I am a mathematical epidemiologist, working primarily with livestock populations. I specialise in population-based and individual-based mathematical modelling, and model fitting using MCMC. I work mainly in R, Julia, and C++, and also some Matlab, and I have used Maple and Maxima for algebraic analysis.

After my MSc in Applied Maths at Heriot Watt University, I did my PhD at BioSS, finishing in 2012, investigating the mechanisms underlying unexpected increase in TB levels in badgers following culling. During that time I tutored 1st and 2nd year students in the maths department, including in statistics.

At Glasgow University my projects have included examining the interaction of livestock movements and vaccination on movement on disease spread, measuring the efficacy of a novel vaccine against E. coli O157 in cattle, and modelling the use of refugia to limit the evolution of anthelmintic resistance in sheep nematodes. At Edinburgh University my projects have included identifying and measuring the level of genetic variance in multiple heritable disease traits in fish, and examining the increase in pathogen virulence in Marek's Disease in chickens in response to vaccine use.