Biomathematics Research Centre
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- Professor
- Mathematics and Statistics
- ProfessorMathematics and Statistics
My primary research interest is in environmental statistics and I have expertise in survey design and environmental monitoring. Research in environmental statistics is collaborative by its very nature, and I work with both statisticians and biologists. As an applied statistician I am involved in projects in a variety of application areas and as such publish in a wide range of journals.
I have an international reputation in survey design and environmental monitoring and am often asked by overseas agencies for advice and assistance in designing environmental monitoring programmes, specifically designs for animal and plant monitoring. I have provided advice and support in France, Italy, Spain, USA and Australia, as well as in New Zealand. I have hosted international workshops on survey design and environmental monitoring.
My research interests are broad and go beyond environmental statistics. I work in other application areas, most recently, human health and wellbeing. I also work in theoretical statistics, with publications in topics ranging from theoretical sampling to regression trees.
I am committed to developing leadership in the mathematical sciences, including statistics and data science. I provide advice and support for emerging leaders.My primary research interest is in environmental statistics and I have expertise in survey design and environmental monitoring. Research in environmental statistics is collaborative by its very nature, and I work with both statisticians and biologists. As an applied statistician I am involved in projects in a variety of application areas and as such publish in a wide range of journals.
I have an international reputation in survey design and environmental monitoring and am often asked by overseas agencies for advice and assistance in designing environmental monitoring programmes, specifically designs for animal and plant monitoring. I have provided advice and support in France, Italy, Spain, USA and Australia, as well as in New Zealand. I have hosted international workshops on survey design and environmental monitoring.
My research interests are broad and go beyond environmental statistics. I work in other application areas, most recently, human health and wellbeing. I also work in theoretical statistics, with publications in topics ranging from theoretical sampling to regression trees.
I am committed to developing leadership in the mathematical sciences, including statistics and data science. I provide advice and support for emerging leaders.- Faculty of Engineering
- Registered to supervise Master's/Doctoral students
Fields of Research- Applied statistics
- Professor
- School of Biological Sciences
- ProfessorSchool of Biological Sciences
Research interests include the genetics and molecular biology of bacteria, phage and some single-celled eukaryotic microorganisms, horizontal gene transfer, particularly conjugation, effects of stress, particularly induced by antibiotics and agrichemicals, evolution and risk assessment, and biology education research. Specific interests are the biochemical and genetic characterization of antibiotic resistance causation.Research interests include the genetics and molecular biology of bacteria, phage and some single-celled eukaryotic microorganisms, horizontal gene transfer, particularly conjugation, effects of stress, particularly induced by antibiotics and agrichemicals, evolution and risk assessment, and biology education research. Specific interests are the biochemical and genetic characterization of antibiotic resistance causation.- Faculty of Science
- Registered to supervise Master's/Doctoral students
Fields of Research- Biological sciences
- Biomedical and clinical sciences
- Environmental sciences
- Chemical sciences
- Genetics
- Microbiology
- Medical microbiology
- Environmental management
- Ecology
- Ecological applications
- Professor
- Mathematics and Statistics
- ProfessorMathematics and Statistics
My research interests focus on mathematical modelling, taking real life problems and data and using mathematics to explore phenomenology and underlying principles. I work in arange of areas including ecology, social sciences, eduction and epidemiology.
My research interests focus on mathematical modelling, taking real life problems and data and using mathematics to explore phenomenology and underlying principles. I work in arange of areas including ecology, social sciences, eduction and epidemiology.
- Faculty of Engineering
- Registered to supervise Master's/Doctoral students
- 10 Reduced Inequalities
- 5 Gender Equality
- 4 Quality Education
- Collaborative research projects
- Consulting & advisory services
- Policy advice & government consultation
- Industry partnerships & innovation
- Outreach & community engagement
Fields of Research- Applied mathematics
- Biological mathematics
- Applied mathematics not elsewhere classified
- Applied statistics
- Statistical data science
- Professor
- Mathematics and Statistics
- ProfessorMathematics and Statistics
Michael Plank is a Professor in the School of Mathematics and Statistics at the University of Canterbury, a Fellow of the Royal Society Te Apārangi, and an Investigator at Te Pūnaha Matatini, New Zealand's Centre of Research Excellence in Complex Systems and Data Analytics. He obtained a BSc(Hons) in Mathematics from the University of Bristol in 2000 and a PhD in Applied Mathematics from the University of Leeds in 2003. He started at the University of Canterbury as a postdoctoral research fellow in 2004 and as a continuing academic staff member from 2006. His research interests are in infectious disease dynamics and mathematical biology and he has interdisciplinary collaborations with epidemiologists, biologists, clinicians and policymakers.
Michael Plank is a Professor in the School of Mathematics and Statistics at the University of Canterbury, a Fellow of the Royal Society Te Apārangi, and an Investigator at Te Pūnaha Matatini, New Zealand's Centre of Research Excellence in Complex Systems and Data Analytics. He obtained a BSc(Hons) in Mathematics from the University of Bristol in 2000 and a PhD in Applied Mathematics from the University of Leeds in 2003. He started at the University of Canterbury as a postdoctoral research fellow in 2004 and as a continuing academic staff member from 2006. His research interests are in infectious disease dynamics and mathematical biology and he has interdisciplinary collaborations with epidemiologists, biologists, clinicians and policymakers.
- Faculty of Engineering
- Registered to supervise Master's/Doctoral students
- 3 Good Health and Well Being
- 10 Reduced Inequalities
- Collaborative research projects
- Consulting & advisory services
- Industry partnerships & innovation
- Media enquiries
- Policy advice & government consultation
- Outreach & community engagement
Fields of Research- Epidemiological modelling
- Biological mathematics
- Applied mathematics
- Computational statistics
- Infectious diseases
- Distinguished Professor
- Mathematics and Statistics
- Distinguished ProfessorMathematics and Statistics
Combinatorics, phylogenetics, matroid theoryCombinatorics, phylogenetics, matroid theory- Faculty of Engineering
- Registered to supervise Master's/Doctoral students
- Distinguished Professor
- Mathematics and Statistics
- Distinguished ProfessorMathematics and Statistics
Applications of discrete mathematics (combinatorics, graph theory) and probability theory to contemporary problems in biology.
Applications of discrete mathematics (combinatorics, graph theory) and probability theory to contemporary problems in biology.
- Faculty of Engineering
- Registered to supervise Master's/Doctoral students
Fields of Research- Applied mathematics
- Combinatorics and discrete mathematics (excl. physical combinatorics)
- Evolutionary biology
- Probability theory