About me
Welcome. Thanks for taking time to find out about me. This is a summary of my career so far. A more formal, printable CV is available as a pdf file.
Current position
| Jan 2012 - present | University of Bristol | Brunel Postdoctoral Fellow. Research in extensions to regression on a graph algorithm. Secured through proposal for self-directed research. Funded by SuSTaIn. |
Academic experience
| Aug 2010 - Dec 2011 | ALSPAC, University of Bristol | Research Assitiant in Medical Statistics. Working for cohort study on WCRF grant investigating relationship between dietary patterns and fat/lean mass. Also data buddying: preparing data for other collaborators. |
| Feb 2006 - July 2006 | University of New South Wales, Sydney | Casual Research Assistant. I supported two researchers in an evaluation of assessment methods in statistics service courses, managing data, providing reports and custom-made R graphics and specialised R programs. |
| June 2002 - Aug 2002 | ALSPAC, University of Bristol | Coding Medical Questionnaires. |
Education
| May 2007 - Jun 2011 | University of Bristol | PhD Student, Statistics. Thesis title: Total variation denoising and multiresolution on graphs, with applications to house price data. Supervisor: Dr. Arne Kovac. I attended the full APTS course in 2007-08 and completed all eight coursework modules. |
| Feb 2005 - July 2006 | University of New South Wales, Sydney | Master of Statistics. Postgraduate coursework degree with research component. Average mark 90%. I took courses in Medical Statistics, Longitudinal Data Analysis, Statistical Consulting, Multivariate Analysis, Data Mining and Stochastic Processes. |
| Oct 2001 - June 2004 | University of Bristol | BSc Mathematics. First class honours. My third year courses were in Bayesian Statistics, Generalised Linear Models, Experimental Design, PDEs, Complex Functions and Number Theory. |
Teaching
| 2012 - | Statistics 1 Supervised computer labs. Wrote assignment questions. |
| 2012 - | Multivariate Analysis 34 Supervised computer labs. |
| 2012 - | First year honours mathematics Statistics tutor. |
| 2007 - 2012 | Statistics 2 Supervised computer labs and marked assignments. |
| 2009 - 2011 | Introduction to LaTeX Developed course content and material. Delivered lecture. |
| 2011 | Research Methods Tutor. |
| 2007 - 2010 | First year honours mathematics Statistics tutor. Invigilated and marked exams. |
| 2006 | Student Support Scheme One-on-one drop-in tutoring. |
| 2006 | Engineering Computations 1 Tutorials and computer labs. |
| 2005 | Applied Statistics for Chemical Engineers Tutorials, invigilated and marked tests. |
Work/Other experience
| May 2007 - | City Church (Bristol) Trust | Treasurer. Administering a budget of over £200,000, fund accounting, tax administration and preparing accounts for examination and submission to the Charity Commission. |
| Sep 2004 - Feb 2005 | The Insolvency Service, Bristol | Insolvency Support Officer. I worked for the team in the Official Receiver's office. My duties included casework and court liason, developing and managing the Early Discharge procedure which was new at the time. |
Academic life
Prizes
| Apr 2011 | First prize for best talk at the Young Statisticians' Meeting. £100 book token and invited to talk at RSS conference. |
| Apr 2010 | First prize for best talk at the Research Students' Conference. £100 book token and invited to talk at RSS conference. |
| Mar 2010 | Third prize for best talk at the Young Statisticians' Meeting, and best in session. Book prizes and invited to talk at RSS conference. |
| Mar 2009 | Second prize for best talk at the Research Students' Conference. £50 book token and invited to give the talk again at the RSS conference. |
| May 2006 | PricewaterhouseCoopers Prize for Data Mining, University of New South Wales. Mine was the highest mark in the postgraduate data mining course. A$1000. |
| July 2004 | Science Faculty Prize for Second Year Work, University of Bristol. This was awarded in restrospect after changes in the funding of these awards. £100. |
| Dec 2003 | I attended some lunchtime postgraduate lectures on Number Theory in my final undergraduate year, aimed at non-pure mathematicians. I won the prize for the best assignments. £10. |
Other
| Dec 2010 | Featured in Statistics, Actually. |
| Feb 2010 | Co-organised the Postgraduate Statistics Seminar Series. |
| Dec 2008 | Co-organised the department Christmas meal. |
| Dec 2003 | Featured in the undergraduate admissions DVD 'Mathematics at Bristol'. |
| Aug 2003 | Letter of approbation from the Science Faculty for my second year exam success. |
| Aug 2002 | Letter of approbation from the Science Faculty for my first year exam success. |
| July 2000 | Attended the Cambridge University / Sutton Trust Summer School (in Mathematics) at Trinity Hall, Cambridge. |
I was partly able to star in the DVD thanks to serving as the maths department course representative for two years - a very rewarding experience. I sat on the Teaching Committee within the department, and the Board of Science at faculty level. My course rep information webpage is still viewable, thanks to the Internet Archive Wayback Machine.
