Rate My Professor Eduardo Montoya

Montoya's academic interests focus on regression smoothing methods, functional data analysis, computational statistics, data mining techniques, regression splines, penalized splines, and the development and application of statistical methods in environmental sciences. His scholarly contributions include the publication "On the Number of Independent Pieces of Information in a Functional Linear Model with a Functional Response" in 2020, as well as co-authorship on "Burn Severity and Its Impact on Soil Properties: A Study of the 2016 Erskine Fire in the Southern Sierra Nevada, California" in 2023. Montoya contributes to university governance as a member of the Academic Affairs Committee, General Education Curriculum Committee (GECCo), and Faculty Advisory Committee for Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity. He also serves in roles supporting academic programs, including as Faculty Director for General Education and involvement in senate elections and appointments within the Natural Sciences, Mathematics, and Engineering college. Committed to student success, particularly for first-generation learners, Montoya mentors through research opportunities and program leadership at CSUB.