David Borchers   School of Mathematics & Statistics The Observatory, Buchanan Gardens  University of St Andrews Fife, KY16 9LZ, Scotland	Statistics Honours Information     phone: (+44) 1334 461843  fax: (+44) 1334 461800 email: dlb@st-andrews.ac.uk
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Research Interests
Wildlife Population Assessement Methods Spatially Explicit Capture-Recapture Distance Sampling Methods	Fisheries Assessment Methods Spatial Modelling Sampling Theory
I welcome enquiries from Prospective PhD Students in any of the above, or related areas. Joint St Andrews-Cape Town PhD: The University of St Andrews currently has the facility for a joint PhD with the University of Cape Town, South Africa. This involves spending between 1 and 2 years at the "other" university. Assistance with funding for the time at the "other" university may be available. Email me if you're interested!

Working History

I graduated from the University of Cape Town with an honours degree in statistics in 1986 and a PhD in 1996. From 1987 to 1989 I worked for the International Whaling Commission in Cambridge. In 1989 I returned to the University of Cape Town. In 1992, I moved to Aberdeen to work for Biomathematics and Statistics Scotland (BIOSS) and then in 1993, to the Research Unit for Wildlife Population Assessemnt (RUWPA) in the Centre for Research into Ecological and Environmental Modelling (CREEM) at the University of St Andrews. I am currently a Reader in Statistics and Head of the Statistics Divsion in the School of Mathematics and Statistics.