Research Fellow
Statistical consulting and collaboration, design of research studies, statistical modelling and analysis.
Phone: +61 2 6125 9245
Fax: + 61 (0)2 6125 0746
E-mail: emma.knight@anu.edu.au

Emma Knight joined the Fenner School of Environment and Society in June 2007. Previously Emma has worked as a statistical scientist at the Bureau of Rural Sciences in the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry and at the Statistical Consulting Unit at ANU. She has also lectured in Statistics at Charles Sturt University in Wagga Wagga. Emma has a degree in Statistics from the University of Adelaide and has recently completed her PhD on improved iterative schemes for REML estimation in linear mixed models.

Professional Activities

Emma has a strong enthusiasm for the application of statistical science to a wide range of scientific research problems. In the Fenner School, she enjoys collaborating with other researchers, applying statistics to solve complex quantitative problems in conservation and landscape ecology.

Selected Publications

Banks, S., Knight, E., Dubach, J. and Lindenmayer, D. 2008. Microhabitat heterogeneity influences offspring sex allocation and spatial kin structure in possums. Journal of Animal Ecology 77: 1250-1256

Knight, E., Barry, S., Summerson, R., Cameron, S. and Darbyshire, R. 2007. Designating areas for ballast water exchange. Bureau or Rural Sciences. Canberra.

Mitchell, I., Knight, E., Gissane, J., Tamhane, R., Kolli, R., Leditschke, A., Bellome, R. and Finfer, S. 2007.6 A phase II randomised controlled trial of intensive insulin therapy in general intensive care patients. Critical care and Resuscitation 8: 289-293

Knight, E., Park, T., Bromhead, D., Ward, P., Barry, S. and Summerson, R. 2006. Analyses of interactions between longline and recreational gamefish fisheries taking or tagging striped marlin off New South Wales. Bureau of Rural Sciences. Canberra.

Andrew, R., Wood, J., Knight, E., Peakall, R. and Foley. W. 2005. Marker-based quantitative genetics in the wild? The heritability and genetic correlation of chemical defences in Eucalyptus. Genetics 171: 1989-1998.