I am currently a Lecturer (Research and Education) in Statistics,
School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of St Andrews.
Previous appointments
- 2019-22: Lecturer (Research and Education) in Statistics, School of
Mathematics and Statistics, University of Glasgow.
- 2017-19: Research Fellow, Mathematics Institute and Zeeman Institute
for Systems Biology and Infectious Disease Epidemiology Research
(SBIDER), University of Warwick
- 2015-17: Postdoctoral Research Associate, Atmospheric Chemistry
Research Group, University of Bristol
Education
- 2019-21: PGCert in Academic Pracrice (Merit), University of
Glasgow
- 2011-15: PhD in Statistics, University of St Andrews, supervised by
Professors Steve Buckland and Ruth King
- 2010/11: MSc in Statistics, University of St Andrews (Distinction),
project supervised by Professor Steve Buckland
- 2006-10: BA French and Mathematics, King’s College London
- 2008/09: ERASMUS Université Paris-Sorbonne (Paris IV)
Official positions/research activities and administration
- January 2024 - present: Associate Editor, Royal Society Open
Science
- August 2023 - present: PGT Statistics director, School of
Mathematics and Statistics, University of St Andrews
- February 2023 - present: Associate Editor, Journal of Statistical
Theory and Practice
- January 2023 - August 2023: Industry and Employability Lead, School
of Mathematics and Statistics, University of St Andrews
- January - March 2023: Honorary Researcher, Public Health
Scotland
- December 2022 - present: Chair, Environmental Statistics Section,
Royal Statistical Society
- March - May 2022: European Crucible Leadership Network participant
(competitively selected)
- August 2021 - August 2022: School supported research sabbatical,
including invited research visits at University of Lisbon (February) and
Harvard (July/August)
- 2021-2022: Associate Editor, Journal of Royal Statistical Society
(Series C) for themed issue on statistics of climate change
- 2021-present: Associate Editor, Journal of Statistical Theory and
Practice
- 2021-2022: University of Glasgow Statistics PGT Co-director
- 2021-present: Royal Statistical Society Discussions Meeting
Committee member
- 2021: NCSE Summer meeting local organising committee
- 2020-present: School of Mathematics and Statistics Research
Committee members
- 2020-2022: Scottish Covid-19 Research Consortium Uncertainty
Quantification lead
- 2019-present: Board member, Royal Statistical Society Conference
Board and Environmental/Spatial statistics stream lead
- 2019-2022: Meetings secretary, Environmental Statistics Section,
Royal Statistical Society
- 2019-present: Member (2019-2023) and Board member (2023-), National
Centre for Statistical Ecology
- 2019-2021: University of Glasgow Statistics Seminar Organiser
- Sept 2020: Chair, Barnett Lecture, Royal Statistical Society Annual
Conference
- 2017-2019: Committee member, West Midlands Local Group, Royal
Statistical Society
Society affiliations
- Member, National Centre for Statistical Ecology
- GradStat Fellow, Royal Statistical Society
- Associate Fellow, Higher Education Academy
- Member, International Biometric Society and International Society
for Bayesian Analysis