I’m keen to discuss potential research project ideas with any student with interests in statistical problems arising from concrete applications, whether the project itself is applied or theoretical. Especially (but not necessarily!) at the interface with ecology. Statistics is a highly technical discipline, so training in the mathematical sciences is important, ideally with some specialisation in statistics. I’m especially familiar with problems in high-dimensional analysis, latent variable modelling, errors-in-variables modelling, and point process modelling, but am open to suggestions if you have another idea.

Some specific project ideas can be found at http://www.eco-stats.unsw.edu.au/opportunities.html

I’m affiliated with both the School of Mathematics and Statistics and the Evolution & Ecology Research Centre, through either of which you can enrol, and both of which have active Honours and postgraduate research programs – including an annual postgraduate conference, workshops for additional training, teaching opportunities as a classroom tutor or lab demonstrator, and more. In all of which you will be encouraged to participate! The Eco-Stats Research Group meets weekly to discuss current research by its members and recent developments in the literature more broadly. One of the exciting things about research is the opportunity to travel to and meet and work with people from all around the world. Our group is building an extensive network of collaborators, and there is a good chance you will get to work with ecologists and/or statisticians from Australia or maybe internationally. We regularly present our work at conferences – in the last couple of years, Eco-Stats researchers presented in St Andrews (Scotland), Oregon, Seattle, Queenstown and Hobart.  And Canberra.