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Mark Brewer

Principal Consultant for Ecology & Environmental Science

Biomathematics & Statistics Scotland
BioSS Office
The James Hutton Institute, Craigiebuckler
ABERDEEN, AB15 8QH, Scotland, UK.

Tel: +44 (0)1224 395125
Fax: +44 (0)1224 395010

Email: Mark Brewer

Research Interests

My main statistical research interests are in the following areas:

• Spatio-Temporal Modelling.
• Compositional Data Analysis
• Bayesian Mixture Modelling
• Kernel Density Estimation

Working for BioSS gives me the opportunity to see statistical research as part of a wider picture, and methodological development as contributing to science in general. Having a permanent base at The James Hutton Institute, Aberdeen, enables me to work closely with applied scientists in ecology and environmental science.

Consultancy

The BioSS team at The James Hutton Institute, Craigiebuckler provide a statistical consultancy service for Institute staff. We provide advice on experimental design, data collection and analysis. Where a project requires statistical input at a higher level, we can often arrange to do the work ourselves – in this regard, the dividing line between research and consultancy can become blurred, a phenomenon that in turn stimulates further methodological progress.

Recent projects include:

• Accounting for observer effort in the spatio-temporal modelling of distributions of African bird species
• Definition of source distributions for compositional analysis applications in hydrology
• Climate envelope models for European butterfly data
• Analysis of correlation structures appropriate for river networks
• Use of spectroscopic data to estimate quantities of trace minerals in soil samples

Publications

Journal Publications