I am a Lecturer/Assistant Professor in Statistics within the School of Mathematics and Statistics at University College Dublin (Ireland).

My research focuses on developing novel statistical and machine learning methods for analyzing high-dimensional and complex data. I work at the intersection of methodological and applied statistics, often motivated by data-driven challenges in scientific and interdisciplinary research. My interests include latent variable models, network analysis, clustering, classification, and dimension reduction.

I teach statistical machine learning, deep learning, and artificial intelligence at graduate and postgraduate levels, and I have experience designing and delivering courses on statistical programming and statistical network analysis to PhD students.

I serve as the programme director for the BSc/BA/BScSocSc degrees in Statistics. I am also the lead coordinator of the UCD School of Mathematics and Statistics Working Group on Statistical Learning and the Statistics and Actuarial Science seminar series.

I am currently an Associate Editor of the Journal of Data Science, Statistics, and Visualisation, an Associate Editor of the journal Statistical Methods and Applications, and an Editorial Board Reviewer for the Journal of Machine Learning Research. Previously, I was the Founding Chair of the Young Section of the Irish Statistical Association (2019 - 2021).