DoctorShane Richards

Teaching expertise
Shane has over 20 years of experience teaching population and evolutionary ecology, and ecological statistics, to undergraduates and graduates. He currently coordinates three units: KMA711 - Statistical Analysis Using R, KMA353 - Data Handling and Statistics 3, and KMA356 - Modern Statistical Modelling. He has previously taught at The University of Calgary (Canada) and Durham University (UK). He has a Graduate Certificate in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, awarded by Durham University, UK.

Teaching responsibility at UTAS
KMA711 - Statistical Analysis Using R (Unit Coordinator)
KMA353 - Data Handling and Statistics 3 (Unit Coordinator)
KMA356 - Modern Statistical Modelling (Unit Coordinator)
KPZ312 - Scientific Methods in Biology
KPZ303 - Behavioural and Evolutionary Ecology
QMS514 - Structure and Function of Marine and Antarctic Ecosystems
CAM201 - Fundamentals of Clinical Science 1

Research Supervision
Shane supervises PhD students researching a broad range of topics that usually involve theoretical or applied ecology, and/or statistical ecology. His students tend to have very strong quantitative skills and a keen interest in biology/ecology.