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Kenneth Lange is an American mathematician whose research focuses on the development of mathematical methods in optimization theory, applied probability, and computation statistics, and realistic biological modeling.

Early Life and Education
Kenneth Lange was born on June 16, 1946 in Angola, Indiana. He earned his B.S. in Mathematics in 1967 at Michigan State University. Lange then continued his studies at Massachusetts Institute of Technology where he earned his M.S. in 1968 and his Ph.D. 1971 [4].

Career
Lange currently works as the Rosenfield Professor of Computational Genetics University of California, Los Angeles [3]. He is a member of the Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CSTI), the American Society of Human Genetics, the American Statistical Association, and the Society of Industrial and Applied Mathematics [4]. He previously served as Chair of the Department of Human Genetics for nine years [3]. From 1994 to 1998, Lange was Professor of Biostatistics and Mathematics and the Pharmacia and Upjohn Foundation Research Professor at the University of Michigan [3].

Awards and Achievements
Throughout his career, Lange has had several works and publications. He has authored 4 advanced textbooks and has published more than 200 scientific papers in several areas [3]. The areas include genetic epidemiology, population genetics, membrane physiology, demography, oncology, medical imaging, stochastic processes, and optimization theory. Most of his landmark papers discusses about the biological applications of Markov chains, Markov chain Monte Carlo, and high-dimensional optimization [3].