Hi, I’m Luke! I am a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Department of Statistics at the University of British Columbia. Before this, I completed postdoctoral work at the University of Queensland and McGill University. I obtained a PhD in statistics from the University of Waterloo in 2024.

My research develops efficient, theory-driven methods to reduce the computational burden of simulation-based design. My methods have been published in top venues, including the Journal of the American Statistical Association. Much of my recent work has been motivated by Bayesian clinical trials, building on expertise from a fellowship with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Oncology Center of Excellence. Beyond clinical statistics, I create economical methods for experimental design in business and industrial settings.

I have taught undergraduate and graduate courses at McGill and Waterloo and worked with Waterloo’s Centre for Teaching Excellence to support graduate teaching development. As a Graduate Student Consultant, I honed skills supporting interdisciplinary research that I later applied in collaborations with linguistics researchers and Airbnb’s data science team.

I am actively engaged in the statistical community. I serve as Chair of the Statistical Society of Canada (SSC)’s Committee on New Investigators and Chair of the American Society for Quality’s Chemical Process and Industries Division. Previously, I co-chaired the SSC’s 2023 Canadian Statistics Student Conference.