Eva Bjørn Vedel Jensen (born 14 June 1951) is a Danish mathematician and statistician known for her work in

spatial statistics Spatial analysis or spatial statistics includes any of the formal techniques which studies entities using their topological, geometric, or geographic properties. Spatial analysis includes a variety of techniques, many still in their early deve ...

stereology Stereology is the three-dimensional interpretation of two-dimensional cross section (geometry), cross sections of materials or tissues. It provides practical techniques for extracting quantitative information about a three-dimensional material from ...

stochastic geometry In mathematics, stochastic geometry is the study of random spatial patterns. At the heart of the subject lies the study of random point patterns. This leads to the theory of spatial point processes, hence notions of Palm conditioning, which exten ...

, and

medical imaging Medical imaging is the technique and process of imaging the interior of a body for clinical analysis and medical intervention, as well as visual representation of the function of some organs or tissues (physiology). Medical imaging seeks to rev ...

. She is a professor emeritus in the Department of Mathematical Sciences at

Aarhus University Aarhus University ( da, Aarhus Universitet, abbreviated AU) is a public research university with its main campus located in Aarhus, Denmark. It is the second largest and second oldest university in Denmark. The university is part of the Coimbra Gr ...

Education and career

After earning a master's degree at

in 1976, she became a faculty member at the university in 1979. She completed a doctorate at Aarhus in 1987, and became full professor there in 2003.

Recognition

Vedel Jensen has been an Elected Member of the

International Statistical Institute The International Statistical Institute (ISI) is a professional association of statisticians. It was founded in 1885, although there had been international statistical congresses since 1853. The institute has about 4,000 elected members from gov ...

since 1992, and is also a member of the

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. She won the Villum Kann Rasmussen Annual Award for Technical and Scientific Research of the

Villum Foundation The Villum Foundation ( da, Villum Fonden); formerly Villum Kann Rasmussen Foundation (''Villum Kann Rasmussen Fonden'') was set up in 1971 by civil engineer Villum Kann Rasmussen (1909–1993). 10 years later, he set up the Velux Foundation (''Vel ...

in 2009. She was named a knight of the

Order of the Dannebrog The Order of the Dannebrog ( da, Dannebrogordenen) is a Danish order of chivalry instituted in 1671 by Christian V. Until 1808, membership in the order was limited to fifty members of noble or royal rank, who formed a single class known a ...

in 2010. The

University of Bern The University of Bern (german: Universität Bern, french: Université de Berne, la, Universitas Bernensis) is a university in the Switzerland, Swiss capital of Bern and was founded in 1834. It is regulated and financed by the Canton of Bern. It ...

gave her an honorary doctorate in 2013.

Selected publications

Vedel Jensen is the author of books including: *''Local Stereology'' (World Scientific, 1998) *''Stereology for Statisticians'' (with

Adrian Baddeley Adrian John Baddeley (born May 25, 1955) is a statistical scientist working in the fields of spatial statistics,A. Baddeley, E. Rubak and R.Turner, "Spatial Point Patterns: Methodology and Applications with R", Chapman and Hall/CRC Press 2015. st ...

, Chapman & Hall/CRC, 2005) She has also written several highly cited papers with Hans Jørgen G. Gundersen including: * * * * *

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Vedel Jensen, Eva Living people Danish mathematicians Danish statisticians Danish women mathematicians Women statisticians Aarhus University alumni Academic staff of Aarhus University Elected Members of the International Statistical Institute Knights of the Order of the Dannebrog Members of the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters 1951 births Spatial statisticians