Trevor Avery, Ph.D., P.Stat
Assistant Professor, Biology and Mathematics & Statistics
Email: trevor.avery@acadiau.ca
Bio:
Trevor is an Associate Professor and Instructor at Acadia University in the Department of Biology, and is an accredited P. Stat. of Canada. His research encompasses large-scale and long-term ecological projects including recreational fishing and fisheries, environmental interactions, and animal passage with a focus on using modeling to describe ecological relationships. Data from citizen scientists, historical records, and 'new' field work are used in modeling. In 2012, he was awarded a Distinguished Visiting Lectureship to Rhodes University, South Africa to teach workshops on ecological modeling using R, and he will return to Rhodes in 2014 to teach advanced techniques. A Harrison McCain Emerging Scholar award will further his work on integrating Traditional/Ecological Knowledge and the use of citizen science and historical data into species conservation. He is/has been a member of international working groups investigating techniques to combine disparate historical data for long-term analysis of fisheries monitoring information. Data analytics is used often in the course of ecological modeling and the statistical techniques used by Trevor are transferable across disciplines.