Chair in Statistics
Lancaster University, Department of Mathematics & Statistics

Salary: Professorial (minimum £59,078)
Closing Date:   Thursday, 31 January 2013
Interview Date:   Friday, 1 March 2013 
Reference:  A577

This new post, commencing 1 September 2013 or as soon as possible thereafter, is part of a continuing expansion of the Department which this year is also seeking to fill a Lectureship in Statistics and two Lectureships in Pure Mathematics, following the appointment of a Reader and two Lecturers in Statistics and a Professor and two Lecturers in Pure Mathematics last year.

Lancaster University has one of the largest and strongest statistics research groups in the UK comprising 21 academic staff, 7 research associates and 39 FTE research students. In the 2008 RAE, 60% of Lancaster's Statistics and OR outputs were graded as 3* or 4*.  The statistics group takes a leading role in the development of statistical methodology such as Markov chain Monte Carlo, particle filtering, extreme value theory, wavelets, the analysis of longitudinal and spatial data and mixture models.  

Application interests include industry, medicine, clinical trials and the social sciences, including criminology. In collaboration with the Department of Management Science, we host STOR-i, one of only three EPSRC-funded Doctoral Training Centres in the Mathematical Sciences. The STOR-i DTC funds at least 10 PhD students each year within Statistics and Operational Research, and has an emphasis on collaborative research with manufacturing, energy and financial companies. The wavelets research group also has strong industrial links that have led to the funding of two Research Associates.  The Medical and Pharmaceutical Statistics Research Unit collaborates with the pharmaceutical industry and is part of the MRC-funded North West Hub for Trial Methodology Research. With researchers in the Faculty of Health and Medicine, the Department plays a leading role in developing and applying methods of spatial epidemiology.  The Department is part of the ESRC-funded North West Doctoral Training Centre for Social Science together with the Universities of Liverpool and Manchester, and is involved in applying statistics to criminology, forensic science and health.

The Department has a thriving programme of teaching statistics to students from a variety of backgrounds.  Undergraduate numbers on our mathematics degrees have risen from around 90 to 150 over the last five years, while entry grades have also increased.  Our MSc course in Statistics attracts over 20 students each year, as well as funding from the NIHR, MRC and EPSRC.  We also teach an MSc programme in Quantitative Methods and contribute to one on Quantitative Finance, as well as providing courses in statistics for other departments.  The Department presents short specialist courses in advanced statistical methods, some of which attract participants from throughout the UK and Europe, provides an advisory service for all researchers on campus, and engages in consulting with industry and public bodies.

You may have research interests in any area of statistics, but a proven record of attracting research funding and research studentships is required.  Appointments that strengthen our existing statistics research groups or lead to the establishment of similar groups with other methodological interests or to collaborations in other application areas are sought.  We also seek people who will be capable and enthusiastic supervisors of our growing body of research students and contributors to the Department's teaching programme. 
Informal enquiries can be made to: Professor John Whitehead, [log in to unmask]
 
General information about the Department can be found at:  http://www.maths.lancs.ac.uk 

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