Chris Triggs

Professor of Statistics, University of Auckland
Leader - Biostatistics, Nutrigenomics New Zealand

Research specialty: Statistical genetics

Academic qualifications

MSc University of Auckland, 1972 Mathematics
PhD University of Auckland, 1975 Statistics

Distinctions/Honours

Awarded PW Allen Award, Forensic Science Society, best paper in Society’s journal, 1992, 2005
Distinguished Teaching Award, University of Auckland, 1995
August 2002, Invited speaker, 5th International Conference on Forensic Statistics, Venice, Italy
October 2007, Invited Speaker 2nd Bruce Ames International Symposium on Nutritional Genomics, University of California, Davis California.
August 2008, Invited Speaker, Annual Conference of Judges of New Zealand Environment Court, Hanmer Springs, New Zealand

Employment record

1990 – present Department of Statistics, University of Auckland, New Zealand.
2002 – present Associate Member, Bioinformatics Institute, University of Auckland
Sep. – Dec. 2005 Visiting Professor, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of California, Davis, USA
Jan. – Jun 2001 Visiting Professor, Director of Consulting Service, Department of Statistics, University of Washington, Seattle, USA
Jun. – Dec 1997 Visiting Professor, Director of Consulting Service, Department of Statistics, University of Washington, Seattle, USA
Jan. – Mar. 1995 Visiting Professor, Director of Consulting Service, Department of Statistics, University of Washington, Seattle, USA
Jan. – Aug 1993 Visiting Professor, Department of Statistics, University of Washington, Seattle, USA. Visiting researcher, StatSci Inc., Seattle, Washington USA.
1981-1990 Scientist, Applied Mathematics Division, Mt Albert Research Centre, Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, New Zealand.
1976-1981 Lecturer in Statistics, Department of Mathematics, University of Nottingham, England.

Key publications

John S. Buckleton, Christopher M. Triggs, and Simon J. Walsh, Editors: Forensic DNA Evidence Interpretation, CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida, 534pp, 2004.
Registered owner of three patents
More than 125 refereed publications