Applications are invited for a Chair and a Lectureship

Closing Date: 16 March 2012

Applications are invited for a Chair and a Lectureship (Grade 7 or 8) in
Statistics within the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at Lancaster
University. These new posts are part of an expansion of the Department which
also includes a chair and two lectureships in algebra.

Over the last four years, the Department has seen an increase in
undergraduate numbers of over 80% and in research student numbers of over
40%: these posts arise from that success and our desire to maintain it.


Lancaster University has one of the largest and strongest statistics
research groups in the UK comprising 18 academic staff, 7 research
associates and 32 FTE research students. In the 2008 RAE, 60% of Lancaster's
Statistics and OR outputs were graded as 3* or 4*. The statistics group
takes a leading role in the development of statistical methodology such as
Markov chain Monte Carlo, particle filtering, extreme value theory, wavelets
and the analysis of longitudinal and spatial data.


Application interests include medicine, industry and the social sciences.
The Medical and Pharmaceutical Statistics Research Unit collaborates with
the pharmaceutical industry and is part of the MRC-funded North West Hub for
Trial Methodology Research with the Universities of Liverpool and Bangor.
With researchers in the Faculty of Health and Medicine, the Department plays
a leading role in developing and applying methods of spatial epidemiology.
In collaboration with the Department of Management Science, we host STOR-i,
one of only three EPSRC-funded Doctoral Training Centres in the Mathematical
Sciences. The STOR-i DTC funds at least 10 PhD students each year within
Statistics and Operational Research, and has a strong emphasis on
collaborative research with manufacturing, energy and financial companies.
The wavelets research group also has strong industrial links that have led
to the funding of two Research Associates. The Department is part of the
ESRC-funded North West Doctoral Training Centre for Social Science together
with other departments at Lancaster and the Universities of Liverpool and
Manchester, and is involved in applying statistics to criminology, forensic
science and health.

Candidates for the new posts may have research interests in any area of
statistics, but a proven record (for the Chair) and clearly demonstrated
potential (for the Lectureship) of attracting research funding and research
studentships is required. Appointments that strengthen our existing
statistics research groups or lead to the establishment of similar group
with other methodological interests or to collaborations in other
application areas are sought. We also seek people who will be capable and
enthusiastic contributors to the Department's undergraduate programme,
helping to deliver the existing syllabus and to expand the range of modules
offered. Further teaching opportunities exist on our thriving MSc course in
Statistics, MSc programmes in Quantitative Methods and Quantitative Finance,
on courses in statistics for other departments and on short specialist
courses in advanced statistical methods, some of which attract participants
from throughout the UK and Europe. The Department provides an advisory
service for all researchers on campus, and engages in consulting with
industry and public bodies.

All posts are available from 1 September 2012 or as soon as possible
thereafter Informal enquiries for all posts can be made to:

Professor John Whitehead, j.whitehead@lancaster.ac.uk

General information about the Department can be found at: http://www.maths.lancs.ac.uk

For further information and to apply online, please visit:

Chair: http://hr-jobs.lancs.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx?ref=A340

Lecturer:  http://hr-jobs.lancs.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx?ref=A341