Welcome to my homepage! When asked what I do, I describe myself as an
ecological statistician. I received my PhD from
the Department of Statistics and
Actuarial Science at Simon Fraser
University in 2009 and am currently employed as an NSERC/PIMS
funded post-doctoral fellow in
the Department of Statistics
at The University of British Columbia.
The primary motivations for my work are the challenges of monitoring
and managing human impacts on the environment. My current research
focuses on developing functional data methods for the analysis of
ecological and environmental data. I am also particularly interested
in statistical methods for analysing data from mark-recapture
experiments for monitoring threatened animal populations. Further
details about my current research and my future plans are included in
my research statement.
I enjoy teaching and was fortunate to have the opportunity to teach two classes during my time at SFU. In the summer of 2003 I taught STAT101: Introduction to Statistics and in fall 2005 taught STAT450: Statistical Theory. I worked as a teaching assistant for several courses during my MSc and PhD and also completed the Certificate in University Teaching and Learning for Graduate Students and the Instructional Skills Workshop organized through the SFU Learning and Instructional Development Centre. Please see my teaching statement for information about the courses I have taught and my teaching philosophy.
When I am not working, I like to be outside as much as possible. I am an avid birdwatcher and spent two summers during my BSc as a field ornithologist with the Long Point Bird Observatory and the Missouri Ozark Forest Ecosystem Project. I also enjoy hiking, canoeing, and camping whenever I get the chance. In 2006, I began playing hockey with a team in the Vancouver Adult Co-ed Hockey Leagues. In my spare time, I play blues guitar and do cryptic crosswords (mostly from the Globe and Mail newspaper, though I have recently been trying the more challenging puzzles in the Guardian).
I enjoy teaching and was fortunate to have the opportunity to teach two classes during my time at SFU. In the summer of 2003 I taught STAT101: Introduction to Statistics and in fall 2005 taught STAT450: Statistical Theory. I worked as a teaching assistant for several courses during my MSc and PhD and also completed the Certificate in University Teaching and Learning for Graduate Students and the Instructional Skills Workshop organized through the SFU Learning and Instructional Development Centre. Please see my teaching statement for information about the courses I have taught and my teaching philosophy.
When I am not working, I like to be outside as much as possible. I am an avid birdwatcher and spent two summers during my BSc as a field ornithologist with the Long Point Bird Observatory and the Missouri Ozark Forest Ecosystem Project. I also enjoy hiking, canoeing, and camping whenever I get the chance. In 2006, I began playing hockey with a team in the Vancouver Adult Co-ed Hockey Leagues. In my spare time, I play blues guitar and do cryptic crosswords (mostly from the Globe and Mail newspaper, though I have recently been trying the more challenging puzzles in the Guardian).
