Connor Celum
Assistant Professor of Statistics
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
Clinical Trial Design • Public Health • Quantitative Linguistics (future interest)
Designing innovative statistical methods for safer and more informative clinical trials.
I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Statistics at California Polytechnic State University. My research focuses on clinical trial design, public health, and quantitative linguistics.

Research
Clinical Trial Design
Innovative early-phase oncology designs that use accumulating data to guide patients toward appropriate doses.
Public Health
Statistical collaboration that supports rigorous studies and helps improve public health outcomes.
Quantitative Linguistics
Statistical questions involving language learning, language similarity, and linguistic diversity.
Current Teaching
California Polytechnic State University
STAT 1110 — Applied Statistical Concepts and Methods
Fall 2026