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Doctor

Shane Richards

Senior Lecturer in Statistics

Mathematics

Orcid identifier0000-0002-9638-5827
  • Senior Lecturer in Statistics
    Mathematics
  • School of Natural Sciences, Mathematics, 454 Physics, Sandy Bay Campus, TAS

BIO

Dr Shane A. Richards is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Natural Sciences and has a PhD in mathematics. His research interests involve ecology and evolution. Specific interests include: evolutionary and community ecology, animal behaviour, life-history theory, disease dynamics, plant-pollinator interactions, and conservation biology. He has also worked on sports analytics. He has developed and combined his quantitative skills and research interests to form an international career in the areas of mathematical biology and statistical ecology. His research involves collaborations with a diversity of scientists (incl. ecologists, cell biologists, microbiologists) where a range of biological hypotheses are described and tested, often leading to real-world application (e.g. disease control, biological conservation).

Before joining the University of Tasmania, Shane was a senior lecturer at Durham University, UK, in the School of Biological and Biomedical Sciences (2005-2015). From 2015-2018 Shane worked as a research scientist at CSIRO (Oceans & Atmosphere), Hobart. Shane has also held research positions at the University of Adelaide, University of Sydney, Duke University, University of Amsterdam, University of Calgary, and the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, US.

DEGREES

  • PhD (Applied Mathematics)
    University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia1993 - 1996

CERTIFICATIONS

  • Graduate certificate in teaching and learning in higher education
    Durham University, Durham, United Kingdom2007 - 2008

SCHOOL AND PORTFOLIO

  • School of Natural Sciences

UN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS

  • 14 Life Below Water
  • 15 Life on Land

FIELD OF RESEARCH