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Dr Mat Pawley

Senior Lecturer in Statistics

Doctoral Supervisor
School of Mathematical and Computational Sciences

Professional

Certifications and Registrations

  • Licence, Supervisor, Massey University

Research Expertise

Research Interests

Statistics

Ecology

Data Mining / Analytics

Marine ecology

Circardian Biology

Area of Expertise

Field of research codes
Applied Statistics (010401):
Artificial Intelligence and Image Processing (080100):
Behavioural Ecology (060201): Biological Sciences (060000):
Biostatistics (010402):
Community Ecology (060202): Ecology (060200):
Information And Computing Sciences (080000):
Marine and Estuarine Ecology (incl. Marine Ichthyology) (060205):
Mathematical Sciences (010000):
Pattern Recognition and Data Mining (080109):
Statistics (010400)

Research Projects

Completed Projects

Project Title: Kimihia te me ngaro - Seek the things being lost: Incorporating traditional ecological knowledge in assessments of toheroa abundance

Date Range: 2016 - 2017

Funding Body: Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment

Project Team:

  • A/Pro David Aguirre - Project Leader
  • A/Pro Libby Liggins - Team Member
  • Dr Mat Pawley - Team Member
  • Ms Margaret Kawharu - Team Member

Teaching and Supervision

Current Doctoral Supervision

Co-supervisor of:

  • Tyler Kolisnik - Doctor of Philosophy
    Genomic and Microbial Biomarker Discovery in Colorectal Cancer using Random Forests

Completed Doctoral Supervision

Main Supervisor of:

  • 2019 - Nurudeen Adedayo Adegoke - Doctor of Philosophy
    Contributions to improve the power, efficiency and scope of control-chart methods

Co-supervisor of:

  • 2022 - Rebecca Boys - Doctor of Philosophy
    Applying Welfare Science to Cetacean Strandings
  • 2020 - Wesley Webb - Doctor of Philosophy
    New horizons for female birdsong: evolution, culture and analysis tools
  • 2019 - Cheryl Cross - Doctor of Philosophy
    Spatial ecology of delphinids in Queen Charlotte Sound, New Zealand: Implications for conservation management
  • 2018 - David Acuna Marrero - Doctor of Philosophy
    Spatial ecology and human perceptions toward sharks in the Galapagos marine reserve
  • 2018 - Catherine Peters - Doctor of Philosophy
    Context-specific signal plasticity of two bottlenose dolphin ecotypes (Tursiops truncatus) in Far North Waters, New Zealand
  • 2016 - Krista Hupman - Doctor of Philosophy
    Photo-identification and its application to gregarious delphinids: Common dolphin (Delphinus sp.) in the Hauraki Gulf, New Zealand
  • 2015 - Sarah Dwyer - Doctor of Philosophy
    Spatial Ecology and Conservation of Cetaceans using the Hauraki Gulf, New Zealand