Lachlan Astfalck
Scholar

Lachlan Astfalck

Google Scholar ID: duQ38MgAAAAJ
Research Fellow, University of Western Australia
Spectral analysisSpatio-temporal dataBayesian inferenceEnvironmental statistics
Citations & Impact
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Citations
227
 
H-index
9
 
i10-index
6
 
Publications
20
 
Co-authors
14
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Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
  • - Published 'Debiasing Welch’s Method for Spectral Density Estimation' in Biometrika, 2024.
  • - Published 'Coexchangeable Process Modeling for Uncertainty Quantification in Joint Climate Reconstruction' in Journal of the American Statistical Association, 2024.
  • - Published 'Bias Correction of Quadratic Spectral Estimators' in Biometrika, 2025.
  • - Submitted 'Posterior Projection for Inference in Constrained Spaces' to SIAM/ASA Journal on Uncertainty Quantification, 2025.
  • - Submitted 'Universal Modelling of Autocovariance Functions via Spline Kernels' to Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: Series B, 2025.
Research Experience
  • - Previously a Research Fellow at the School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, working on uncertainty quantification in paleo-climate glaciology.
  • - Also worked in ecological restoration, materials engineering, prognostics and health management, and consulted for the Australian Wildlife Conservancy.
Background
  • - A research statistician with interests in both methodological and applied research.
  • - Methodologically, interested in spectral analysis, complex spatio-temporal data, emulation of engineering computer models, and many aspects of uncertainty quantification.
  • - Applied work mainly focuses on oceanography and hydrodynamics.
Miscellany
  • - Accepting research students in statistics and oceanography.
  • - Available for statistical/data-science consulting or other applied research.