neuroscience applications

Research engagement

  • Industry and government partners are welcome to contact me to explore projects and partnerships that would benefit from the capability of my research group
  • Trustworthy data-driven discovery from complex high-dimensional data (Australian Research Council funded, as Lead CI)
  • Responsible Statistical Learning: Uncertainty, Fairness and Transparency (Australian Research Council funded, as CI)
  • Reliable and accurate statistical solutions for modern complex data (Australian Research Council funded, as CI)
  • Cost-Utility Comparison of Down-Titration Strategies for Safer and More Efficient Use of Biologics in Adults with Rheumatoid Arthritis and Psoriatic Arthritis (NHMRC funded, as AI)
  • Better Outcomes in Inflammatory Arthritis (NHMRC funded, as AI)

Education/Academic qualification

Mathematics, PhD, Endpoint, Tail Index, and Support Estimation in Extreme Value Theory, University of Bern

Award Date: 1 Nov 2002

Statistics and Insurance Mathematics, Diploma (MSc), The Robustness of the Friedman Test, University of Bern

Award Date: 1 Oct 1998

External positions

Editor-in-Chief, Australian and New Zealand Journal of Statistics

31 Jan 2025 → …

Honorary Professor, University of Sydney

1 Sept 202031 Aug 2026

College of Experts, Member, Australian Research Council

1 Jan 201931 Dec 2021

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  • DP23: Reliable and accurate statistical solutions for modern complex data

    Welsh, A. H. (Chief Investigator), Hui, F. (Chief Investigator), Muller, S. (Primary Chief Investigator) & Cantoni, E. (Partner Investigator)

    21/02/2320/02/26

    Project: Research

  • NHMRC: CRE for Better Outcomes in Inflammatory Arthritis

    March, L. (Primary Chief Investigator), Thomas, R. (Chief Investigator), Lassere, M. (Chief Investigator), Buchbinder, R. (Chief Investigator), Hill, C. (Chief Investigator), Keen, H. I. (Chief Investigator), Wechalekar, M. D. (Chief Investigator), Munro, J. (Chief Investigator), Figtree, G. A. (Chief Investigator), Schofield, D. (Chief Investigator), Xue, M. (Associate Investigator), El-Omar, E. (Associate Investigator), Muller, S. (Associate Investigator), Bereza-Malcolm, L. (Associate Investigator), Sinnathurai, P. (Associate Investigator), Singh-Grewal, D. (Primary Chief Investigator), Lester, S. (Associate Investigator), Willers, C. (Associate Investigator), Youssef, P. (Associate Investigator) & Proudman, S. M. (Associate Investigator)

    1/12/211/12/26

    Project: Research

  • USYD Led: CRE for Better Outcomes in Arthritis and Autoimmune Diseases

    March, L. (Chief Investigator), Thomas, R. (Chief Investigator), Lassere, M. (Chief Investigator), Buchbinder, R. (Chief Investigator), Hill, C. (Chief Investigator), Keen, H. I. (Chief Investigator), Wechalekar, M. D. (Chief Investigator), Munro, J. (Chief Investigator), Figtree, G. A. (Chief Investigator), Schofield, D. (Primary Chief Investigator), Xue, M. (Associate Investigator), El-Omar, E. (Associate Investigator), Muller, S. (Associate Investigator), Bereza-Malcolm, L. (Associate Investigator), Sinnathurai, P. (Associate Investigator), Singh-Grewal, D. (Associate Investigator), Lester, S. (Associate Investigator), Willers, C. (Associate Investigator), Youssef, P. (Associate Investigator), Proudman, S. M. (Primary Chief Investigator) & Worsley, H. (Other)

    1/12/2130/06/26

    Project: Research

  • Estimating the Number of Tyres in Stockpiles

    Muller, S. (Primary Chief Investigator), Beheshti, A. (Chief Investigator), Farhood, H. (Research Assistant) & Moka, S. (Research Assistant)

    3/10/229/12/22

    Project: Research

  • MRFF: Cost-Utility Comparison of Down-Titration Strategies for Safer and More Efficient Use of Biologics in Adults with Rheumatoid Arthritis and Psoriatic Arthritis

    March, L. (Primary Chief Investigator), Buchbinder, R. (Chief Investigator), Lassere, M. (Chief Investigator), Proudman, S. M. (Chief Investigator), Thomas, R. (Chief Investigator), Schofield, D. (Chief Investigator), Xue, M. (Chief Investigator), Wechalekar, M. D. (Chief Investigator), Whittle, S. L. (Chief Investigator), Sinnathurai, P. (Chief Investigator), Keen, H. I. (Associate Investigator), Hill, C. (Associate Investigator), Youssef, P. (Associate Investigator), Benham, H. (Associate Investigator), Bereza-Malcolm, L. (Associate Investigator), Willers, C. (Associate Investigator), Schachna, L. (Associate Investigator), Muller, S. (Associate Investigator), Perera, C. (Associate Investigator) & Tymms, K. (Associate Investigator)

    1/08/2131/07/25

    Project: Research