Profile – Red Zone

Education:

St Columba's High School, University of Glasgow
Qualifications:

MSci with Work Placement in Statistics, PhD in Statistical Genetics
Work History:

National Health Services, Scotland
Current Job:

Postdoctoral Researcher
Employer

University College Dublin

About Me

I'm a researcher and lecturer in statistics at University College Dublin. I use statistics to reconstruct ancestral trees of humans from their DNA to estimate historic population sizes hundreds of thousands of years ago.
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I live in Dublin, but I’m from Glasgow. I have a PhD in Statistics and work at University College Dublin researching statistics. I love to play the piano, bake and run. I love parkrun! And I am learning Spanish on Duolingo, I have just hit 1000 days.
My pronouns are

she/her
My Work

I'm a statistician so my job is to look for patterns in data. This data could be anything! It could be who you voted for in the American election, what sport you like to play after school, what height you are or even your DNA.
My Typical Day

I have my eggs and cereal then head into the office. I get a coffee and chat to other researchers before we all head to our desks for a day of statistical analysis! We stop for lunch and a chat then do some more work before I head home for dinner and some exercise, gardening or baking!
What I'd do with the prize money

I would use the prize money to engage young people in maths and stats through fun videos online

Suzy Whoriskey