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Staff Profile

Dr Lee Fawcett

Reader in Statistics and Associate Dean (Global)

  • Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 7228
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  • Address: School of Mathematics, Statistics and Physics
    Herschel Building
    缅北禁地
    缅北禁地 upon Tyne
    NE1 7RU
Background

Roles and Responsibilities

Associate Dean (Global) - SAgE Faculty
  • International Student Experience
  • Virtual Exchange
Global Director - School of Mathematics, Statistics & Physics
  • International Student Recruitment
  • Student Mobility 
  • Engagement and Partnerships
Other School Administrative duties
  • Peer Mentor Co-ordinator
  • Mathematics and Statistics Outreach

Esteem Indicators

  • Advance HE National Teaching Fellow
  • Royal Statistical Society William Guy Lecturer 2019

Memberships

  • Royal Statistical Society
  • The International Environmetrics Society


Research

Research Interests

Extremes

  • Bayesian Inference for Environmental Extremes - applications to rainfall, windspeed and solar flare extremes
  • Extremes of Dependent Processes

Road Safety

  • Statistical Modelling of Road Traffic Accidents
  • Road Safety Hotspot Prediction

Statistics Education

  • Technological Innovations in Statistics Education
  • Research-Informed Teaching


Teaching

Undergraduate Teaching (2025-2026)

MAS3092: Global Education in Mathematics and Statistics

MAS3921: Extreme Value Theory

MAS3929: Bayesian Statistics and Decision Theory

Publications

  • Articles

    • Hewett NK, Fawcett L, Golightly AG, Thorpe N. . Stat 2024, 13(2), e676.
    • Koistinen VM, Haldar S, Tuomainen M, Lehtonen M, Klavus A, Draper J, Lloyd A, Beckmann M, Bal W, Ross AB, Brandt K, Fawcett L, Seal C, Hanhineva K. . npj Science of Food 2024, 8, 8.
    • Hewett N, Golightly A, Fawcett L, Thorpe N. . Journal of Computational Science 2024, 80, 102326.
    • Griffiths B, Fawcett L, Green AC. . Space Weather 2022, 20(3), e2021SW002886.
    • Thorpe N, Fawcett L, Linsley M, Cherry B. . Public Sector Executive 2019, Oct/Nov 2019, 48-49.
    • Guo X, Wu L, Zou Y, Fawcett L. . Transportation Research Record 2019, 2673(7), 111-121.
    • Fawcett L. . Significance 2019, 16(6), 14-19.
    • Matthews JT, Newman K, Green AC, Fawcett L, Thorpe N, Kremer K. . Municipal Engineer 2019, 172(1), 53-67.
    • Fawcett L. . Journal of Statistics Education 2018, 26(1), 2-16.
    • Fawcett L, Green AC. . Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment 2018, 32(8), 2233-2252.
    • Fawcett L. . Journal of Statistics Education 2017, 25(2), 79-89.
    • Fawcett L, Thorpe N, Matthews J, Kremer K. . Accident Analysis & Prevention 2017, 99(Part A), 262-271.
    • Fawcett L, Newman K. . Teaching Statistics 2016, 39(1), 2-13.
    • Fawcett L, Walshaw D. . Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment 2016, 30(2), 463-480.
    • Fawcett L, Walshaw D. . Journal of Applied Statistics 2014, 41(5), 959-976.
    • Fawcett L, Thorpe N. . Journal of Applied Statistics 2013, 40(11), 2385-2406.
    • Thorpe N, Fawcett L. . BMJ Open 2012, 2(6), e001304.
    • Fawcett L, Walshaw D. . Environmetrics 2012, 23(3), 272-283.
    • Fawcett L, Foster WH, Youd AJ. . MSOR Connections 2008, 8(3), 43-46.
    • Fawcett L, Walshaw D. . Extremes 2008, 11(3), 217-233.
    • Fawcett L, Walshaw D. . Environmetrics 2007, 18(2), 173-188.
    • Fawcett L, Walshaw D. . Environmetrics 2006, 17(8), 795-809.
    • Fawcett L, Walshaw D. . Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series C: Applied Statistics 2006, 55(5), 631-646.