Statistical Sciences Research Institute (S3RI)

Our people

Learn more about our team of expert statisticians by exploring our staff biography pages.

Professor Jeremy Frey

Professor of Physical Chemistry

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Mr Jinxuan Bai

Research interests

  • Mathematical neuroscience
  • Spatial-temporal modelling applied to neuroscience
  • Machine learning  
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Dr Jon Cockayne

Associate Professor

Research interests

  • Statistical Computing
  • Bayesian Computation
  • Probabilistic Numerical Methods
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Professor Li-Chun Zhang

Professor in Social Statistics

Research interests

  • Graph sampling
  • Analysis of integrated data
  • Statistical uses of administrative sources

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Mrs Megan Lawrence

Senior Medical Statistician
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Dr Mihaela Paun

Lecturer in Statistics

Research interests

  • Uncertainty quantification
  • Bayesian inference
  • Machine learning and computational statistics

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Professor Nikos Tzavidis PhD

Professor of Statistical Methodology

Research interests

  • Small Area Estimation and official statistics
  • Outlier robust inference; Quantile and M-quantile models
  • Geospatial data; Poverty mapping; Statistical inference under data aggregation and displaceme…

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Professor Nuala Mcgrath

Prof of Epidemiology & Sexual Health

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Professor Olga Maslovskaya

Prof Survey Methodology & Social Stats

Research interests

  • All aspects of survey
  • Survey data collection
  • Data quality

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Professor Paul Smith

Personal Chair

Research interests

  • Sampling and estimation methods in official statistics
  • Dual system (capture-recapture) estimation in official statistics
  • Price indices

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