He is also an associate of the University of Arizona with the Statistics Laboratory at the Bio5 Institute and the Statistics GIDP. Anton received his PhD in Statistics from the Statistics Department at the University of Washington in Seattle, where he was an active member in the Center for Statistics and the Social Sciences. His research interests include Bayesian methodology and theory, statistical methods for interaction/relational data (networks, game theory), and statistical applications in the social (economics, political science, public policy), environmental, and biological sciences.