Career profile

Qualifications 

Ph.D. (Ecology and Statistics) 2000-2003 Macquarie University.
Supervisors: Professor Mark Westoby, Professor Malcolm Hudson
Thesis title "Multiple sample testing of multivariate abundance data in ecology".

Master of Arts (Mathematical Statistics) 1998-99 The University of Sydney.
Project supervisor: Professor Neville Weber
Project title "Common slope tests for bivariate structural relationships".

Bachelor of Science (Honours I with Medal) 1994-97 The University of Sydney.
Honours thesis supervisor: Dr Glenda Wardle
Thesis title \Spatial variation in the demography of Acacia suaveolens".
Honours in plant ecology, majors in Biology and Pure Mathematics.

Graduate Certificate in University Learning and Teaching 2003-04 University of New South Wales

 

Academic visits

  • Department of Statistics, Columbia University, New York NY USA. January 2007 (one week).
  • Department of Statistics, University of Washington, Seattle WA USA. October-December 2006 (2.5 months).
  • Department of Statistics, Macquarie University, Sydney. July 2006-September 2006 (three months).
  • Department of Statistics, University of Washington, Seattle WA USA. July 2005 (one week).
  • Department of Mathematics, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK. January 2006 (three weeks).

 

Awards

  • 2005 UNSW Learning and Teaching Award, Faculty of Science
  • Statistical Society of Australia Award for Postgraduate Excellence, 2002
  • Australian Postgraduate Award Scheme, scholarship for PhD study, 2000-3
  • University Medal, School of Biological Sciences, University of Sydney 1997
  • Ilma Brewer prize for best plant-related Honours thesis 1997
  • 1996-97 Summer Vacation scholarship at the School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Sydney
  • 1996 Deans Honours List, Faculty of Science, University of Sydney
  • Tim Brown Prize No 1 for Mathematical Statistics 1996
  • George Herbert Clarke Prize in plant morphology 1995
  • 1994 Science Scholarship Award, University of Sydney
  • Silver Medal in Australian Chemistry Olympiad 1993,
  • Gold Award in Junior Australian Chemistry Olympiad 1992
  • Australian Mathematics Competition Prize winner 1988, 1991, 1993
  • NSW University Maths Comp Prize winner 1991
  • Promaths Interschools Maths Comp Bronze medal in Phase 2 1990

 

Teaching experience

Session 2, 2007:

  • Lecturer-in-charge, first year course "Statistical Methods for Life and Social Sciences" (MATH1041)

Session 1, 2007:

  • Lecturer-in-charge, second year course "(Higher) Theory of Statistics" (MATH2801/MATH2901)
  • Lecturer-in-charge, third year course "Statistical Methods for Social and Market Research" (MATH3831)

Session 1, 2006:

  • Lecturer, first year mathematics (MATH1031)
  • Lecturer-in-charge, weeks 8-14, third year course "Statistical Methods for Social and Market Research" (MATH3831)
  • Lecturer, weeks 6-8, third year course "Mathematical Modelling of Real-World Systems" (MATH3041)
  • Tutor, statistics service course (MATH2859)

Session 2, 2005:

  • Lecturer-in-charge, statistics service course (MATH2841)
  • Lecturer, statistics service course (MATH1041)
  • Guest lecturer, 23rd August 2005, "Research Topics in Information Systems 2" (INFS4887/5987)

Session 1, 2005:

  • Lecturer, first year mathematics (MATH1031)
  • Tutor, advanced statistics service course (MATH2901)
  • Tutor, statistics service course (MATH2859)

Session 2, 2004:

  • Lecturer-in-charge statistics service course (MATH2841)
  • Lecturer-in-charge, Masters course, "Experimental Design 1" (MATH5815)

Session 1, 2004:

  • Lecturer, first year mathematics (MATH1031)
  • Tutor, statistics service course (MATH2859)

Session 2, 2003:

  • Lecturer-in-charge, statistics service course (MATH2841)

At Macquarie University (2000-2003), David Warton tutored a total of nine instances of five different courses - first year statistics (advanced and ordinary level), second year biostatistics (for biologists), second year probability theory, and third year computational statistics.

At the University of Sydney (1998-1999), he tutored first year statistics and second year matrix algebra.

 

Other responsibilities

  • Learning and Teaching Committee, Jan 2007-
  • UNSW Statistics seminar co-ordinator, May 2005-June 2006
  • Member of the School of Mathematics Occupational Health and Safety Committee, Aug 2003-May 2004.
  • Speaker at Courses and Careers Day, 2005-06 on \Careers in Mathematics".

 

Professional membership

  • Statistical Society of Australia 2001-
  • International Biometric Society 2004-
  • Ecological Society of Australia 2000-
  • Ecological Society of America 2004-

Between 2003 and June 2006, David Warton reviewed 15 statistical methodology papers for international ecology journals and one for an Australian ecology journal, five papers for international statistics journals, and one statistics book proposal.