I am an ARC Future Fellow and Professor in Applied Mathematics within the Stochastic Modelling and Operations Research Group (SMORG) of the School of Mathematical Sciences at The University of Adelaide. I lead the new methods for simulation and modelling theme. in the NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence for Policy Relevant Infectious Disease Simulation and Mathematical Modelling (PRISM2), and am Director of Research for the School of Mathematical Sciences. I’m also Theme Leader for the Smart Technologies and Mathematics theme in the Faculty of Engineering, Computer and Mathematical Sciences.
My research interests are: Modelling in Ecology, Epidemiology and Evolution; Stochastic modelling; Bayesian computational statistics; and, Operations Research.