Sam’s current research work involves building spatio-temporal statistical models of air quality as part of ILAQH’s project “Ultrafine Particles from Traffic Emissions & Children’s Health” (UPTECH, ARC Linkage LP0990134). These models are developed using the Generalised Additive Model with splines and explain how differences in air quality can be attributed to local meteorology, daily and weekly trends and location.

He travelled to Helsinki, Finland in July 2011 to collaborate on descriptive and forecasting models for air quality.

Since attending the 8th Workshop on Bayesian Nonparametrics, Sam has developed an interest in Bayesian nonparametric methods and continues to look for an excuse to use them in his future work.