Spatial and spatio-temporal statistics

Pioneering Public Health Frontiers

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It has been an exhilarating week of international scientific exchange for our research group. From May 11th to 15th, 2026, members of our team had the distinct honour of travelling to Fudan University in Shanghai, on the invitation of Professor Dr. Zhijie Zhang. The trip aims to lay the groundwork for a highly impactful, cross-border partnership in public health analytics.

Dan Leonte

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Statistics
Dan obtained his PhD in Mathematics in 2024 from Imperial College London and the University of Oxford, UK, with a thesis titled "Simulation methods, parameter inference and forecasting for trawl processes and ambit fields". He is now a postdoctoral researcher at the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), working in the XSTAT group under Prof. Raphaël Huser's supervision. Education and Early Career Dan obtained his PhD in Mathematics in 2024 from Imperial College London and the University of Oxford, UK. He joined KAUST as a postdoc in April 2025. Research interests Dan's

Paula Moraga

Assistant Professor, Statistics
Dr. Moraga develops innovative statistical methods and computational tools for geospatial data analysis and health surveillance. The impact of her work has directly informed strategic policy in reducing the burden of diseases such as malaria and cancer in several countries.