I began my research career as an astronomer, and graduated with a PhD in Astronomy in 1991. After four years of postdoctoral research I moved into statistics - first in epidemiology, then working in official statistics and survey design, and in recent times working on a variety of applied statistics problems, I collected an MSc in Statistics and Operations Research along the way.

I am a member of the Centre of Research Excellence "Te Punaha Matatini", funded by the Tertiary Education Commission.

Experience

  • –present
    Professor of Statistics and Data Science, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington

Education

  • 1991 
    University of Cambridge, Victoria University of Wellington, PhD in Astronomy, MSc in Statistics

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