Nathan Yau is an American statistician and data visualization expert.
[1] He graduated in 2007 with a Master of Science and in 2013 with a PhD in statistics from the University of California, Los Angeles.
[1][3][4] His dissertation was titled "An Online Tool for Personal Data Collection and Exploration" and focused on self-surveillance techniques.
[2][5] Yau's earlier self-surveillance work on the "Personal Environmental Impact Report" was featured in Yau's chapter of the book Beautiful Data, published in 2009.
[6][7] Yau is known for his blog FlowingData in which he publishes writing and tutorials on information design and analytics, as well as visualizations and data science-related projects created by other professionals.