Hello! I am Alex Bowring and I am a PhD student in the Department of Statistics at the University of Warwick, working under the supervision of Professor Thomas Nichols.

My research is centred on functional MRI, and I am particularly interested in statistical methodology for neuroimaging analyses and developing open science practices. I am currently applying newly developed statistical methods to obtain precise confidence statements about where activation occurs in the brain, as well as working on a software comparison project to understand the differences between the main neuroimaging software packages used for fMRI analyses.

Before starting my PhD, I obtained a BSc in Mathematics at the University of Warwick. In summer 2015 I undertook a project entitled “Visualising the brain - Developing viewers of standardised fMRI results”, where I assisted in developing tools to enable sharing of fMRI analysis results. I then worked as a Research Assistant for the Institute of Digital Healthcare where I assisted Dr. Camille Maumet and Professor Nichols in developing standard practices for data sharing and meta-analysis in neuroimaging as part of the project "Transforming Statistical Methodology for Neuroimaging Meta-Analysis”.