SCHOOL OF MATHEMATICS, STATISTIC AND ACTUARIAL SCIENCE, UNIVERSITY OF KENT
Senior Lecturer in Statistics (Ref: STM0527) Closing date: 15 March 2015
We are looking for someone with a strong research record in Statistics.
Preference will be given to statisticians with expertise in stochastic processes or applied probability who can demonstrate the potential to link with and enhance the current research interests of the Statistics group.
The Statistics Group at Kent consists of 3 Professors, 3 Senior Lecturers and 7 Lecturers, one of whom currently has a NERC Fellowship.
The research interests of the Statistics Group cover a wide spectrum, including both methodological and applied work. The main areas of emphasis are Bayesian methods, particularly Bayesian non-parametrics and MCMC methods, biological and ecological statistics, including strong involvement in the National Centre for Statistical Ecology (http://www.ncse.org.uk), shape statistics, financial econometrics, genetics, neuroimaging, multivariate methods and non-parametric regression.
The Statistics Group is part of the School of Mathematics, Statistics and Actuarial Science, which has approximately 55 full-time academic staff and offers a variety of UG and PG degrees, with over 1000 current students. As well as a BSc in Mathematics and Statistics, we have MSc programmes in Statistics and Statistics with Finance.
As part of the Faculty of Sciences, the School has an Institutional Bronze Athena SWAN Award. With the aim of further embedding equal opportunities for women within its working practices, the School has recently gained its own individual Athena SWAN Bronze award and is now starting to work towards an application for the Silver award.
Applicants should hold a PhD in a relevant field, and be able to teach at both undergraduate and postgraduate level and will also be required to undertake some administrative duties.
For full details of the role and selection criteria please refer to http://tinyurl.com/UKCstats
Informal enquiries are welcomed and should be directed to Professor Martin Ridout, Tel: +44 (0) 1227-827857 (direct line), E-mail: Este enderezo de correo está a ser protexido dos robots de correo lixo. Precisa activar o JavaScript para velo.; Professor Jim Griffin, Tel: +44 (0) 1227-823627 (direct line), E-mail: Este enderezo de correo está a ser protexido dos robots de correo lixo. Precisa activar o JavaScript para velo. or Professor Jian Zhang. Tel: +44 (0) 1227-823648 (direct line), E-mail: Este enderezo de correo está a ser protexido dos robots de correo lixo. Precisa activar o JavaScript para velo..
Further Information
Closing date for applications: 15 March 2015
Interviews are to be held: 22 April 2015
