Kerrie Mengersen | |
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 Kerrie Mengersen in 2024 | |
| Born | 1962 (age 62–63) |
| Alma mater | University of New England |
| Awards | Australian Laureate Fellowship 2015[1] |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Statistics |
| Institutions | Queensland University of Technology University of Newcastle Central Queensland University Bond University |
| Thesis | Comparison and Selection of Populations with Special Reference to the Normal Distribution (1988) |
| Doctoral advisors | Eve Bofinger Richard Tweedie |
Kerrie Mengersen (born 1962)[2] is an Australianstatistician. She is a Professor of Statistics atQueensland University of Technology, and 2024 winner of theRuby Payne-Scott Medal and Lecture from theAustralian Academy of Science.[3][4][5]
Mengersen earned BA (Hons I) and PhD degrees in mathematics, majoring in Statistics and Computing, from theUniversity of New England (Armidale, New South Wales, Australia) in 1985 and 1989, respectively.[3] She is the Director of the Bayesian Research and Applications Group (BRAG). This group is part of the Australian Research Council (ARC) Centre of Excellence for Mathematical and Statistical Frontiers (ACEMS) of Big Data, Big Models, New Insights.[6]
She has co-authored three books and edited two, and has written 27 book chapters and approximately 250 journal articles.[7][8] Her research cuts across a broad spectrum of statistical practice. She is primarily known for her work inBayesian statistics andmeta-analysis, and has worked in applications of statistics inmedicine andenvironmental science.[9] In 2016, she was the first woman to be awarded the Statistical Society of Australia'sPitman Medal, which recognises outstanding achievement in the statistics discipline.[4] She talks about new challenges for statisticians in a YouTube video.[10] She has contributed to Australianbiosecurity efforts.[11]In October 2015, her research in building virtualhabitats was highlighted on theABC.[12]
Mengersen was the National President of the Statistical Society of Australia (SSAI) in 2013, and was the International President of theInternational Society for Bayesian Analysis (ISBA) in 2016.[13] As of 2022, she is a member of the Academy Council of the Queensland Academy of Arts and Sciences.[14]
