Alumni
Here's a list of past PhD students, now graduated, whom I co-supervised or was a committee member for. Thesis titles link to online repositories (when available) where you can download or request a copy of the thesis. Contact me if you want a copy and have trouble getting it.
- Yunchen Xiao. 2022. Applications of likelihood-free parameter inference methods on numerical models of cancer invasion. PhD Mathematics, University of St Andrews. (Co-supervised by Mark Chaplain.)
- Katherine Whyte. 2022. Behavioural responses by seals to offshore energy activities. PhD Biology, University of St Andrews. (Co-supervised by Gordon Hastie, Debbie Russell and Carlo Sparling.)
- Rick Camp. 2021. Spatio-temporal models of point transect data, with application to long-term monitoring program of Hawaiian forest birds. PhD Statistics, University of St Andrews. (Co-supervised by Steve Buckland and Dave Miller.)
- Heloise Pavanato. 2021. Development of integrated distance sampling models. PhD Statistics, University of Otago. (External supervisor; supervisors Richard Barker and Matt Schofield.)
- Guilherme Bortolotto. 2019. Humbpack whales in Brazil: distribution, abundance and human impacts. PhD Biology, University of St Andrews. (Co-supervised by Phil Hammond.)
- David Moretti. 2019. Determining the effect of Mid-Frequency Active (MFA) sonar on the fitness of Blainville’s beaked whales (Mesoplodon densirostris) in the Tongue of the Ocean. PhD Biology, University of St Andrews. (Co-supervised by John Harwood.)
- Rocio Prieto Gonzalez. 2018. Incorporating animal movement into circular plot and point transect surveys of wildlife abundance. PhD Statistics, University of St Andrews. (Co-supervised by Tiago Marques.)
- Andreia da Silva Pereira. 2018. Investigation of fin whales using ocean-bottom recordings. PhD Biology, University of St Andrews and Science U. Lisboa. (Co-supervised with Luis Matias (Lisboa) and Peter Tyack, with significant input from Danielle Harris.)
- Goldie Phillips. 2016. Passive acoustics: a multifaceted tool for marine mammal conservation. PhD Marine Science, Duke University. (External committee member; supervisors Doug Nowacek and Randy Wells.)
- Paul Wensveen. 2016. Detecting, assessing and mitigating the effects of naval sonar on cetaceans. PhD Biology, University of St Andrews. (Co-supervised with Patrick Miller.)
- Marjolaine Caillat. 2013. Assessing and correcting for the effects of species misclassification during passive acoustic surveys of cetaceans. PhD Biology and Statistics, University of St Andrews. (Co-supervised by Doug Gillespie and John Harwood.)
- Rebecca Jewell. 2013. Investigating the surfacing and diving behaviour and availability of long-finned pilot whales and quantifying the effects of anthropogenic sound on density and strandings of cetaceans in the northeast Atlantic. PhD Biology, University of St Andrews. (Co-supervised by Peter Tyack.)
- Chris Sutherland. 2013. A quantiative investigation of metapopulation dynamics in a naturally fragmented population of water voles Arvicola amphibius. PhD Biology, University of Aberdeen. (I played a minor role as external supervisor; main supervisors Xavier Lambin and David Elston.)
- Danielle Harris. 2012. Estimating whale abundance from fixed sparse hydrophone arrays. PhD Biology and Statistics, University of St Andrews. (Co-supervised by John Harwood.)
- Hanna Nuuttila. 2012. Static acoustic monitoring of cetaceans in Cardigan Bay, Wales. PhD Ocean Sciences, Bangor University. (I was an external committee member; supervisors John Turner and Jan Hiddink.)
- Theoni Photopoulou. 2012. Diving and depth use in seals: inferences from telemetry data using regression and random walk movement models. PhD Biology, University of St Andrews. (Co-supervised by Jason Matthiopoulos and Mike Fedak.)
- Joanne Potts. 2011. Estimating abundance of rare, small mammals: a case study of the key largo woodrat (Neotoma floridana smalli). PhD Statistics, University of St Andrews. (Co-supervised by Steve Buckland.)
- Jon Bishop. 2008. Embedding population dynamics in mark-recapture models. PhD Statistics, Univeristy of St Andrews. (Co-supervised by Steve Buckland and Ken Newman.)