Nafiseh Vafaei

I am a  Researcher at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, working at the interface of mathematical statistics, ecological data analysis, and forest applications. I hold a PhD in Mathematical Statistics, with a thesis focused on multivariate spatial and spatio-temporal point patterns.

My expertise includes regression models, generalized linear and mixed-effects models, spatial and spatio-temporal point processes, Monte Carlo simulation, kernel-based methods, and reproducible statistical workflows in R. I have experience working with large-scale environmental and forest datasets, including Swedish National Forest Inventory data (NFI).

In addition to research, I teach regression models to bachelor’s and master’s students, and implementation in R.

At SLU, I work with Swedish National Forest Inventory and related monitoring data to study ecological and environmental processes. My current research includes statistical analysis of ant mound occurrence and moose browsing damage in young Swedish forests. These projects combine regression modelling, mixed-effects models, spatial data analysis, and computational methods to better understand forest ecosystem patterns and their relationships with environmental covariates.

My work in environmental analysis focuses on applying statistical modelling and computational methods to ecological and forest data. I have experience analysing large-scale environmental datasets, including NFI data, with applications to forest dynamics, ant mound occurrence, moose browsing damage.

In addition to research, I teach regression models to bachelor’s and master’s students, with emphasis on statistical inference, model interpretation, and implementation in R.

I hold a PhD in Mathematical Statistics from the University of Mohaghegh Ardabili, Iran. My doctoral thesis, Models for Multivariate Spatial and Spatio-Temporal Point Patterns, focused on separability testing, kernel-based methods, simulation studies, and computational statistics.I also hold an MSc in Mathematical Statistics from the University of Tabriz, Iran, where I worked on statistical inference with fuzzy data.