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Canada

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

- Develop advanced statistical and machine learning models with an eye towards practicality and communication so that results can be relied and acted upon. - Specializes in multiple variable frequency analyses, such as for mixed regime watersheds, floodplain mapping, and statistically consistent IDF curves, adjusting results for climate change using downscaled models such as VIC-GL.- Mentor colleagues on statistics and computation.- Produce robust, reproducible, and readable code primarily in the R Project for Statistical Computing, bringing in python and C++ when needed.

Vancouver

- Led nine 2-month capstone projects solving business problems with data science, each by working with a student group and a business partner.- Overseen the entire life-cycle of many university courses in data science: course creation/design, coding materials and infrastructure, launching/delivering, and assuring a positive student experience.- Led a research program advancing methods in predictive distributions: extreme value modelling integrated with quantile regression; advances in flood forecasting; domain-specific languages for probability distributions using R. - Engineered three R packages for probabilistic analyses: igcop (on CRAN); distionary; distplyr.- Mentored students during the production of all the above.(Progression of titles: Postdoc -> Lecturer -> Asst. Prof. of Teaching)

Vancouver Bc

Course: Communicating Science (SCIE 300)Iterations: Fall 2012, Fall 2013, Winter 2014, Fall 2016.Duties:- Helped students develop sound scientific investigations (a course project).- Graded blog posts, writing assignments, and presentations.- Demonstrated how to give a 3-minute scientific speech.

Vancouver, Canada Area

- Made scientific concepts such as cohesion accessible to the public through hands-on activities.- Inspired teens on regular "Teen Tuesdays" by sharing what it's like to be a researcher.- Being positive and helpful to ensure visitors have a great experience.- Quite simply, getting excited about science and sharing that excitement. I loved talking about our chameleon!I volunteered 78 hours in:- "Zoom into Nano" exhibit on nanoscience. - "Quantum: the Exhibition" exhibit on Quantum Physics and computation.

St. Catharines, Ontario

Collaborated with Brock faculty in statistical research. Topics:-Extreme Value Modelling-Monte Carlo techniques applied to Quantum Chemistry

St. Catharines

Provided one-on-one assistance to students and graded assignments for the courses:MATH 2F40 (twice): Mathematics Integrated with Computers and Applications IIMATH 3P81 - Experimental DesignMATH 3P82 - Regression AnalysisMATH 4P81/5P81 - Sampling TheoryMATH 4P82/5P82 - Non-parametric Statistics

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Statistics

Performed (usable) research for forecasting extremes using Statistics: - Developed a flexible extreme forecasting regression/machine.

Master Of Science (Msc), Mathematical Statistics And Probability

Activities and Societies: Varsity Fencing Developed a model for the severity of extreme events such as hurricanes.

Bachelor Of Science (Bsc), Mathematics And Statistics

Activities and Societies: Varsity fencing, Roots of Unity Mathematics club vice president Strengthened my mathematical and computational.

Bachelor Of Science (Bsc), Biological Sciences W/ Minor In Earth Science

Obtained a broad scientific knowledge base, with a deeper focus in Ecology.