Current research projects

Research interests within the Statistics group cover a wide spectrum, as can be seen elsewhere on our research pages. On this page we provide a brief summary table of some current projects that may be of interest to new research students, research fellows, and others.

Use the link in the left-hand column to access a PDF or web page with more details.

We’re keen to build new research partnerships and to find ways for you to become involved. Please contact the named supervisor(s) if you’d like to find out more about a project.

Topic/project	More information
Automatic clustering for light curves of stars	Supervisor(s): Dr Alfred Kume
Functional response for a heterogeneous world	Supervisor(s): Dr Daniel Bearup
Multivariate statistics and population structure in large genetic datasets	Supervisor(s): Dr James Bentham
On multivariate nonparametric additive models with applications to anticancer drug studies Sparse matrix-valued regression models: theory and methodologies	Supervisor(s): Prof Jian Zhang
Parameter redundancy in Ecological Models	Supervisor(s): Dr Diana Cole
Population-level analysis of gut microbes prevalence, variation and adaptations in the human and animal gut microbiota	Supervisor(s): Dr Eleni Matechou