Education
He received his Doctor of Philosophy at Cambridge. His supervisor was Gareth Roberts.
He received his Doctor of Philosophy at Cambridge. His supervisor was Gareth Roberts.
He received a degree in mathematics from Bristol University in 1991, and a Master"s degree in statistics from the University of Kent. Post-graduation he then returned to Bristol as a lecturer in the Statistics Group and then Senior Lecturer at the University of Surrey. In 2000 Brooks returned to Cambridge first as a fellow of Kings College, Cambridge. and then of Wolfson College.
He is a specialist in Markov chain Monte Carlo and applied statistical methods.
He is one of the founding directors of the National Centre for Statistical Ecology in 2005. He left Cambridge in 2006 to become Director of Research for ATASS Sports and is now executive director of Select Statistical Services Limited a statistical consultancy firm based in Exeter and the Director of the Exeter Initiative for Statistics and its Applications 1989–1991 Undergraduate, University of Bristol 1991–1992 Graduate Student, University of Kent 1992–1993 Research Associate, University of Kent 1993–1996 Research Student, University of Cambridge 1996–1999 Lecturer, University of Bristol 1999–2000 Senior Lecturer, University of Surrey 2000–2002 Lecturer, University of Cambridge 2002–2005 Reader, University of Cambridge 2005–2008 Professor, University of Cambridge 2006–2011 Director of Research ATASS 2011-Executive Director Select Statistical Services Limited Degrees and Qualifications 1991 Bachelor of Science Mathematics, Bristol 1992 Master of Science Statistics, Kent 1996 Doctor of Philosophy, Cambridge 1999 Chartered Statistician 2011 Chartered Scientist Honours and awards 2005 Royal Statistical Society"s Guy medal in Bronze.