Philip Jonathan

Professor Philip Jonathan is Chair in Environmental Statistics and Data Science at the School of Mathematical Sciences, Lancaster University. He specializes in extreme value analysis for oceanographic and offshore engineering applications, Bayesian methods for monitoring large systems, and inverse modeling in remote sensing. His work emphasizes uncertainty quantification in environmental and data science contexts.

• Key research groups: STOR-i Centre for Doctoral Training, Extreme Value Theory, DSI - Environment, Data Science Institute.
• Current postgraduate students: Thomas Newman (Bayesian inverse modeling) and Matthew Speers (multivariate extremes for ocean-structure interactions).

His recent publications focus on non-stationary extreme value models, directional wave dynamics, and climate change impacts on marine environments, with methodological contributions in penalised piecewise models and Metocean software tools. He collaborates on projects like ARC TIDE 1 (inspection regime optimization) and Modelling Wave Interactions Over Space and Time.