Biography

2021-present

Professor in Statistics, School of Computer Science and Statistics (SCSS), Trinity College Dublin, Ireland

2019-2021

Associate Professor of Statistics, SCSS, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland

2008-2019

Assistant Professor of Statistics, Department of Mathematics & Statistics, Maynooth University, Ireland

2004-2008

PhD in Statistics, School of Mathematical Sciences, University College Dublin, Ireland

Additional select positions

Director of Global Engagement for the TCD School of Computer Science and Statistics (2020 - 2023)
Treasurer of the Irish Statistical Association (2018-2022)
Associate Editor for the Journal of Ecology (2013 - 2023)
Member of the Irish Statistical Association (2003 - present)
Member of the Irish Statistical Association executive committee (2008 - 2014)
Chair of organising committee for CASI 2013 (www.casi.ie/CASI_2013)
Other memberships: British Ecological Society, Ecological Society of America.

Mar 2024: Applications invited for Postdoctoral Fellow in Statistics

This 2.5 year position has a deadline for applications of March 22nd 2024. Further details available here.

Feb 2024: Launch of DImodelsVis R package

This new package can be use for visualising models fitted using DI models with ease! Led by Rishabh Vishwakarma, check out this vignette to get started with the package.

Jan 2024: Launch of DImodelsMulti R package

This new package can be use for analysing ecosystem multifunctionality using the DI models framework and can also facilitate modelling repeated measures data. Led by Laura Byrne, check out this vignette to get started with the package.

Nov 2023: Launch of DImodels.com

Modelling the BEF relationship: Do you want to jointly model the effects of richness, composition AND evenness on ecosystem function? Check out our new DImodels.com website to help you do just that.