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John Fenlon is Reader in Statistics and Director of RISCU. Since completing an MSc in Mathematical Statistics at the University of Manchester in 1969, his career has taken him to the University of Warwick (1969 – 1971) as a Research Associate in the then Centre for Industrial and Business Studies, as biometrician at the Grassland Research Institute (1971 – 1979), followed by four years in the Water Quality Modelling Dept (1979 – 1983) of Severn-Trent Water, and then (until 2004) with Horticulture Research International (HRI) and its predecessors (particularly the Glasshouse Crops Research Institute). From 1988 he was Head of the Biometrics Department at HRI which originally covered three institutes: GCRI, Littlehampton, East Malling, Kent and NVRS, Wellesbourne. John joined RISCU in 2003 on partial secondment from HRI and transferred to the University the following year. In 2007 he gained a PhD from the Department of Mathematics at the University of Birmingham with a thesis entitled ‘Stochastic models for functional response’. He has taught ST305 (Designed Experiments) since 2003, has collaborated with the Department of Chemistry and Astra-Zeneca on a module ‘Modern Approaches to Process Research and Development’, and ran a 2-day course on ‘Statistics for Biologists’ for post-doctoral researchers in the Dept. of Biological Sciences in September 2007, and a further 2-day course on Statistics for Analytical Chemists as part of the Analytical Sciences Summer School in September 2008. For the last two years he has taught the statistics component of the Elemental Analysis module of the IAMBEC MSc course in Chemistry. His research interests are in experimental design, the analysis of discrete data, particularly related to various forms of biological assay, and stochastic modelling in biological systems. In the last few years he has been involved in research contracts with BBSRC (analysis of gene-flow from GM experiments, and ecological profiling to measure predator biodiversity), Defra (stochastic modelling of predator-prey systems, and risk analysis of pesticides to non-target species), and HDC (understanding the causes of non-uniformity in nursery stock production). In addition he provides consultancy services to several major industrial and commercial organisations on experimental design, data analysis and general statistical modelling. For many years he was the senior statistical editor of the Annals of Applied Biology, and is currently a statistical editor for BJUI, an international urological journal. He has a strong interest in training non-specialists in statistics and statistical appreciation. For many years (at HRI) he gave a course on ‘Presentation skills in statistics’. Apart from his obvious links to biology, he has had considerable interaction with chemists stemming originally from his period with Severn-Trent, and latterly with Lubrizol, Unilever and the Chemistry Dept at the University. He was part of the successful team that bid for the Warwick Centre for Analytical Sciences. Recent and on-going consultancy projects: Severn-Trent: advice and analysis on compliance with lead standards in drinking water. Lubrizol, Hazelwood (part of the Lubrizol Corporation): consultancy on design and analysis of experiments with the UK R & D Division. Pesticide Safety Directorate: project on the integration of probabilistic risk and attitudinal data on the impact of pesticides on non-target species. Wight Salads: advising the largest commercial tomato grower in the UK on sampling methods and introduction strategies for biological control of pests in glasshouses. Legal Complaints Service: modelling of the legal complaints procedure using survival analysis methods. Unilever: analysis of product stability studies. Metronet: asset management using Bayesian methods. National Grid: network risk analysis. Recent publications include: Fenlon JS, Faddy MJ, de Courcy Williams,
Bell JR, Traugott M, Sunderland KD, Skirvin DJ, Mead A, Kravar-Garde L, Reynolds K, Fenlon J, Symondson WOC (2008). Beneficial links for the control of aphids: the effects of compost applications on predators and prey. Journal of Applied Ecology, 45, 1266-73. Fenlon JS, Faddy MJ. (2006) Modelling predation in functional response. Ecologogical Modelling, 19 (1-2): 154-162. Mark Crane, Andrew Norton, John Leaman, Ali Chalak, Alistair Bailey, Mark Yoxon, Jim Smith, John Fenlon (2006). Acceptability of pesticide impacts on the environment: what do United Kingdom stakeholders and the public value? Pesticide Management Science, 62 (1): 5–19. Sheppard
Skirvin D, Fenlon J (2003). Of mites and movement: the effects of plant connectedness and temperature on movement of Phytoseiulus persimilis. Biological Control, 27 (3): 242-250. Fenlon JS (2002). Time to event analysis in the agricultural sciences. In Risk assessment with time to event models (eds: Crane M, Newman MC, Chapman PF, Fenlon JS), Lewis Publishers. Skirvin DJ, De Courcy Williams M, Fenlon JS, Sunderland KD (2002). Modelling the effects of plant species on biocontrol effectiveness in ornamental nursery crops. Publications in press:
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