Ryan AdmiraalView profile
Senior Lecturer
Ryan Admiraal is a Senior Lecturer in Statistics and Data Science at the School of Mathematics and Statistics, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. He holds a PhD in Statistics from the University of Washington and a BA in Mathematics from Calvin College, United States. His academic career includes prior roles at Murdoch University, Australia, as Senior Lecturer (2017–2019) and Lecturer (2009–2017). Research Interests: Ryan’s research spans applied statistics and interdisciplinary applications. Key areas include social network analysis (e.g., exponential random graph models, Bayesian inference), computational problems in disease transmission modeling (sexually transmitted infections, forest pathogens), and impact assessment for water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) interventions. He also contributes to marine ecology (abalone ranching, microplastics) and plant virology (tobamoviruses, virion resilience). Teaching: He teaches courses such as DATA101: Introduction to Data Science STAT452: Bayesian Inference DATA473: Statistical Modelling for Data Science DATA581: Data Science Practicum at Victoria University of Wellington, alongside prior roles at Murdoch University and the University of Washington. Scientific Awards: Doroth M. Gilford Teaching Award (2008) Nominee for academic awards (2012, 2018) Publications: His work includes recent articles on Phytophthora-induced forest decline (2025) Bluetooth in contact tracing (2022) Marine microplastics and megafauna (2019) Network models for sexually transmitted diseases (2016) Wildlife tourism impacts (2017) Hydrological interpolation methods (2020)