Statistics of extremes

Simon Nik

Simon Nik

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Statistics

Statistics of extremes extreme-value theory stochastic partial differential equations discrete time series

Simon obtained his PhD in 2024 from Helmut-Schmidt-University Hamburg, Germany, with a thesis focused on modeling count time series. He is now a postdoctoral researcher at the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), working in the XSTAT group under Prof. Raphaël Huser's supervision. Education and Early Career Simon obtained his PhD in 2024 from Helmut-Schmidt-University Hamburg, Germany. He joined KAUST as a postdoc in December 2024. Research interests Simon's current research interests focus primarily on extreme-value theory and stochastic partial differential equations.