Curriculum vitae | Ben Maslen
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Current position
Lecturer, School of Mathematics and Statistics, UNSW, 2026–present
Education
- PhD in Statistics, University of New South Wales & CSIRO DATA61, 2025
- 1st Class Honours in Statistics, University of New South Wales, 2017
- Bachelor of Advanced Science (Major in Statistics, Minor in Marine Science), University of New South Wales, 2016
Research funding and awards
- Peoples choice award for best presentation at UNSW Mathematics and Statistics Postgraduate Conference, 2024
- Tjanpi Award for best Student paper in Environmental Statistics (runner up), 2023
- 1st place in 1 minute thesis competition in the UNSW School of Mathematics and Statistics, 2022
- Australian Government Research Training program scholarship, 2021
- CSIRO Data61 PHD top up scholarship, 2021
- UNSW School of Mathematics and Statistics PHD top up scholarship, 2021
Academic service
- Statistical Consultant Mentor in Statistical Consulting Session, Australian Statistical Conference, 2025
- Organisor for UNSW ecological statistics research group ecostats, 2021-2024
Professional memberships
Industry experience
Statistical Consultant, Stats Central, UNSW, 2018-2019, 2021-2026
Collaborated with over 220 academics, researchers, and higher degree research students at the University of New South Wales and partner institutions from a variety of disciplines to provide appropriate design and analysis advice relative to their research questions and data properties. I also regularly prepared content and facilitated seminars and courses on coding and statistical analysis methods for researchers and higher degree research students.
Data Scientist, Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists, 2020, 2026
Applied statistical analysis to environmental policy questions for the Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists, investigating changes in the outward flow and reliability of water shares under a drier climate in the Murray-Darling Basin and land clearing in NSW following 2016 environmental reforms.
Statistical Insights Analyst, Healthdirect, 2020-2021
Developed reporting and advanced modelling insights to enhance the management of health and user experience data across a range of Healthdirect services.
Data Analyst, Natural Resource Accesss Regulator, NSW Government, 2018-2019
Developed and implemented a reporting and data management system for the NSW Natural Resource Access Regulator. This enabled the tracking of workflow for the strategic management and triaging of tasks.