Professional Activities

Academic leadership, doctoral examination, peer review, and service

Current Leadership & Academic Roles

• Head of Graduate Teaching and Learning, School of Mathematics and Statistics, UCD (2022–present)
• Director of Online Programmes, School of Mathematics and Statistics, UCD (2017–present)
• Co-director of Data Science Programme, ADVANCE Centre for Professional Education, UCD (2020–present)
• Funded Investigator, Rinn Centre for Artificial Intelligence
• Named Supervisor, SFI Centre for Research Training in Foundations of Data Science
• Named Supervisor, SFI Centre for Research Training in Genomics Data Science

Doctoral Examination

• External Examiner, PhD in Bioinformatics, Ulster University (2024)
• External Examiner, PhD in Statistics, Trinity College Dublin (2027)
• Internal Examiner, PhD in Statistics, University College Dublin (2017, 2018, 2019, 2025, 2026)
• PhD Viva Chair, University College Dublin (2017, 2019, 2021–2026)

Refereeing

Statistical Genetics

• Genetics
• Journal of Heredity
• PLOS Computational Biology
• Genome Research
• Molecular Ecology
• Molecular Ecology Resources
• Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Statistics & Machine Learning

• Biometrika
• Annals of Applied Statistics
• Journal of Computational and Graphical Statistics
• Statistics and Computing
• Statistical Analysis and Data Mining
• Machine Learning
• Network Science
• Pattern Analysis and Applications
• NeurIPS (2014)
• AISTATS (2012, 2013)
• International Statistical Institute World Congress (2011)

Ecology, Environment, etc

• Animal Behaviour
• Environmetrics
• IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering
• ECML PKDD (2018)

Previous Roles & Service

• Interim Head of Subject for Statistics, School of Mathematics and Statistics, UCD (Jan 2026 – July 2026)
• Statistician, Animal Research Ethics Committee, UCD (2017–2026)
• Committee Member, Irish Society of Human Genetics (2018–2025)
• Education Officer, Irish Statistical Association (2017–2019)
• Maintenance Committee, Irish Supercomputer List (2013–2018)
• Organising Committee, Conference on Applied Statistics in Ireland (CASI) (2017)
• Organiser of DPhil / Postdoc Seminar Series, Department of Statistics, University of Oxford (2013–2016)
• Green Impact Committee, Department of Statistics, University of Oxford (2013–2016)
• Mathematics Exam Assessor, University of Oxford (2015, 2016)
• Academic Taster & Admissions Facilitator, Mansfield College, Oxford (2015)
• Hiring Interview Board, CeADAR (Centre for Applied Data Analytics Research) (2013)