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MST Michael Salter-Townshend

Assistant Professor

About Me

The icons under my photo are links to various accounts I use.

My research spans statistical genetics, network analysis, palaeoclimate reconstruction, and sentiment analysis. See my publications below for more information or browse by topic by clicking projects in the navigation bar above.

Interests

• Statistical Genetics
• Network Analysis
• Climate Reconstruction
• Computational Statistics
• Bayesian Statistics

Education

• PhD statistics
  Trinity College Dublin
• MSc High Performance Computing
  Trinity College Dublin
• BA Mod Computational Physics
  Trinity College Dublin

📚 My Research

My primary research interest is in statistical genetics. I’m working on methods for population genetics in humans and animals and have a keen interest in admixture, selection, and polygenic risk scores.

My other focus is on social network analysis. I build and assess novel statistical models for networks of wild animals. These can be used to discover and summarise the network, find communities, predict disease outbreaks, etc. I’m particularly interested in the robustness and computational challenges involved in fitting such models.

I have also been active in several other areas of applied computational statistics, including palaeoclimate reconstruction. See my publications for more information.

Prabhleen Kaur, Simone Ciuti, Federico Ossi, Francesca Cagnacci, Nicolas Morellet, Anne Loison, Kamal Atmeh, Philip McLoughlin, Adele K. Reinking, Jeffrey L. Beck, Anna C. Ortega, Matthew Kauffman, Mark Boyce, Michael Salter-Townshend (2024).A protocol for assessing bias and robustness of social network metrics using GPS based radio-telemetry data. Movement Ecology.

Kimberly Conteddu, Holly M. English, Andrew W. Byrne, Bawan Amin, Laura L. Griffin, Prabhleen Kaur, Virginia Morera-Pujol, Kilian J. Murphy, Michael Salter-Townshend, Adam Francis Smith, Simone Ciuti (2024).A scoping review on bovine tuberculosis highlights the need for novel data streams and analytical approaches to curb zoonotic diseases. Veterinary Research.

Interview on Newstalk

May 13, 2025

Have you ever wondered how fair the coin toss actually is? Research has shown that perception of how fair the outcome is depends entirely on who led the toss. For more on this, Seán is joined by Michael Salter-Townshend, Assistant Professor of Statistics at UCD.

May 13, 2025

Aug 14, 2024

Jul 4, 2024

Jinbo's PhD viva

Nov 7, 2023

Congratulations Dr Zhao! Jinbo passed her PhD viva today!

Nov 7, 2023

May 10, 2023