Assistant Professor Marie-Agnès Tellier

Marie-Agnès Tellier, Ph.D., University of Wyoming - Laramie, WY Assistant Professor of Statistics Ross Hall 337 mtellier@uwyo.edu | +1-307-766-4221 (main office) | LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marietellier Research interests: Spatio-temporal modeling, computationally efficient algorithms, left-censored data, hierarchical models with application in ecology, environmental statistics, and data science.

Education

Ph.D. Statistics, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY, 2018
M.S. Statistics, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY, 2015

M.S. Biological Sciences, Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, FL, 2002
B.S. Marine Biology, Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, FL, 2000

About Dr. Tellier

After serving as the senior environmental statistician for Trihydro and a research scientist for the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission for several years, Marie-Agnès Tellier joined the University of Wyoming faculty in 2023. Statistician and Biologist, her qualifications include a PhD in Statistics and a Master in Biological Sciences, with proficiency in diverse statistical and non-statistical computer programs (e.g., R, SAS, Python, ArcGIS/GIS, SQL databases), and detailed knowledge and experience in field research. Her expertise in biological sciences includes design, implementation, and assessment of ecology and natural resources projects, mostly related but not limited to the aquatic community. Her expertise in statistics includes experimental design, spatio-temporal models, hierarchical Bayesian models, mixed models, multivariate models, and left-censored data handling. Her research interests are in spatio-temporal modeling, computationally efficient algorithms, and left-censored data. Dr Tellier enjoys multidisciplinary research and working collaboratively.

Dr Tellier has worked with stakeholders, agencies, and clients with diverse backgrounds, including various governmental organizations, such as the Montana (MDEQ) and the Wyoming (WDEQ) Departments of Environmental Quality, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the National Park Services (NPS), and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWCC), and universities in and outside the US. Dr Tellier has extensive skills in consulting, technical writing, and oral presentations. 

Selected Publications

• Miyake, Y., Tellier, MA., Takeshige, A. et al. (2023) Coastal water temperature difference, a potential predictor of glass eel recruitment in Anguilla japonica during non-meander periods of the Kuroshio. Journal of Oceanography. 79, 413–421. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10872-023-00681-w
• Miyake, Y., Tellier, MA., Takeshige, A., Itakura, H., Yoshida, A., Kimura, S.. (2020). Past and lost influence of the Kuroshio on estuarine recruitment of Anguilla japonica glass eels. Journal of Oceanography. 76(4),  259-279. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10872-020-00543-9 

• Tellier, M.-A. (2018) Change point detection and spatio-temporal analysis of discontinuous sawtooth time series of regressions using R-INLA: examples from the Florida spiny lobster commercial trap Fishery (1995-2015) (Doctoral dissertation). University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY.
• Tellier, M.-A. (2012) The nearshore hard-bottom community provides critical habitat for juvenile fishes in the Florida Keys. In Tropical Connections: Facts about south Florida’s marine habitats. Chapter 4: Coral reefs and hardbottom habitats. Ed. W. Kruczynski and P. Fletcher