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Deadline: 31 January 2013


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 and the social sciences. 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,
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General information about the Department can be found at:
http://www.maths.lancs.ac.uk

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