Probability and Statistics, Department of Mathematics, University of Manchester

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About This Page:

This page provides an overview of the Probability and Statistics group of the Department of Mathematics at the University of Manchester, UK.

The reason for the existence of this page is to collect information about the group all in one place (this info is otherwise dispersed across official web sites).

Research Themes:

The Probability and Statistics group is involved in the following departmental research themes:

1. Statistics, inverse problems, uncertainty quantification and data science,
2. Probability, financial mathematics and actuarial science and
3. Mathematics in the life sciences.

Currently Recruiting:

We are recruiting for the following positions:

1. Senior Lecturer / Reader in Computational Statistics. Deadline to apply: Thursday 13 February 2025; Presentations and interviews: Thursday 13 March 2025 (apply here) .

Members of the Probability and Statistics group:

See also the official staff list of the Department of Mathematics.

Below is a list of the 30 academic members currently affiliated with the group (February 2025), arranged by their main field of work:

1. Probability:
   • Goran Peskir (Professor of Probability, 2.240)
   • Malwina J. Luczak (Professor of Applied Probability and Leverhulme International Professor, 1.129)
   • Denis Denisov (Reader in Probability, 1.106A)
   • Xiong Jin (Senior Lecturer in Probability, 1.106B)
   • Robert Gaunt (Senior Lecturer in Probability and Statistics, 1.119)
   • William Fitzgerald (Lecturer in Probability, 2.232)
2. Financial Mathematics:
   • Thomas Bernhardt (Lecturer in Financial Mathematics, 1.128)
   • Ngọc Huy Châu (Lecturer in Financial Mathematics, 2.119)
   • Peter Johnson (Lecturer in Financial Mathematics, 1.123 S)
3. Actuarial Science:
   • Kees van Schaik (Senior Lecturer in Actuarial Science, 2.142)
   • Jonathan Ferns (Senior Lecturer in Actuarial Science, 2.124)
   • Rendani Mbuvha (Senior Lecturer in Actuarial Science, 2.133)
   • Jose M. Pedraza Ramirez (Lecturer in Actuarial Science and Statistics, 1.123 S)
4. Mathematical Epidemiology:
   • Thomas House (Professor of Mathematical Sciences, 1.114)
   • Ian Hall OBE (Professor of Mathematical Epidemiology and Statistics, 2.140)
   • Lorenzo Pellis (Professor of Mathematical Biology, 2.219)
5. Statistics and Data Science:
   • Korbinian Strimmer (Professor in Statistics, 2.221)
   • Saralees Nadarajah (Reader in Probability and Statistics, 2.223)
   • Madhuchhanda Bhattacharjee FNASc (Reader in Statistics and Data Science, 2.138)
   • Peter Foster (Reader in Mathematical Statistics, 2.229)
   • Yang Han (Senior Lecturer in Statistics, 2.113)
   • Yuk Ka Chung (Senior Lecturer in Statistics and Probability, 2.122)
   • Jingsong Yuan (Lecturer in Mathematical Statistics, 2.208)
   • Christiana Charalambous (Lecturer in Statistics, 2.222)
   • Timothy Waite (Lecturer in Statistics, 1.125)
   • Olatunji Johnson (Lecturer in Statistics, 2.132)
   • Wentao Li (Lecturer in Statistics, 1.132)
   • Inês Henriques-Cadby (Lecturer in Mathematics of Data Science, 1.217)
   • Taban Baghfalaki (Lecturer in Statistics, 1.220 S)
   • Nilabja Guha (Lecturer in Statistics and Probability, 1.220 S)

There are also a number of further colleagues in the Department working in areas relevant to the P&S group (e.g. data science, machine learning, mathematical finance) who are affiliated with Applied Mathematics or Pure Mathematics.

Current Main Functions:

• Head of group: Prof. Korbinian Strimmer
• Group teaching lead: Dr. Kees van Schaik
• Group research lead: Prof. Malwina Luczak
• Group PGR director: Dr. Olatunji Johnson

Previous Members:

• Georgi Boshnakov (Lecturer in Statistics), now retired. Honorary Lecturer.
• Theodore Papamarkou (Professor in Mathematics of Data Science), now at College of Mathematical Medicine, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua, Zhejiang, China.
• Jennifer Sexton (Teaching Fellow in Mathematics), now at Leeds Institute for Data Analytics, University of Leeds.
• Sebastian Andres (Lecturer in Probability and Actuarial Science), now at Dept. of Mathematics, Technical University of Braunschweig.
• Ronnie Loeffen (Lecturer in Financial Actuarial Science), now at Dept. of Mathematical Sciences, University of Liverpool.
• Jonathan Bagley (Lecturer in Probability and Statistics), now retired. Honorary Lecturer.
• Neil Walton (Reader in Applied Probability), now at Business School, Durham University.
• Sebastian Herrmann (Lecturer in Financial Mathematics), now at Susquehanna International Group, Dublin.
• Jianxin Pan (Professor in Statistics), now at Division of Science and Technology, UIC, Tangjiawan, Xiangzhou District, Zhuhai, China.
• Tusheng Zhang (Professor in Probability), now at School of Mathematics, USTC, Baohe District, Hefei, China.
• Alex Watson (Lecturer in Probability and Actuarial Science), now at Dept. of Statistical Science, University College London.