Robert Zimmerman

Hello and welcome to my homepage! I am an independent researcher working in the fields of statistics and probability. Previously, I was research associate at Imperial College London working as a postdoc under the supervision of Prof. David A. van Dyk, and before that I obtained a PhD in Statistics in the University of Toronto’s Department of Statistical Sciences, working under the supervision of Prof. Radu V. Craiu. Prior to entering academia, I obtained a B.Math in Mathematical Finance, Statistics, and Pure Mathematics at the University of Waterloo in 2016 and then worked as a risk modeller in the finance industry for several years before entering the Statistics PhD program as a direct entry student in 2018. My research focuses broadly on dependence structures and copulas, as well as statistical computation (in both the frequentist and Bayesian realms); I also maintain keen interests in probability theory and mathematical finance.

Outside of academia, I enjoy watching underperfoming sports teams and playing outdated music on the piano.

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