Dr Olena Kravchuk
Senior Lecturer
School of Agriculture, Food and Wine
Faculty of Sciences, Engineering and Technology
Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD - email supervisor to discuss availability.
Expertise in nonparametric inference and applied statistics in academic research and consulting in human nutrition, food sensory, soil and plant sciences, including design and analysis of experiments and observational studies. University teaching and workplace training in biometry, sensometrics and research methods in agriculture.
- My Research
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I am interested in collaborations on three themes: 1) research on robust statistical methods, in particular the theory of rank methods, 2) research in food sensometrics, outside the consumer research, 3) applied statistics research in application to agriculture and food data.
Highlights and delights of my career were several papers on rank methods followed my PhD in 2006; establishing a Food Sensory Research Unit in the University of Queensland in 2011 and collaborating for more than a decade with researchers in medical, biological and agriculture sciences. Currently I am leading a large project funded by the Grains Research and Development Corporation, Statistics for the Australian Grains Industry in Southern Region, SAGI-STH.
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Appointments
Date Position Institution name 2011 - ongoing Senior Lecturer in Biometry University of Adelaide 2003 - 2011 Lecturer in Biometry University of Queensland 2002 - 2003 Lecturer in Software Development Griffith University -
Awards and Achievements
Date Type Title Institution Name Country Amount 2010 Teaching Award Award for excellence in teaching School of Agriculture and Food Science Australia - -
Language Competencies
Language Competency English Can peer review Russian Can peer review -
Education
Date Institution name Country Title University of Queensland Australia PhD (Mathematical Statistics) University of South Australia Australia MSc (Applied Mathematics) National Technical University of Ukraine, Kiev Ukraine BEng (Honours) -
Certifications
Date Title Institution name Country 2010 Accredited Statistician Statistical Society of Australia - -
Research Interests
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Journals
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Book Chapters
Year Citation 2012 Kravchuk, O., Torley, P., & Stokes, J. (2012). Food texture is only partly rheology. In B. Bhandari, & Y. Roos (Eds.), Food Materials Science and Engineering (pp. 349-372). United Kingdom: Blackwell Publishers Inc.
DOI Scopus182002 Kravchuk, O., Pullan, W., Thornton, J., & Sattar, A. (2002). An investigation of variable relationships in 3-SAT problems. In B. Mckay, & J. Slaney (Eds.), Lecture Notes in Computer Science (Vol. 2557, pp. 579-590). SPRINGER-VERLAG BERLIN.
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Conference Papers
Year Citation 2014 Kravchuk, O., & Rutley, D. (2014). Topics from Australian Conferences on Teaching Statistics. In M. A. M. A. B. P. Helen MacGillivray (Ed.). Springer. 2014 Kravchuk, O., & Rutley, D. (2014). Engaging entry level researchers in agriculture in statistical communication and collaboration: Why? and how?. In Springer Proceedings in Mathematics and Statistics Vol. 81 (pp. 345-364). online: Springer.
DOI Scopus12010 Cuttle, L., Kempf, M., Liu, P. Y., Phillips, G. E., Wang, X. Q., & Kimble, R. M. (2010). INVESTIGATION OF THE VASCULATURE AND CELLS IN THE ZONE OF STASIS AFTER BURN INJURY - IS THERE A WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY FOR THERAPEUTICS?. In WOUND REPAIR AND REGENERATION Vol. 18 (pp. A60). WILEY-BLACKWELL.
WoS272007 Radrizzani, A., Shelton, H. M., Dalzell, S. A., & Kravchuk, O. (2007). A survey of graziers' perceptions of long-term productivity of leucaena pastures in Queensland. In Tropical Grasslands Vol. 41 (pp. 240-241). Dalby, AUSTRALIA: TROPICAL GRASSLAND SOC AUST.
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Theses
Year Citation 2006 Kravchuk, O. (2006). Trigonometric scores rank procedures with applications to long-tailed distributions. (PhD Thesis, University of Queensland).
Project Leader
2016 - 2021, Statistics for the Australian Grains Industry, Southern Region (SAGI-STH), project leader, $5M, GRDC and SARDI
Current and completed projects, in which I am a single Chief investigator (CI)
2014, GRDC Sponsorship for AASC’14, $7K
2013, SEB metrics statistical analysis, DEWNR, SA, $15K
2011 – 2014, Statistics Capacity Building, GRDC, $187K
2010, Sensory and physical evaluation of the texture of non-fermented milk beverages with dispersed soft-gel micro particles, UQ ECR, $22K
2008, Advanced data analysis and interpretation in adaptive research: training workshop in PNG, ACIAR , $4K
2008, Biometrical services for a pork chilling trial, APL, $11K
2006, Adaptive statistical methods for the analysis of empirical distributions of images of bacteria colonies, UQ, $10K
Current and completed projects, in which I am a CI
2013 – 2015, Objective measures for powdery mildew, GWRDC ($512K, 5%)
2010 – 2013, Sensory – Texture – Rheology, Research capabilities building for Dairy Industry, DIAL&UQ ($305K, CIs: Deeth, Sharma, Kravchuk)
2010 Strengthening the food biometrials testing facility, UQ MEI ($63K, CIs: Bhandari, Stokes, Sharma, Kravchuk, Prakash)
2008 – 2011, Enhancing on-farm income through improved silvicultural management of teak in Laos PDR, ACIAR ($1,166K, 10%)
2008 – 2009, Research design, data analysis and interpretation in adaptive research projects, ACIAR ($66K, CIs: Huang, Kravchuk)
2007 – 2008, Design and analysis of agricultural experiments and interpretation of experimental findings – training program, ACIAR ($78K, CIs: Huang, Kravchuk)
Academic courses taught and coordinated:
University of Adelaide, 2011 - current
Special topics in Statistics (Nonparametrics), Research Methodology in Agricultural Sciences, Biometrics module in Foundations in Plant Biotechnology
University of Queensland 2003 - 2011
Introductory Statistics, Research Methodology in Biophysical Sciences, Food Sensory, Experimental Design, Advanced Biometry (generalized linear models), Special topics in Biometry
Griffith University, 2000 - 2003
Software development, Data management, Discrete Mathematics
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Current Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)
Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name 2024 Co-Supervisor Mapping, monitoring, and managing food waste from Australian Quick Service Restaurants. Master of Philosophy Master Full Time Ms Asgiri Pemila Jayasekara 2024 Co-Supervisor Management strategies for surplus ready-to-eat food from a hospital foodservice/s Master of Philosophy Master Full Time Ms Pei Ying Liew 2024 Principal Supervisor Reframing the role of nutrition in Australia’s food relief sector. Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Ms Tjing Shaeny Dian Chandra -
Past Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)
Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name 2019 - 2020 Co-Supervisor Investigating Polyphenol Extracts using Microwave Technology Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Part Time Ms Maria Jolanta Kwiatkowski 2018 - 2022 Principal Supervisor Exact Inference in Linear Mixed Models for Typical Agronomy Trials Master of Philosophy Master Full Time Mrs Wendy Li 2017 - 2021 Principal Supervisor Feasibility Study of Ranked Set Sampling for Typical Modern Agronomy Trials Under Different Sampling Designs: Benefits and Challenges of Ranked Set Sampling for the Grains Industry Master of Philosophy Master Full Time Mr Peter Josef Kasprzak 2012 - 2014 Principal Supervisor Bivariate Models for the Analysis of Internal Nitrogen Use Efficiency: Mixture Models as an Exploratory Tool Master of Applied Science Master Full Time Ms Sabela Munoz Santa
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Committee Memberships
Date Role Committee Institution Country 2018 - 2018 Member Scientific committee of the Australasian conference of the International Biometrics Society International Biometrics Society Australia 2018 - 2018 Chair Organising committee of the International Ranked Set Sampling Symposium University of Adelaide Australia 2017 - 2019 Chair Local organising committee of the Australiasian conference of the International Biometrics Society The University of Adelaide Australia -
Memberships
Date Role Membership Country 2012 - ongoing Board Member Australasian GenStat Users Association Australia 2007 - ongoing Member International Biometrics Society Australia 2006 - ongoing Member Statistical Society of Australia Inc Australia
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