Research Fellow - Statistical Scientist
Scientific research, statistical consulting and collaboration, design of research studies, statistical modelling and analysis.

Phone: +61 (0)2 6125 9245
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 the 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 will soon be submitting her PhD on improved iterative schemes for REML estimation of variance parameters in linear mixed models.

Professional Activities

I enjoy collaborating with researchers from a diverse range of disciplines and applying statistical science to a wide range of scientific research problems.  Since joining the Fenner School, I have been working on a wide range of projects related to woodland and conservation ecology.

Selected Academic Achievements

While at the Bureau of Rural Sciences Emma was awarded the Executive Director’s Award for Excellence for her research on the use of gene probes for detecting marine pests and on the interactions between commercial and recreational fishing of striped marlin off NSW.

Selected Publications

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.