Hi! I’m Hadley Wickham, Chief Scientist at RStudio, and an Adjunct Professor of Statistics at the University of Auckland, Stanford University, and Rice University. I build tools (computational and cognitive) that make data science easier, faster, and more fun. I’m from New Zealand but I currently live in Houston, TX with my husband and dogs.

If you’d like to learn more about what I do, and how to use R effectively, you might enjoy one of my books (which are all free to read on the web):

  • R for Data Science, with Garrett Grolemund, is the place to start if you want to learn how to do data science with R.

  • ggplot2: elegant graphics for data analysis shows you how to use ggplot2 to create graphics that help you understand your data.

  • Advanced R helps you master R as a programming language, teaching you what makes R tick.

  • R packages teaches good software engineering practices for R, using packages for bundling, documenting, and testing your code.

Outside of work, I love to bake and make cocktails. My sister Charlotte is a Assistant Professor of Statistics at Oregon State University.

Hadley Wickham


Hi! I’m Hadley Wickham, Chief Scientist at RStudio, and an Adjunct Professor of Statistics at the University of Auckland, Stanford University, and Rice University. I build tools (computational and cognitive) that make data science easier, faster, and more fun. I’m from New Zealand but I currently live in Houston, TX with my husband and dogs.

If you’d like to learn more about what I do, and how to use R effectively, you might enjoy one of my books (which are all free to read on the web):

  • R for Data Science, with Garrett Grolemund, is the place to start if you want to learn how to do data science with R.

  • ggplot2: elegant graphics for data analysis shows you how to use ggplot2 to create graphics that help you understand your data.

  • Advanced R helps you master R as a programming language, teaching you what makes R tick.

  • R packages teaches good software engineering practices for R, using packages for bundling, documenting, and testing your code.

Outside of work, I love to bake and make cocktails. My sister Charlotte is a Assistant Professor of Statistics at Oregon State University.