Dr Matthew Kaesler
Grant-Funded Research Fellow
School of Public Health
College of Health
I am a researcher and data analyst at BetterStart, a research group that aims to generate better evidence to inform policy and practice to improve health, wellbeing and child development outcomes. I work with the linked data platform BEBOLD, which is one of the most comprehensive open cohort linked data platforms of its type in the world. I am interested in statisitical programming and descriptive data visualisation approaches for large linked data sets, particularly in the R language. My research in psychology examined the effect of sequential lineup presentation on witness memory for perpetrators and their tendency to choose from a lineup. I teach a number of topics in both face-to-face and on campus programs, including statistics, intelligence, and memory.
In my research, I address applied problems using rigorous methods adapted from theoretical research. I am currently working on projects in eyewitness memory, mis/disinformation detection, and conspiracy theory beliefs. I am also generally interested in the problem of how to measure psychological constructs, like the strength of a person's memory, that cannot be directly observed and must be inferred from observed behaviour. I enjoy programming in R and other languages, and I like thinking about probability and statistics and how they are used in psychology.
| Date | Position | Institution name |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 - ongoing | Researcher/Data Analyst | University of Adelaide |
| 2022 - 2024 | Lecturer | University of Adelaide |
| 2022 - 2022 | Associate Lecturer | University of Adelaide |
| Date | Institution name | Country | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 - 2021 | Univeristy of Adelaide | Australia | Ph. D. in Psychology |
| 2015 - 2015 | University of Adelaide | Australia | Honours Degree of Bachelor of Psychological Science |
| 2014 - 2014 | University of Adelaide | Australia | Graduate Diploma in Psychological Sciences |
| 2007 - 2009 | Univeristy of Adelaide | Australia | Bachelor of Music (Jazz Performance) |
| Year | Citation |
|---|---|
| 2019 | Kaesler, M. P., Dunn, J. C., Ransom, K., & Semmler, C. (2019). Discriminability and Suspect Position in the Sequential Lineup. Poster session presented at the meeting of Society for Applied Research in Memory and Cognition XIII. Cape Cod, Massachusetts. |
| 2018 | Kaesler, M., Dunn, J., & Semmler, C. (2018). Evaluating signal detection models for eyewitness identification. Poster session presented at the meeting of Australian Mathematical Psychology Conference 2018 (AMPC18): program. Perth, Western Australia. |
| Year | Citation |
|---|---|
| 2018 | Semmler, C. A., & Kaesler, M. (2018). R Code for Eyewitness Data (Version 1.0) [Computer Software]. Online: Open Science Framework. DOI |
Bachelor of Psychological Science:
- Psychology IA/IB (teach)
- Perception and Cognition (coordinate and teach)
- Doing Research in Psychology: Advanced (teach)
- Big Picture Psychology (coordinate and teach)
Bachelor of Psychological Science (Hons):
- Research Methods (teach)
Graduate Diploma of Psychology (Online):
- Foundations of Psychology (coordinate)
- Learning and Behaviour (coordinate)
- Perception and Cognition (partial author)
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