Assistant Professor Marie-Agnès Tellier
Department of Mathematics and Statistics
Assistant Professor of Statistics
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
