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Vacancy for Chair/Reader in Statistical Ecology
We are currently advertising for a new Chair in Statistical Ecology.
We are currently advertising for a new Chair in Statistical Ecology.
St Andrews has launched a new long-term research partnership with NERC’s National Centre for Atmospheric Science (NCAS) to understand better how the atmosphere and climate work, and how they might change into the future.
Professor David Borchers has been awarded the 2024 Barnett Award of the Royal Statistical Society for outstanding contributions to the field of environmental statistics.
Professor Jon Fraser has been awarded the Sir Edmund Whittaker Memorial Prize of the Edinburgh Mathematical Society, as well as being elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.
Dr Finn Smith has been awarded a University Teaching Excellent Award and Dr Chris Sutherland has won the student-selected award for Outstanding Innovation in Teaching.
Laura Johnson, PhD student in the Algebra and Combinatorics Group, has been awarded the prestigious 2024 London Mathematical Society Cecil King Travel Scholarship for early career mathematicians.
Two members of the School featured in the King’s New Year Honours 2024. Colva Roney-Dougal was awarded an OBE for Services to Education and Mathematics and Kenneth Falconer a CBE for Services to Mathematics.
Statisticians from CREEM (Centre for Research into Ecological and Environmental Modelling) participated in Explorathon2023, a science festival to encourage the public to engage with research, using interactive games.
A Scottish universities team, including the School’s Ben Swallow, has won the RSE Mary Somerville Medal for their analyses and insights that supported the pandemic's evidence-informed policy and public health response.
Alex Rutar, a research student working on fractal geometry, has won the 2023 London Mathematical Society Cecil King Travel Scholarship for early career mathematicians.