Ankana Dey

I am a Ph.D. researcher in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at the University of Ottawa , supervised by Prof. Frithjof Lutscher . Before beginning my Ph.D., I completed a research-based M.Sc. in Mathematics (Statistics) at Université de Sherbrooke under the supervision of Prof. F. Guillaume Blanchet .

My research lies at the intersection of statistics, machine learning, and ecology. I am particularly interested in statistical learning, Bayesian networks, spatiotemporal and species-distribution modeling, and machine learning for ecological applications. My work aims to combine mathematical and statistical foundations with modern data-driven methods to better understand complex biological and environmental systems and to develop interpretable models with meaningful real-world applications.