Inaugural Professorial Lecture - Professor Ting Wang
Forecasting the unpredictable: Earthquakes and volcanic eruptions
About Professor Ting Wang's research
Ting is a statistician whose research sits at the interface of statistics and geophysics, advancing the forecasting of natural hazards. Her work focuses on developing novel statistical models to better understand and forecast earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and extreme geomagnetic storms. She has led and contributed to major research programmes funded by the Marsden Fund, MBIE Endeavour, EQC, and the National Science Challenges.
Ting’s work has been recognised with several honours, including the New Zealand Statistical Association Early Career Research Award, the University of Otago Early Career Award for Distinction in Research, and the New Zealand Statistical Association Littlejohn Research Award. She has served as an Associate Editor of the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Statistics since 2017 and was Associate Dean (Research) for the Division of Sciences from 2019 to 2022. A committed teacher and supervisor, she has supervised and published with students from undergraduate through to PhD level.
This lecture will be followed with light refreshments, tea, coffee and juice.
Livestream
This event will be livestreamed, from 5:25pm, Thursday, 19 November, at the link below: