Based at the Mt Albert Research Centre, I worked as a senior research associate within the Epidemiology Disease Management team. In this role, I provided technical support for plant disease research programs on a range of crops (e.g. kiwifruit, grapevine and avocado) to understand how to predict plant disease epidemics.Professional skills:- Design and execute field research in plant pathology- Data collection and analysis using a range of statistical programs and programming… Show more Based at the Mt Albert Research Centre, I worked as a senior research associate within the Epidemiology Disease Management team. In this role, I provided technical support for plant disease research programs on a range of crops (e.g. kiwifruit, grapevine and avocado) to understand how to predict plant disease epidemics.Professional skills:- Design and execute field research in plant pathology- Data collection and analysis using a range of statistical programs and programming languages (e.g. PRIMER-7, R, Minitab, Python, CR Basic etc)- Set-up and maintenance of weather station data loggers and sensors - Preparation of client reports, presentations and scientific publications Show less

Assisted undergraduate students in a computer laboratory environment on a range of statistical techniques from t-tests, simple linear regression and chi-sq tests to the introduction of ANOVA and multiple regression