Peter Dunn
Associate Professor, Biostatistics
Sunshine Coast Regional, Queensland, Australia
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Top SchoolPeter Dunn is an accomplished biostatistician and Associate Professor with 17 years in higher education, combining a PhD in mathematical statistics with practical expertise in research design, quantitative analysis, and statistical consulting. He writes and teaches widely—authoring two textbooks (one freely available online) and supervising PhD candidates while lecturing first-year statistics and research methods. An active R package author and contributor, his packages (including Tweedie and contributions to statmod) have amassed hundreds of thousands of downloads, reflecting significant community impact beyond academia. He also holds a Graduate Certificate in Professional Learning, underlining a commitment to effective teaching and interactive online content as an H5P Ambassador. Based on the Sunshine Coast, he brings a rare mix of rigorous theoretical training, prolific open-source tooling, and a knack for making complex methods accessible to students and practitioners.
17 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) [Part-time], Mathematical Statistics and Probability, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) [Part-time], Mathematical Statistics and Probability at The University of QueenslandGraduate Certificate in Professional Learning, Education, Graduate Certificate in Professional Learning, Education at University of the Sunshine CoastBacheler of Information Technology (Honours, first class), Applied Mathematics, Bacheler of Information Technology (Honours, first class), Applied Mathematics at University of Southern Queensland
English
Github Skills (26)
jamovi10
r-package10
r9
markdown9
latex9
knitr9
pandoc9
literate-programming9
rmarkdown9
bookdown8
statistics8
spreadsheet8
rstudio8
emoji8
windows7
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
PeterKDunn/SRMData
Aug 2023 - Mar 2025
Contributions:111 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 6 months
PeterKDunn/tweedie
Nov 2017 - Feb 2025
Contributions:68 pushes, 15 branches, 1 comment in 7 years 4 months
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