Post-doc: Spatio-temporal point processes, Epidemiology.
Ph.D.: Spatial statistics, Boundary estimation, Geometry of random fields, Gaussian random field, Non stationary chi-square random fields, Precision agriculture.
I'm currently working on a research project about human Campylobacter infections in the North West of England. The main focus of my research is on investigating the origins, transmission pathways and emergence of the infections. I collaborate with Prof Peter Diggle, describing the spatio-temporal and genetic epidemiology of the infections. I also have a general interest in statistical methods for spatially referenced epidemiological data.
Ph.D.
Obtained: December 2004 from Université des Sciences et Techniques du Languedoc, Montpellier, France.
Ph.D. supervisor: Denis Allard (Biometry Unit, INRA Avignon),
Dissertation title:Detection of Zones of Abrupt Change in spatial data and application to precision agriculture.
Method : Data : a spatial variable Z(x). Method : (i) interpolation of the variable (by ordinary kriging) on the study domain, (ii) local test for detecting the existence of discontinuities in the mean of Z(.), (iii) global test of significance of the detected Zones of Abrupt Change.
Prize
Marie-Jeanne Laurent-Duhamel 2006 prize of the French statistical society (SFdS: Société Francaise de Statistique).