The pdf version of my CV can be found here.

Education:

Sept 2005 - Present

Harvard University; PhD in Statistics candidate (Advisor: Prof. Xiao-Li Meng)

Sept 2004 - July 2005

Trinity Hall and The Statistical Laboratory, University of Cambridge; MPhil in Statistical Science. Masters Thesis: Election Forecasting Methods for the UK general election (Supervisor: Dr. Steve Brooks)

Sept 2001 - June 2004

College of St. Hild and St. Bede, University of Durham; BSc in Mathematics. Undergraduate Thesis: Fibonacci Numbers (Supervisor: Dr. Bob Johnson)

Awards:

2009: IBM T.J. Watson Research Center Student Award Winner (awarded by New England Statistics Symposium)

Awarded for best student paper: "Bayesian Analysis of Stellar Populations".

2009: Member Mu Sigma Rho (national honorary society of Statistics)

Nominated by Prof. Xiao-Li Meng.

2008: Post-Qualifying Talk Award (awarded by Harvard Statistics Department)

Awarded each semester to two post-qualifying talks given in the department. Provides funding to attend a conference of the recipients choice.

2008: Laha Travel Award (awarded by the IMS)

Funding to attend and present research at the seventh World Congress in Probability and Statistics at NUS, Singapore, jointly sponsored by the Bernoulli Society and the Institute of Mathematical Statistics.

2008: Derek C. Bok Award for Excellence in Graduate Teaching of Undergraduates (awarded by the Derek Bok Center, Harvard University)

Awarded annually to five teaching fellows in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences.

2007: Certificate of Distinction for Excellence in Teaching (awarded by Derek Bok Center, Harvard University)

Certificates are given each semester, based upon CUE teaching evaluation scores.

2005: John Wishart Prize for Statistics (awarded by Statistical Laboratory, University of Cambridge)

Award for outstanding achievement in the MPhil in Statistical Science.

2004: Thesis Prize (awarded by Dept. Mathematics, University of Durham)

Awarded for outstanding thesis in Mathematics (Fibonnaci Numbers, supervised by Dr. Bob Johnson)

2004: Examinations Prize (awarded by Dept. of Mathematics, University of Durham)

Awarded for top performance in final year examinations in Mathematics.

Teaching:

Stat 104: Introduction to Quantitative Methods (Fall 2006)

An introductory statistics course; essentially an accelerated version of Stat 100. Professor: Kenneth Stanley (Public Health)

Stat 149: Statistical Sleuthing through Generalized Linear Models (Spring 2007, Spring 2009)

An advanced undergraduate course on Generalized Linear Modelling (taught jointly with Stat 249). Professor: Xiao-Li Meng (Statistics)

Stat 249: Statistical Sleuthing through Generalized Linear Models (Spring 2007, Spring 2009)

A graduate-level course on Generalized Linear Modelling (taught jointly with Stat 249). Professor: Xiao-Li Meng (Statistics).

Departmental Teaching Fellow in Statistics (Summer 2007 - Spring 2008)

A Bok Center initiative designed to focus on enhancing teaching in specific disciplines. Various projects and possible workshop details to follow.

Stat 303: The Art and Practice of Teaching Statistics (Fall 2007, Spring 2008)

Training course for first-year PhD students in preparation for their future TFing duties. The course has a variety of sessions; practice teachings, pedagogical training, meeting undergraduates, office hours, and many more.

Stat 221: Statistical Computing and Learning (Fall 2009)

A graduate course teaching both the fundamentals and more advanced applications of statistical computing and machine learning. Professor: Edo Airoldi (Statistics).

Stat 105: Real-Life Statistics: Your Chance for Happiness (or Misery) (Spring 2008/9/10)

I have been involved in the planning and preparation of this undergraduate course for several years. The course aims to teach many of the basic concepts of Statistics in some new and (hopefully) fun ways. Professor: Xiao-Li Meng (Statistics).

Research:

Research Assistant (Summer 2006)

Generalized Linear Mixed Models: An overview of methodology and computation

Research Assistant (Summer 2007)

Astrostatistics: Modelling CMD's. Probability Matching Priors: Theory and applications.

Research Assistant (Summer 2008/9)

Spatio-Temporal Downscaling: Regional and Local-scale climate prediction.