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Tess smiling wearing a colourful jumper
Tess Vernon
Statistical Assistant

MSc (Sheffield), BSc (Lancaster)

Biomathematics and Statistics Scotland
JCMB, The King's Buildings,
Peter Guthrie Tait Road,
EDINBURGH, EH9 3FD, Scotland, UK.

Tel: 01316504897
Email: tess.vernon@bioss.ac.uk

My Work

I provide a design, analysis and reporting service for the UK system for plant variety assessment and registration in various crops. This work is funded by the Scottish Goverment, DEFRA and APHA, BSPB & AHDB. I also undertake a number of other research projects, as well as statistical consultancy for SASA.

Background

I studied mathematics at Lancaster University, where I graduated with a Bachelor's degree in 2015. During my degree I became interested in statistics, and started work as a statistician at BioSS in 2017. I have since completed a Master's degree in statistics, graduating in 2020.

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