Caitlin Buck

Professor Caitlin Buck is a faculty member in the School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences at the University of Sheffield, serving as Deputy Head of School and Careers, Placements and Employability Lead. She holds a BSc in Archaeological Science (1987, University of Bradford) and a PhD in Statistics (1994, University of Nottingham).

• Primary Research Areas: Bayesian statistics applied to archaeology and palaeoenvironmental science.
• Key Contributions: Pioneering Bayesian radiocarbon dating methodologies, glaciological modeling, and statistical tools for chronology construction.

Her recent publications focus on ice-core chronologies, transatlantic tephrochronology, and Bayesian approaches to palaeoclimate reconstruction. Collaborations span interdisciplinary fields, including geology, ecology, and computational statistics.

Grants include funding from AHRC, Leverhulme Trust, and NERC for projects like Heritage Data Analytics and Uncertainty in Palaeoclimate. She contributes to statistical education through courses such as MAS106 Mathematics Core and MAS6041 Dissertation.