Absolutely not at all. Statistics and geometry are very different fields. Sure they both use some part of mathematics and an undergrad level statistics and geom

Absolutely not at all. Statistics and geometry are very different fields. Sure they both use some part of mathematics and an undergrad level statistics and geometry curriculum will have many common classes, but at post-doc level it is definitely surprising. I'm not saying a statistician is not qualified to do research in geometry -- they might be competent enough to do so -- it's just surprising because statistics and geometry work on different problems.