Tim Lucas
Lecturer at University of Leicester
England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolTim Lucas is an associate professor and lecturer in biostatistics at the University of Leicester with 12 years of experience applying geostatistics and epidemiological modelling to zoonotic and vector-borne diseases. His work spans malaria mapping, network epidemiology of bat viruses, air pollution impacts and human movement, blending field-focused disease ecology with advanced spatial statistics. He held research roles at Oxford and Imperial College where he developed geostatistical approaches and contributed to species distribution modelling tools, including early work on the zoon R package. Tim combines rigorous PhD training in modelling biological complexity with practical collaborative science, often translating complex models into reproducible code and public-facing outputs. Based in England, he is comfortable bridging academic research, software development and policy-relevant analysis for infectious disease and environmental health. An understated strength is his track record of turning high-dimensional ecological data into actionable spatial insights for disease control.
12 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Varndean College, BrightonMBioSci, Zoology, MBioSci, Zoology at The University of SheffieldUniversity College London
English, Spanish
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (73)
ecology10
r10
atlas10
open-access10
database10
r-package10
raster10
meta-analysis10
biodiversity10
traits10
caret9
transmission9
bayesian9
bison8
regression7
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
timcdlucas/INLAutils
Jun 2016 - Nov 2022
R package providing utilities for INLA
Contributions:1 release, 304 commits, 7 PRs in 6 years 6 months
r-packagerstatsinla
timcdlucas/disaggregation
Jul 2019 - Nov 2024
Contributions:2 PRs, 31 pushes, 9 branches in 5 years 4 months
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