kirsty hassall

Science

Dr Kirsty Hassall

Statistician

Intelligent Data Ecosystems

PUBLICATIONS
Location
Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, AL5 2JQ
Tel
+44 (0) 1582 938 080
Email
kirsty.hassall@rothamsted.ac.uk
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Biography

Kirsty is interested in adding value to biological research through the application and development of statistical methods. Kirsty works with a wide range of biological and agricultural applications, including data from molecular cell biology, 'omics technologies, field experiments and observational landscape studies. New technologies often pose problems to standard methods of analysis, which define a number of her current areas of interest: multivariate approaches to designed experiments; structural zeros in multivariate (incl. compositional) data; and multiplicity issues in 'omics data. More generally, Kirsty has other areas of expertise and interest: time series analysis, in particular Bayesian inference of state space models; spatial statistics; and spatio-temporal models for biological and agricultural processes.

Strategic Programme

  • Designing Future Wheat (DFW)
  • Tailoring Plant Metabolism (TPM)

Awards

  • 2015 - PhD in Statistics, University of Warwick, UK - Thesis Title: The Temporal and Spatial Analysis of Single Cell Gene Expression Supervisor: Professor Bärbel Finkenstädt
  • 2014 - PGCert in Transferable Skills in Science, University of Warwick, UK
  • 2011 - MMath (Hons) in Mathematics, University of Bath, UK

Measures of Esteem

  • 2014 - Graduate Statistician, Royal Statistical Society
  • 2013 - Member of International Biometric Society_x000D_
  • 2011 - Member of Royal Statistical Society
  • 2013 - 2015: Royal Statistical Society West Midlands local group committee membe
  • 2016 - John Copas Prize (sponsored by the Faculty of Science, University of Warwick) for best thesis
  • 2013 - Best oral presentation at the 4th Channel Network Conference, IBS, St. Andrews, UK