Background

I am currently Professor of Statistics at Lancaster University. I have been at Lancaster since 2001, initially appointed as a lecturer. Previously I did a DPhil with Peter Clifford and a Post-doc with Peter Donnelly, both at the University of Oxford.

Below are details of my research interests, including current research projects. This site also contains details of my publications, access to software, and results of recent research looking at ranking of US college basketball teams.

Research Interests

  • Computational statistics, in particular sequential Monte Carlo and forward-backward filters.
  • Bayesian analysis of changepoint models.
  • Population genetics, including inference for Campylobcater jejuni.
  • Inference for diffusions and other continuous-time stochastic processes.

Awards

Current Research Funding

  • 2009-2012 Inference for diffusions and related processes.
    An EPSRC funded project, joint with Prof. Gareth Roberts, University of Warwick. This funds two RAs, one based at Lancaster and one at Warwick.
  • 2009-2012 Cows, Starlings and Campylobacter in New Zealand.
    I am co-investigator on this NZ Royal Society grant awarded to Prof. Nigel French