Rafael de Andrade Moral

Dr Rafael de Andrade Moral

Mathematics and Statistics, Hamilton Institute

Associate Professor

Location Logic House

Room 133

Phone (01) 708 6645

Email rafael.deandrademoral@mu.ie

Biography

2023 - present: Associate Professor of Statistics, Maynooth University

2018 - 2023: Lecturer/Assistant Professor of Statistics, Maynooth University

2014 - 2017: PhD in Statistics, University of São Paulo

2012 - 2014: MSc in Statistics, University of São Paulo

2007 - 2011: BSc and BEd in Biology, University of São Paulo

Research

- Statistical modelling applied to Ecology, Wildlife Management, and Agriculture

- Computational implementation of statistical models

- Bayesian modelling

My personal webpage
https://rafamoral.github.io

Theoretical and Statistical Ecology Research Group (Founder and Director)
https://rafamoral.github.io/tse/

Research

Research Interests

My research interests include the development and application of statistical modelling techniques to Ecology, Wildlife Management, and Agriculture. I am also interested in the computational implementation of statistical models, especially as R code.

I am currently working on the development of computational and statistical tools to jointly model multivariate responses in ecological studies, in particular those involving the collection of abundance measurements.

Research Projects

Title	Role	Description	Start date	End date	Amount
STRIVE: Achieving Sustainable agri-ecosystems ThRough advances In modelling and Visualising the biodiversity and Ecosystem multifunctionality relationship	Team Member	PI: Prof Caroline Brophy, Trinity College Dublin.
ISA Short Course Funding	Leader of the Organising Committee	I led the organisation of the 3rd Young-ISA Meeting in October 2022.	07/10/2022	07/10/2022	2500
Teaching Statistics through Music	PI	SPARK Initiative project from MU Teaching & Learning	01/01/2021	01/05/2021	1000
NIBIO collaboration (2021)	PI		01/01/2021	31/12/2021	6521
Blake McGrane Corrigan IRC GOIPG- Statistical modelling applied to the spatio-temporal dynamics of the Heliothine moth	PI	Co-supervisor: Prof Oliver Mason (Dept of Maths and Stats) Blake McGrane Corrigan IRC GOIPG Scholarship 2020	01/10/2020	30/09/2024	112250
Computational tools for medium-term impact and recovery forecasting from COVID-19	Co-PI	SFI COVID-19 Rapid Response Call	03/06/2020	02/12/2020	70000
Spatio-temporal dynamics of Lepidoptera communities and their parasitoids at landscape under restoration process	Team Member	PI: Prof Carolina Reigada, Federal University of São Carlos, Brazil. Funding: 194,922.38 BRL	01/06/2020	31/05/2022	33000
Statistical Consultancy: Connolly's Red Mills	PI	Provided statistical consultancy to Connolly's Red Mills in two instances, analysing horse forage data in Ireland, the UK and France (May-June/2020), and analysing parity data of mares based on different diets (October-November/2020).	01/05/2020	01/11/2020	2774
ISA Short Course Funding	Leader of Organising Committee	I led the organisation of the Inaugural Young-ISA meeting at the Glenroyal Hotel, Maynooth, in October 2019.	04/10/2019	04/10/2019	2500
Travel Grant for IBC 2018	Awardee	I was awarded 3000 USD to attend the International Biometric Conference in Barcelona in 2018.	08/07/2018	13/07/2018	2600
Associate Scientist with NIBIO	PI		01/01/2020	31/12/2020	6187
Statistical Consultancy - Jomakol	PI	This consultancy work involves statistical analysis of the data collected during the risk assessment experiments conducted by the Client (Jomakol Serviços e Representação Ltda., Brazil), and presentation of the results under the format of a Report. This is done so that the Client may seek commercial release of their bioproducts with the Brazilian National Biosafety Committee. The service will be carried out by Dr. Rafael de Andrade Moral (Dept. of Mathematics and Statistics, Maynooth Unversity).	10/10/2018	26/11/2018	3944
Early Warning Models for Detecting Re-emergence of BVD	PI	Co-PI: Prof Andrew Parnell	01/02/2023	31/01/2025	148770.62
NIBIO collaboration (2022)	PI	Collaboration with NIBIO researchers on the design and analysis of experiments, grant preparation and delivery of short courses. The award amounts to 65,000 NOK.	01/01/2022	31/12/2022	6499
Associate Scientist at NIBIO (2022)	PI		01/01/2022	31/12/2022	6499
Adaptation potential of plant diversity in intensively managed grasslands	PI		01/09/2025	31/08/2027	48000
Associate Scientist at NIBIO	PI		01/01/2023	12/12/2023	6174
Weeds vs Crops: The Winner of Climate Change	PI	In subarctic climatic regions, increasing temperature due to climate change may positively affect the potential for agricultural production by extending the growing season and the latitude at which some crops might be grown. However, these changes may also benefit weeds that are acknowledged as the primary contributor to crop yield loss. A changing climate is also projected to bring an elevated CO2 - e(CO2) - concentration that is known to affect plant growth and reproductivity as CO2 represents the source of carbon for photosynthesis. Competition between weed and crop may also be affected by e(CO2) and studies suggest that the positive impact of e(CO2) on crops may be nullified by higher responses from weeds. In subarctic climatic regions most of the crops grown and most of the troublesome weeds use C3 photosynthesis pathway and this has a disadvantage in drought and high-temperature environments. C4 photosynthesis plants, however, have an advantage in drought and high-temperature environments. Recently the C4 weed barnyard grass (Hønsehirse) have established well in the southern part of Norway and other subarctic climatic regions and it may, unfortunately, spread further north by benefiting from higher temperatures and e(CO2). Together with increased problems with herbicide resistance, this may threaten our future food safety. By studying biological, physiological, and molecular changes of selected C4-C3 weed-crop competition systems exposed to higher temperature and CO2 levels and selected herbicides as well as predicting the responses using mathematical and statistical models, we may reveal acclimatory and evolutionary changes of these weeds and their management in a near future climate. The gene expression regulation associated with plant responses to e(CO2) is a novel research topic that until now has only been explored for a few model plants but never considered for weed-crop competition systems or interaction of e(CO2) and herbicide.	01/01/2023	31/12/2026	25230

Post Doctoral Fellows / Research Team

	Researcher Name	Project	Funding Body
	Niamh Michaela Mimnagh	DETER-BVD

Publications

Book Chapter

	Year	Publication
	2014	Demétrio CGB, Hinde J, Moral RA (2014) 'Models for Overdispersed Data in Entomology' In: Ecological Modelling Applied to Entomology. Cham : Springer. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-06877-0_9
	2024	Godoy, W.A.C.; Moral, R.A. (2024) 'Introduction' In: Modelling Insect Populations in Agricultural Landscapes. Cham, Switzerland : Springer.
	2024	Jayakumari, D.; Hinde, J.; Einbeck, J.; Moral, R.A. (2024) 'Tools for assessing goodness-of-fit in GLMs: Case studies in Entomology' In: Modelling Insect Populations in Agricultural Landscapes. Cham, Switzerland : Springer.
	2024	Godoy, W.A.C; Moral, R.A. (2024) 'Introducing different modelling scenarios to entomologists' In: Modelling Insect Populations in Agricultural Landscapes. Cham, Switzerland : Springer.
	2023	Reis, S.F.; Costa, C.L.N.; Von Zuben, F.J.; Moral, R.A.; Clemente-Carvalho, R.B.G.; Santos, W.L.; Vieira, C. (2023) 'Scale, Concept and Effects of' In: Encyclopedia of Biodiversity 3rd Edition. Netherlands : Academic Press, Elsevier.

Peer Reviewed Journal

	Year	Publication
	2022	José Bon V.; de Andrade Moral R.; Reigada C. (2022) 'Influence of intra- and inter-specific competition between egg parasitoids on the effectiveness of biological control of Euschistus heros (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae)'. Biological Control, 170 . [DOI]
	2022	De Andrade Moral R.; Díaz-Orueta U.; Oltra-Cucarella J. (2022) 'Logistic Versus Linear Regression-Based Reliable Change Index: A Simulation Study With Implications for Clinical Studies With Different Sample Sizes'. Psychological Assessment, . [DOI] [Full-Text]
	2022	Silva DM; de Souza VHM; Moral RA; Delalibera Júnior I; Mascarin GM; (2022) 'Production of Purpureocillium lilacinum and Pochonia chlamydosporia by Submerged Liquid Fermentation and Bioactivity against Tetranychus urticae and Heterodera glycines through Seed Inoculation'. Journal Of Fungi, 8 (5). [DOI] [Full-Text]
	2021	Cucak M; Moral RA; Fealy R; Lambkin K; Kildea S; (2021) 'Opportunities for an improved potato late blight management in the Republic of Ireland: Field evaluation of the modified Irish Rules crop disease risk prediction model'. Phytopathology, . [DOI] [Full-Text]
	2021	Kruszynski C.; De Andrade Moral R.; Míllan C.; Diniz-Reis T.R.; Mello M.A.R.; De Camargo P.B. (2021) 'Diet Composition of Bats in a Human-Modified Tropical Landscape'. Acta Chiropterologica, 23 (2):395-404. [DOI]
	2021	Haslett J.; Parnell A.C.; Hinde J.; de Andrade Moral R. (2021) 'Modelling Excess Zeros in Count Data: A New Perspective on Modelling Approaches'. International Statistical Review, . [DOI] [Full-Text]
	2021	Mainguy J.; Moral R.d.A. (2021) 'An Improved Method for the Estimation and Comparison of Mortality Rates in Fish from Catch-Curve Data'. North American Journal of Fisheries Management, . [DOI] [Full-Text]
	2021	Parra J.R.P.; Coelho A.; Cuervo-Rugno J.B.; Garcia A.G.; de Andrade Moral R.; Specht A.; Neto D.D. (2021) 'Important pest species of the Spodoptera complex: Biology, thermal requirements and ecological zoning'. Journal of Pest Science, . [DOI] [Full-Text]
	2021	Duarte M.M.; Moral R.d.A.; Guillemot J.; Zuim C.I.F.; Potvin C.; Bonat W.H.; Stape J.L.; Brancalion P.H.S. (2021) 'High tree diversity enhances light interception in tropical forests'. Journal of Ecology, . [DOI] [Full-Text]
	2021	Oliveira T.d.P.; Moral R.d.A. (2021) 'Global short-term forecasting of COVID-19 cases'. Scientific Reports, 11 (1). [DOI] [Full-Text]
	2021	Prado E.B.; Moral R.A.; Parnell A.C. (2021) 'Bayesian additive regression trees with model trees'. Statistics and Computing, 31 (3). [DOI] [Full-Text]
	2021	Rowan NJ; Moral RA; (2021) 'Disposable face masks and reusable face coverings as non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) to prevent transmission of SARS-CoV-2 variants that cause coronavirus disease (COVID-19): Role of new sustainable NPI design innovations and predictive mathematical modelling'. Science of the Total Environment, 772 . [DOI] [Full-Text]
	2020	Pollard C.; Griffin C.; Andrade Moral R.; Duffy C.; Chuche J.; Gaffney M.; Fealy R. (2020) 'phenModel: A temperature-dependent phenology/voltinism model for a herbivorous insect incorporating facultative diapause and budburst'. Ecological Modelling, 416 . [DOI] [Full-Text]
	2020	Prado, Estevao and O’Neill, Eoghan and Hernandez, Belinda and Parnell, Andrew C. and Moral, Rafael A (2020) 'Discussion of: Bayesian Regression Tree Models for Causal Inference: Regularization, Confounding, and Heterogeneous Effects'. 15 :1029-1031. [Full-Text]
	2020	Oliveira, TP; Moral, RA; Zocchi, SS; Demetrio, CGB; Hinde, J (2020) 'lcc: an R package to estimate the concordance correlation, Pearson correlation and accuracy over time'. PeerJ, 8 . [DOI] [Full-Text]
	2020	Verdade L.M.; Moral R.A.; Calaboni A.; do Amaral M.V.S.G.; Martin P.S.; Amorim L.S.; Gheler-Costa C.; Piña C.I. (2020) 'Temporal dynamics of small mammals in Eucalyptus plantations in Southeast Brazil'. Global Ecology And Conservation, 24 . [DOI] [Full-Text]
	2020	Hollingsworth R.G.; Aristizábal L.F.; Shriner S.; Mascarin G.M.; Moral R.d.A.; Arthurs S.P. (2020) 'Incorporating Beauveria bassiana Into an Integrated Pest Management Plan for Coffee Berry Borer in Hawaii'. Frontiers In Sustainable Food Systems, 4 . [DOI] [Full-Text]
	2020	Lara I.A.R.; Moral R.A.; Taconeli C.A.; Reigada C.; Hinde J. (2020) 'A generalized transition model for grouped longitudinal categorical data'. Biometrical Journal, . [DOI]
	2020	de Lara I.A.R.; Taconeli C.A.; Moral R.d.A.; Hinde J.; Voigt V.; de Freitas S.M. (2020) 'A longitudinal study of sweet orange flowering with grouped count data'. Acta Scientiarum - Agronomy, 42 :1-10. [DOI] [Full-Text]
	2019	Canassa F.; Tall S.; Moral R.; Lara I.; Delalibera I.; Meyling N. (2019) 'Effects of bean seed treatment by the entomopathogenic fungi Metarhizium robertsii and Beauveria bassiana on plant growth, spider mite populations and behavior of predatory mites'. Biological Control, 132 :199-208. [DOI] [Full-Text]
	2019	Cucak M.; Sparks A.; De Andrade Moral R.; Kildea S.; Lambkin K.; Fealy R. (2019) 'Evaluation of the'Irish rules': The potato late blight forecasting model and its operational use in the Republic of Ireland'. Journal of Agronomy, 9 (9). [DOI] [Full-Text]
	2019	Cucak, M., Sparks, A., de Andrade Moral, R., Kildea, S., Lambkin, K. and Fealy, R. (2019) 'Evaluation of Irish Rules, the Potato Late Blight Forecasting Model and its Operational use in Republic of Ireland'. Agronomy, 9 (515):1-24. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy9090515 [Full-Text]
	2019	Moral R.; Hinde J.; Ortega E.; Demétrio C.; Godoy W. (2019) 'Location-scale mixed models and goodness-of-fit assessment applied to insect ecology'. Journal of Applied Statistics, . [DOI] [Full-Text]
	2019	Moral R.; Hinde J.; Demétrio C. (2019) 'Bivariate Residual Plots With Simulation Polygons'. Journal of Computational and Graphical Statistics, . [DOI]
	2019	Canassa F.; Esteca F.; Moral R.; Meyling N.; Klingen I.; Delalibera I. (2019) 'Root inoculation of strawberry with the entomopathogenic fungi Metarhizium robertsii and Beauveria bassiana reduces incidence of the twospotted spider mite and selected insect pests and plant diseases in the field'. Journal of Pest Science, . [DOI] [Full-Text]
	2019	Rabêlo F.; de Andrade Moral R.; Lavres J. (2019) 'Integrating Biochemical, Morpho-physiological, Nutritional, and Productive Responses to Cd Accumulation in Massai Grass Employed in Phytoremediation'. Water, Air, and Soil Pollution, 230 (5). [DOI] [Full-Text]
	2019	Iwanicki NSA; Pereira AA; Botelho ABRZ; Rezende JM; Moral RA; Zucchi MI; Delalibera Júnior I; (2019) 'Monitoring of the field application of Metarhizium anisopliae in Brazil revealed high molecular diversity of Metarhizium spp in insects, soil and sugarcane roots'. Scientific Reports, 9 (1). [DOI] [Full-Text]
	2018	Tomaseto, AF; Miranda, MP; Moral, RA; de Lara, IAR; Fereres, A; Lopes, JRS (2018) 'Environmental conditions for Diaphorina citri Kuwayama (Hemiptera: Liviidae) take-off'. Journal of Applied Entomology, 142 :104-113. [DOI] [Full-Text]
	2018	Castro T.; Moral R.; Demétrio C.; Delalibera I.; Klingen I. (2018) 'Prediction of sporulation and germination by the spider mite pathogenic fungus neozygites floridana (Neozygitomycetes: Neozygitales: Neozygitaceae) based on temperature, humidity and time'. Insects, 9 (2). [DOI] [Full-Text]
	2018	Fatoretto M.; Moral R.; Demétrio C.; de Pádua C.; Menarin V.; Rojas V.; D'Alessandro C.; Delalibera I. (2018) 'Overdispersed fungus germination data: statistical analysis using R'. Biocontrol Science and Technology, . [DOI] [Full-Text]
	2018	Moral, RA; Hinde, J; Demetrio, CGB; Reigada, C; Godoy, WAC (2018) 'Models for Jointly Estimating Abundances of Two Unmarked Site-Associated Species Subject to Imperfect Detection'. Journal of Agricultural, Biological, and Environmental Statistics, 23 :20-38. [DOI]
	2017	Moral, RA; Hinde, J; Demetrio, CGB (2017) 'Half-Normal Plots and Overdispersed Models in R: The hnp Package'. Journal of Statistical Software, 81 :1-23. [DOI] [Full-Text]
	2017	Moral, RD; Demetrio, CGB; Hinde, J; Godoy, WAC; Fernandes, FS (2017) 'Parasitism-mediated prey selectivity in laboratory conditions and implications for biological control'. Basic and Applied Ecology, 19 :67-75. [DOI] [Full-Text]
	2016	Conceschi, MR; D'Alessandro, CP; Moral, RD; Demetrio, CGB; Delalibera, I (2016) 'Transmission potential of the entomopathogenic fungi Isaria fumosorosea and Beauveria bassiana from sporulated cadavers of Diaphorina citri and Toxoptera citricida to uninfected D-citri adults'. BioControl, 61 :567-577. [DOI] [Full-Text]
	2016	Alexandrino, ER; Buechley, ER; Piratelli, AJ; Ferraz, KMPMD; Moral, RD; Sekercioglu, CH; Silva, WR; do Couto, HTZ (2016) 'Bird sensitivity to disturbance as an indicator of forest patch conditions: An issue in environmental assessments'. Ecological Indicators, 66 :369-381. [DOI] [Full-Text]
	2016	Mascarin, GM; Guarin-Molina, JH; Arthurs, SP; Humber, RA; Moral, RD; Demetrio, CGB; Delalibera, I (2016) 'Seasonal prevalence of the insect pathogenic fungus Colletotrichum nymphaeae in Brazilian citrus groves under different chemical pesticide regimes'. Fungal Ecology, 22 :43-51. [DOI] [Full-Text]
	2015	Conagin, A., Barbin, D., Demétrio, C.G.B., Moral, R.A. (2015) 'Analysing (1/125) 5^5 fractional factorial designs and some considerations'. Biometric Brazilian Journal/Revista Brasileira De Biometria, .
	2013	Moretti, TC; Coutinho, RM; Moral, RA; Ferreira, CP; Godoy, WAC (2013) 'Quantitative and qualitative dynamics of exotic and native blowflies ( Diptera: Calliphoridae) with migrations among municipalities'. Community Ecology, 14 :249-257. [DOI] [Full-Text]
	2013	Ribeiro, LD; Vendramim, JD; Bicalho, KU; Andrade, MD; Fernandes, JB; Moral, RD; Demetrio, CGB (2013) 'Annona mucosa Jacq. (Annonaceae): A promising source of bioactive compounds against Sitophilus zeamais Mots. (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)'. JOURNAL OF STORED PRODUCTS RESEARCH, 55 :6-14. [DOI] [Full-Text]
	2018	Reigada, C; Moral, RD; Demetrio, CGB; Parra, JRP (2018) 'Cross-crop effects on larval growth, survivorship and fecundity of Helicoverpa armigera'. Journal of Pest Science, 91 :121-131. [DOI] [Full-Text]
	2018	Coelho A; Milanez JM; de Andrade Moral R; Demétrio CGB; Parra JRP; (2018) 'Selection of an Artificial Diet for Laboratory Rearing of Opogona sacchari (Lepidoptera: Tineidae) (Bojer, 1856)'. Neotropical Entomology, 47 (2). [DOI] [Full-Text]
	2018	Alves, GR; Beloti, VH; Faggioni-Floriano, KM; de Carvalho, SA; Moral, RD; Demetrio, CGB; Parra, JPRP; Yamamoto, PT (2018) 'Does the scion or rootstock of Citrus sp affect the feeding and biology of Diaphorina citri Kuwayama (Hemiptera: Liviidae)?'. Arthropod-Plant Interactions, 12 :77-84. [DOI] [Full-Text]
	2017	Otto, MSG; Francisco, JG; Gonsalez, BT; Calvo, LD; de Mattos, EM; de Almeida, M; Moral, RD; Demetrio, CGB; Stape, JL; de Oliveira, RF (2017) 'Changes in gamma-aminobutyric acid concentration, gas exchange, and leaf anatomy in Eucalyptus clones under drought stress and rewatering'. Acta Physiologiae Plantarum, 39 . [DOI] [Full-Text]
	2017	Beloti VH; Alves GR; Moral RA; Demétrio CGB; Yamamoto PT; (2017) 'Acute Toxicity of Fresh and Aged Residues of Pesticides to the Parasitoid Tamarixia radiata and to the HLB-Bacteria Vector Diaphorina citri'. Neotropical Entomology, . [DOI] [Full-Text]
	2017	Battel, APMB; Moral, RD; Rodrigues, CA; Araujo, MD; Godoy, WAC (2017) 'Reproductive potential of Chrysoperla externa maintained in different cage sizes in laboratory conditions'. Ciencia Rural, 47 . [DOI] [Full-Text]
	2016	Galindo LA; Moral RA; Moretti TC; Godoy WA; Demétrio CG; (2016) 'Intraguild predation influences oviposition behavior of blow flies (Diptera: Calliphoridae)'. Parasitology Research, 115 (5). [DOI] [Full-Text]
	2016	Castro T; Roggia S; Wekesa VW; de Andrade Moral R; Gb Demétrio C; Delalibera I; Klingen I; (2016) 'The effect of synthetic pesticides and sulfur used in conventional and organically grown strawberry and soybean on Neozygites floridana, a natural enemy of spider mites'. Pest Management Science, 72 (9). [DOI] [Full-Text]
	2016	Mascarin GM; Guarín-Molina JH; Arthurs SP; Humber RA; de Andrade Moral R; Demétrio CG; Delalibera Í; (2016) 'Data on morphological features of mycosis induced by Colletotrichum nymphaeae and Lecanicillium longisporum on citrus orthezia scale'. Data In Brief, 8 . [DOI] [Full-Text]
	2016	Piai DB, Barbeiro A, Yonezawa GN, Quagliato Jr R, Claro Neto S, Chierice GO, Moral RA, Demétrio CGB (2016) 'Phosphoethanolamine and omega-3 in patients with asthma'. International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, 9 :18543-18548. [Full-Text]
	2016	Castro, T; Mayerhofer, J; Enkerli, J; Eilenberg, J; Meyling, NV; Moral, RD; Demetrio, CGB; Delalibera, I (2016) 'Persistence of Brazilian isolates of the entomopathogenic fungi Metarhizium anisopliae and M. robertsii in strawberry crop soil after soil drench application'. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 233 :361-369. [DOI] [Full-Text]
	2016	Moral, RA; Azevedo, FCC; Verdade, LM (2016) 'The use of sheepdogs in sheep production in southeastern Brazil'. Pastoralism-Research Policy And Practice, 6 . [DOI] [Full-Text]
	2015	Beloti VH; Alves GR; Araújo DF; Picoli MM; Moral Rde A; Demétrio CG; Yamamoto PT; (2015) 'Lethal and Sublethal Effects of Insecticides Used on Citrus, on the Ectoparasitoid Tamarixia radiata'. PLoS ONE, 10 (7). [DOI] [Full-Text]
	2015	Macedo, FCO; Dziubinska, H; Trebacz, K; Oliveira, RF; Moral, RA (2015) 'Action potentials in abscisic acid-deficient tomato mutant generated spontaneously and evoked by electrical stimulation'. Acta Physiologiae Plantarum, 37 . [DOI] [Full-Text]
	2014	Rodrigues, CA; Battel, APMB; Martinelli, NM; Moral, RD; Sercundes, RK; Godoy, WAC (2014) 'DYNAMICS AND PREDATION EFFICIENCY OF CHRYSOPERLA EXTERNA (NEUROPTERA: CHRYSOPIDAE) ON ENNEOTHRIPS FLAVENS (THYSANOPTERA: THRIPIDAE)'. Florida Entomologist, 97 :653-658. [Full-Text]
	2013	de Castro TR; Wekesa VW; Moral Rde A; Demétrio CG; Delalibera I; Klingen I; (2013) 'The effects of photoperiod and light intensity on the sporulation of Brazilian and Norwegian isolates of Neozygites floridana'. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology, 114 (3). [DOI] [Full-Text]
	2013	Ferreira, IED; Moral, RD; Ferreira, CP; Godoy, WAC (2013) 'Modelling fungus dispersal scenarios using cellular automata'. Ecological Informatics, 14 :53-58. [DOI] [Full-Text]
	2012	Battel APMB, Moral RA, Godoy WAC (2012) 'Modelos matemáticos predador-presa e aplicações ao manejo integrado de pragas'. Oecologia Australis, 16 :43-62. http://dx.doi.org/10.4257/oeco.2012.1601.05 [Full-Text]
	2023	Coelho, A.; Vieira, J.M.; Rugman-Jones, P.F.; Querino, R.B.; Moral, R.D.A.; Parra, J.R.P.; Stouthamer, R. (2023) 'Reproductive compatibility among sympatric and allopatric isofemale lines of Trichogramma pretiosum Riley, 1879'. Bulletin of Entomological Research, . [Link] [DOI]
	2023	de Godoy I.B.S.; McGrane-Corrigan B.; Mason O.; Moral R.d.A.; Godoy W.A.C. (2023) 'Plant-host shift, spatial persistence, and the viability of an invasive insect population'. Ecological Modelling, 475 . [DOI]
	2023	Calvey B.; Maguire R.; de Andrade Moral R.; McHugh Power J. (2023) 'Health asymmetry as a predictor of depressive symptomatology over time among older European adults: A growth curve analysis'. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 166 . [DOI]
	2023	Urbanus, J.; Cosgrove, J.; Beltman, J.B.; Elhanati, Y.; Moral, R.A.; Conrad, C.; van Heijst, J.W.; Tubeuf, E.; Velds, A.; Kok, L.; Merle, C.; Magnusson, J.P.; Guyonnet, L.; Frisén, J.; Fre, S.; Walczak, A.M.; Mora, T.; Jacobs, H.; Schumacher, T.N.; Perié, L. (2023) 'DRAG in situ barcoding reveals an increased number of HSPCs contributing to myelopoiesis with age'. Nature Communications, 14 . [Link] [DOI]
	2022	Oliveira J.S.; Reigada C.; Diniz A.J.F.; Lara I.A.R.; Moral R.A.; Parra J.R.P. (2022) 'Can parasitism by Tamarixia radiata (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) affect the movement and oviposition behavior of Diaphorina citri (Hemiptera: Psyllidae)?'. Journal of Insect Behavior, . [DOI]
	2022	Gheler-Costa C.; Sabino-Santos G.; Rosalino L.M.; Amorim L.S.; Maia F.G.M.; de Andrade Moral R.; Ferreira I.E.P.; Figueiredo L.T.M.; Piña C.I.; Verdade L.M. (2022) 'The influence of sugarcane pre-harvest fire on hantavirus prevalence in Neotropical small mammals'. Ecosphere, 13 (9). [DOI]
	2022	McDonnell J.; McKenna T.; Yurkonis K.A.; Hennessy D.; de Andrade Moral R.; Brophy C. (2022) 'A Mixed Model for Assessing the Effect of Numerous Plant Species Interactions on Grassland Biodiversity and Ecosystem Function Relationships'. Journal of Agricultural, Biological, and Environmental Statistics, . [DOI]
	2022	Moral R.A.; Chen Z.; Zhang S.; McClean S.; Palma G.R.; Allan B.; Kegel I. (2022) 'Profiling Television Watching Behaviour Using Bayesian Hierarchical Joint Models for Time-to-Event and Count Data'. Ieee Access, . [DOI]
	2022	Cucak M.; Harteveld D.O.C.; Wasko DeVetter L.; Peever T.L.; Moral R.d.A.; Mattupalli C. (2022) 'Development of a Decision Support System for the Management of Mummy Berry Disease in Northwestern Washington'. Plants, 11 (15). [DOI] [Full-Text]
	2022	Mimnagh N.; Parnell A.; Prado E.; Moral R.d.A. (2022) 'Bayesian multi-species N-mixture models for unmarked animal communities'. Environmental and Ecological Statistics, . [DOI] [Full-Text]
	2023	Moral, R.A.; Vishwakarma, R.; Connolly, J.; Byrne, L.; Hurley, C.; Finn, J.A.; Brophy, C. (2023) 'Going beyond richness: Modelling the BEF relationship using species identity, evenness, richness and species interactions via the DImodels R package'. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, . [Link] [DOI]
	2023	Azevedo, K.E.X.; Magalhães, D.M.; de Andrade Moral, R.; Bento, J.M.S. (2023) 'Weathering the hunt: The role of barometric pressure in predator insects' foraging behaviour'. Ecology and Evolution, 13 . [Link] [DOI]
	2023	Hatteland, B.A.; Andrade Moral, R.D.; Jaastad, G.; Myren, G.; Bjotveit, E.; Sekse, I.L.; Westrum, K.; Trandem, N. (2023) 'Pesticide use, arthropod fauna and fruit damage in apple orchards in a Nordic climate'. Pest Management Science, . [Link] [DOI] [Full-Text]
	2023	Sandra Cristina Deodoro, Rafael Andrade Moral, Reamonn Fealy, Tim McCarthy, Rowan Fealy (2023) 'An assessment of Sentinel 1 SAR, geophysical and topographical covariates for estimating topsoil particle size fractions'. European Journal of Soil Science, . [Link] [DOI] [Full-Text]
	2023	Palma, G.R.; Godoy, W.A.C.; Engel, E.; Lau, D.; Galvan, E.; Mason, O.; Markham, C.; Moral, R.A. (2023) 'Pattern-based prediction of population outbreaks'. Ecological Informatics, 77 . [Link] [DOI]
	2023	Vishwakarma, R.; Byrne, L.; Connolly, J.; de Andrade Moral, R.; Brophy, C. (2023) 'Estimation of the non-linear parameter in Generalised Diversity-Interactions models is unaffected by change in structure of the interaction terms'. Environmental and Ecological Statistics, . [Link] [DOI] [Full-Text]
	2023	Danilo Sarti; Estevão B. Prado; Alan N Inglis; Antônia A.L. dos Santos; Catherine B Hurley; Rafael A. Moral; Andrew C. Parnell (2023) 'Bayesian Additive Regression Trees for Genotype by Environment Interaction Models (AMBARTI)'. Annals of Applied Statistics, .
	2023	Commins, S.; Coutrot, A.; Hornberger, M.; Spiers, H.J.; De Andrade Moral, R. (2023) 'Examining individual learning patterns using generalised linear mixed models'. Behavior Research Methods, . [Link] [DOI]
	2023	Sarti, D.A.; Prado, E.B.; Inglis, A.N.; Dos Santos, A.A.L.; Hurley, C.B.; Moral, R.A.; Parnell, A.C. (2023) 'BAYESIAN ADDITIVE REGRESSION TREES FOR GENOTYPE BY ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION MODELS'. Annals of Applied Statistics, 17 . [Link] [DOI]
	2024	Mainguy, J.; Bélanger, M.; Ouellet-Cauchon, G.; de Andrade Moral, R. (2024) 'Monitoring reproduction in fish: Assessing the adequacy of ogives and the predicted uncertainty of their L50 estimates for more reliable biological inferences'. Fisheries Research, 269 . [Link] [DOI]
	2024	Deodoro, S. C., Moral, R. A., Fealy, R.M.., McCarthy, T., & Fealy, R. (2024) 'Using the surface scattering mechanism from dual-pol SAR data to estimate topsoil particle-size fractions'. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, 128 . [DOI]
	2024	McGrane-Corrigan, B.; Mason, O.; de Andrade Moral, R. (2024) 'Inferring stochastic group interactions within structured populations via coupled autoregression'. Journal of Theoretical Biology, 584 . [Link] [DOI]
	2023	Holtz de Paula, P.; Coelho, A.; de Andrade Moral, R.; Postali Parra, J.R. (2023) 'Isofemale line as an alternative to maintain quality of Telenomus remus Nixon, a biological-control agent for fall armyworm'. Biological Control, 187 . [Link] [DOI]
	2023	Sercundes, R.K.; Molenberghs, G.; Verbeke, G.; Demétrio, C.G.B.; da Silva, S.C.; Moral, R.A. (2023) 'A combined overdispersed longitudinal model for nominal data'. Statistical Modelling, . [Link] [DOI]

Conference Publication

	Year	Publication
	2021	Jones, L., Moral, R.A., Stephens J.C. (2021) World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology International Journal of Animal and Veterinary Sciences *A Descriptive Study of the Mineral Content of Conserved Forage fed to Horses in the United Kingdom. Ireland and France*
	2021	Hackett C.; Moral R.D.A.; Markham C. (2021) 2021 32nd Irish Signals and Systems Conference, ISSC 2021 *Simulating Disease in Periods of Low Mobility Using a Hybrid Diffusion and Compartmental Model Built on Geographic Data* [DOI]
	2020	Bueno, I., Moral, R.A., Godoy, W.A.C. (2020) Entomology 2020 *Growth dynamics of symbiont fungus and caste structure in leaf-cutting ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Atta)*
	2020	Palma, G.R., Markham, C., Moral, R.A. (2020) 22nd Irish Machine Vision and Image Processing Conference *Detecting predation interaction using pretrained CNNs*
	2020	Brophy, C., Connolly, J., Moral, R.A. (2020) Annual Meeting of the British Ecological Society *DImodels: A new R package for modelling the effects of species and their interactions in biodiversity and ecosystem function research*
	2019	Moral, R.A., Mendes, M.S., Verdade, L.M. (2019) 34th International Workshop on Statistical Modelling *Modelling evolutionary and ecological musical patterns in Neotropical perching birds*
	2018	Fatoretto, M.B., Moral, R.A., Demétrio, C.G.B. (2018) 29th International Biometric Conference *Statistical analysis of overdispersed fungus germination data*
	2018	Lara, I.A.R., Moral, R.A., Taconeli, C.A., Kuhn, T.M.A., Lopes, J.R.S. (2018) 29th International Biometric Conference *Transition models for grouped longitudinal categorical data applied to entomology*
	2018	Moral, R.A., Hinde, J., Bonat, W., Demétrio, C.G.B. (2018) 38th Conference on Applied Statisics in Ireland *Modelling bounded data in plant ecology*
	2018	Moral, R.A., Bonat, W., Hinde, J., Demétrio, C.G.B., Duarte, M.M (2018) 29th International Biometric Conference *Conditional and marginal models for analysing light interception data*
	2017	Thomas, G., Nakamura, L.R., Moral, R.A., Demétrio, C.G.B. (2017) 62nd Annual Meeting of the Brazilian Region of the IBS *Modelling count data with excess of zeros and overdispersion using GAMLSS*
	2017	Fatoretto, M.B., Moral, R.A., Demétrio, C.G.B., Rojas, V.A., Delalibera Jr., I. (2017) 62nd Annual Meeting of the Brazilian Region of the IBS *Análise de resistência de isolados utilizando modelos lineares generalizados mistos*
	2017	Moral, R.A., Hinde, J., Demétrio, C.G.B. (2017) 32nd International Workshop on Statistical Modelling *Bivariate residual plots with simulation polygons*
	2017	Moral, R.A., Demétrio, C.G.B., Hinde, J. (2017) 37th Conference on Applied Statisics in Ireland *A diagnostic plot for bivariate models*
	2016	Moral, R.A., Hinde, J., Demétrio, C.G.B., Reigada, C. and Godoy, W.A.C. (2016) the 31st International Workshop on Statistical Modelling *N-mixture models applied to zero-inflated insect abundance data*
	2016	Moral, R.A., Demétrio, C.G.B. and Hinde, J. (2016) 9th International Conference of the ERCIM WG on Computational and Methodological Statistics *Joint models for repeated counts of predators and prey*
	2015	Oliveira, T.P., Moral, R.A., Hinde. J., Demétrio, C.G.B., Zocchi, S.S., Zanardo, A.B.R. and Delalibera Jr., I (2015) 30th International Workshop on Statistical Modelling *Generalized linear mixed models applied to overdispersed proportion data in a fungal occurrence study*
	2015	Pádua, C.S., Fatoretto, M.B., Menarin, V., Moral, R.A., Demétrio, C.G.B. and Rojas, V.M.A. (2015) 60th World Statistics Congress *Generalized linear mixed models: an application to fungi data*
	2014	Moral, R.A., Alderete, M.C., Demétrio, C.G.B. and Orgeira, J (2014) the I Workshop on Experimental Statistics *Zero-inflated models applied to Antarctic bird abundance data*
	2014	Moral, R.A., Hinde, J. and Demétrio, C.G.B. (2014) 27th International Biometric Conference *Half-normal plots and overdispersion in R*
	2013	Moral, R.A., Godoy, W.A.C., Hinde, J. and Demétrio, C.G.B. (2013) 33rd Conference on Applied Statistics in Ireland *Modelling competition between overlapping niche predators*
	2013	Moral, R.A., Godoy, W.A.C., Hinde, J. and Demétrio, C.G.B. (2013) 58th Annual Meeting of the Brazilian Region of the IBS *Parasitism affects predator choice in agroecosystems*
	2012	Godoy, W.A.C., Battel, A.P.M.B. and Moral, R.A. (2012) British Ecological Society Annual Meeting *Interaction mathematical model and applications on integrated pest management*
	2012	Silveira, T.A., Marchini, L.C., Ferreira, I.E.P., Moral, R.A. and Godoy, W.A.C. (2012) 8th International Conference on Ecological Informatics *Pollen as environmental indicator: a foraging activity model for Apis mellifera based on multi-agents*
	2012	Moral, R.A., Battel, A.P.M.B., Neves, J.A., Lopes, E.N. and Godoy, W.A.C. (2012) Models in Population Dynamics and Ecology 12 *Dynamics of hosts and parasitoids with integrated pest management policy: theory and experimentation*
	2011	Moral, R.A., Carrara, J.A., Godoy, W.A.C. and Ferreira, I.E.P. (2011) 1st International Conference on Spatial Ecology and Conservation *Demography affects migration dynamics of blowflies*
	2011	Ferreira, I.E.P., Moral, R.A. and Ferreira, C.P. (2011) 1st International Conference on Spatial Ecology and Conservation *Modelling fungus dispersion scenarios using cellular automata*
	2022	Lemos dos Santos, A.A., Parnell, A., Moral, R.A., Sarti, D. (2022) 42nd Conference on Applied Statistics in Ireland *Bayesian Additive Main Effects and Multiplicative Interaction with Time*
	2022	McGrane-Corrigan, B., Mason, O., Moral, R.A. (2022) 42nd Conference on Applied Statistics in Ireland *Coupled Log-Linear Autoregression and Structured Population Dynamics*
	2022	Jayakumari, D., Hinde, J., Moral, R.A. (2022) 42nd Conference on Applied Statistics in Ireland *A New Goodness-of-Fit Diagnostic for Count Data Based on Half-Normal Plots*
	2022	Lara, I.A.R., Moral, R.A., Taconeli, C.A., Reigada, C., Hinde, J. (2022) National Symposium of Probability and Statistics (SINAPE) *Transition Models for Grouped Data Applied to Psyllid Movement*
	2022	Vishwakarma, R., Byrne, L., Connolly, J., Moral, R.A., Brophy, C. (2022) 42nd Conference on Applied Statistics in Ireland *Estimation of Non-Linear Parameter in Generalised Diversity-Interactions Models Unaffected by Change in Structure of Interaction Terms*
	2022	Byrne, L., Vishwakarma, R., Connolly, J., Moral, R.A., Brophy, C. (2022) 42nd Conference on Applied Statistics in Ireland *A New R Package for the Fitting of Multivariate \& Repeated Measures Diversity-Interaction Models*
	2022	Sarti, D.A., dos Santos, A.A., Moral, R.A., Parnell, A. (2022) Mendel Genetics Conference 2022 *Computational Simulation of Genomics, Phenomics and Environmental Correlated Variables Using Machine Learning*
	2022	Ferreira, I.E.P., Fabiano, D.A.B., Moral, R.A., Mimnagh, N. (2022) XLI Congresso Nacional de Matemática Aplicada e Computacional (CNMAC) *Plataforma MAB para avaliar a performance de delineamentos amostrais em estudos de abundância*
	2022	Palma, G.R., Aquino, A.C., Monticelli, P.F., Verdade, L.M., Markham, C., Moral, R.A. (2022) 42nd Conference on Applied Statistics in Ireland *From Sound to Images: Bird Species Classification Using CNNs*
	2022	Palma, G.R., Aquino, A., Monticelli, P., Verdade, L.M., Markham, C., Moral, R.A. (2022) 24th Irish Machine Vision and Image Processing Conference *A machine vision system for avian song classification with CNN's*
	2022	Mimnagh, N., Verdade, L., Ferreira, I.E.P., Moral, R.A. (2022) 42nd Conference on Applied Statistics in Ireland *A Triple Poisson Model for Estimating Animal Abundance from Trace Data*
	2024	Blake McGrane-Corrigan; Rafael de Andrade Moral; Oliver Mason (2024) Dynamical Systems Applied to Biology and Natural Sciences *Stability for a discrete-time nonlinear dispersal model* Lisbon, Portugal,
	2023	Palma, G.R.; Mello, R.F.; Godoy, W.A.C.; Engel, E.; Lau, D.; Markham, C.; Moral, R.A. (2023) 43rd Conference on Applied Statistics in Ireland *A new forecasting tool based on time series embedding* Killarney, Ireland,
	2023	Lara, I.A.R.; Paula, L.V.T.; Bon, V.J.; Reigada, C.; Moral, R.A. (2023) 43rd Conference on Applied Statistics in Ireland *The gradient test to assess homogeneity of probabilities in discrete-time transition models* Killarney, Ireland,
	2023	Lara, I.A.R.; Palma, G.R.; Bon, V.J.; Reigada, C.; Moral, R.A. (2023) 37th International Workshop on Statistical Modelling *Multi-state models for double transitions associated with parasitism in biological control* Dortmund, Germany,
	2023	Jayakumari, D.; Moral, R.A.; Einbeck, J.; Hinde, J. (2023) 43rd Conference on Applied Statistics in Ireland *Understanding the role of envelope width in half-normal in the context of count data* Killarney, Ireland,
	2023	Bueno, I.; Palma, G.R.; Lara, I.A.R.; Moral, R.A.; Godoy, W.A.C. (2023) XXVI Symposium of Myrmecology: An International Ant Meeting *Influence of fungus garden and brood on the cleaning behaviors of leaf-cutting ants exposed to the entomopathogenic fungus Metarhizium anisopliae* Manaus, Brazil,
	2023	Jayakumari, D.; Einbeck, J.; Hinde, J.; Moral, R.A. (2023) 37th International Workshop on Statistical Modelling *Understanding the role of conditional residual distances from simulated envelopes in half normal plots* Dortmund, Germany,
	2023	Santos, J.R.; Takahashi, T.A.; Garcia, A.G.; Palma, G.R.; Moral, R.A.; Parra, J.R.P. (2023) 17th Brazilian Symposium of Biological Control *O alimento do hospedeiro Spodoptera frugiperda (J.E. Smith) (Noctuidae) interfere no parasitismo de Aleiodes sp. n. Wesmael (Braconidae)?* Bahia, Brazil,
	2023	Mimnagh, N.; Moral, R.A.; Parnell, A.; Prado, E.B. (2023) 43rd Conference on Applied Statistics in Ireland *A multivariate N-mixture model applied to estimating the size of foraging bee populations* Killarney, Ireland,
	2023	Palma, G.R.; Mello, R.; Godoy, W.A.C.; Engel, E.; Lau, D.; Markham, C.; Moral, R.A. (2023) 37th International Workshop on Statistical Modelling *Forecasting insect abundance using time series embedding and environmental covariates* Dortmund, Germany,
	2023	McGrane-Corrigan, B.; Mason, O.; Moral, R.A. (2023) 2023 Mathematical Ecology Conference *Persistence for unimodal population maps via dispersal* Pittsburgh, USA,
	2023	Santos, J.R.; Takahashi, T.A.; Garcia, A.G.; Palma, G.R.; Moral, R.A.; Parra, J.R.P. (2023) 17th Brazilian Symposium of Biological Control *Impacto do ínstar do hospedeiro no parasitismo de Aleiodes sp. n. Wesmael (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) em Spodoptera spp. Guenée (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)* Bahia, Brazil,
	2023	McGrane-Corrigan, B.; Mason, O.; Moral, R.A. (2023) 43rd Conference on Applied Statistics in Ireland *Inferring animal group interactions* Killarney, Ireland,

Conference Contribution

	Year	Publication
	2022	Young-ISA Committee (2022) Second Young-ISA Meeting One-day conference. Theme: Communication & Reproducibility in Statistics Online, .
	2021	Moral, R.A. (2021) Module on Mathematical Biology Statistical Ecology: A Very Brief Introduction Online, University of São Paulo, Brazil, .
	2021	Moral, R.A. (2021) II Workshop de Modelagem Matemática e Computacional Aplicada à Entomologia Statistical Modelling Applied to Entomology Online, University of São Paulo, Brazil, .
	2021	Maynooth Statistics Group (2021) 41st Conference on Applied Statistics in Ireland Annual conference of the Irish Statistical Association. 354 attendees Online, .
	2021	Moral, R.A. (2021) Module on Transversal Topics in Statistics Statistical Ecology: A Very Brief Introduction Online, Federal University of Paraná, Brazil, .
	2021	Moral, R.A. (2021) Virtual Ongoing Interdisciplinary Collaborations on Educating with Song Teaching Statistics Through Musical Parodies Online, .
	2021	Moral, R.A. (2021) WNAR Meeting Estimating Abundance from Animal Traces Online, Alaska, USA, .
	2021	Moral, R.A. (2021) Dell Data Science Week Image Analysis Online, .
	2021	Moral, R.A. (2021) Omega Talks Data Science Joint N-Mixture Models to Estimate Animal Abundance Onlne, organised by the Federal University of Paraná, Brazil, .
	2021	Moral, R.A. (2021) Maths Week 2021 Do Statisticians Have Superpowers? Online, .
	2021	Moral, R.A. (2021) 2nd Operational Research Week, Casa da Pesquisa Operacional Global Short-Term Forecasting of COVID-19 Cases Online, . [Full-Text]
	2021	Moral, R.A. (2021) XXIX Congresso de Matemática Capricornio Estimating Animal Abundance when Data is Scarce Onlnie, Chile, .
	2021	Moral, R.A. (2021) 65th meeting of the Brazilian Region of the IBS Estimating Animal Abundance when Data is Scarce Online, .
	2021	Moral, R.A. (2021) I Encontro Internacional em Psicometria e Avaliação Neuropsicológica Teaching Statistics Through Music Online, PUC Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, .
	2021	Moral, R.A. (2021) MathsFest 2021 Teaching Statistics with Music (and Other Strategies) Online, .
	2021	Moral, R.A. (2021) Statistics Thematic Week Global Short-Term Forecasting of COVID-19 Cases Online, organised by Federal University of Bahia, Brazil, . [Full-Text]
	2020	Moral, R.A. (2020) Module on Mathematical Biology Statistical Ecology: A Very Brief Introduction Online, University of São Paulo, Brazil, .
	2020	Moral, R.A. (2020) VII Mathematics Week Topics in Data Science Online, Federal University of Acre, Brazil, .
	2020	Moral, R.A. (2020) PET Invites Global Short-Term Forecasting of COVID-19 Cases and Teaching Statistics through Music Online, organised by Federal University of Paraná, Brazil, . [Full-Text]
	2019	Moral, R.A. (2019) XVI School of Regression Models Mixed and marginal models for analysing light interception data Pirenópolis, Brazil, .
	2019	Young-ISA Committee (2019) Inaugural Young-ISA Meeting One-day conference, theme: Statistics in Academia vs Industry Maynooth, Ireland, .
	2019	Moral, R.A., Prado, E.B., Brophy, C. (2019) 1st Workshop on Ecological Data Analysis One-day workshop Maynooth, Ireland, .
	2019	Moral, R.A. (2019) 2nd Young Statisticians Europe Meeting How do birds compose their music? Modelling ecological and evolutionary patterns in bird song data Bucharest, Romania, .
	2018	Moral, R.A. (2018) R Meetup Warsaw Diagnostic plots for univariate and bivariate models (and joint models in Ecology) Warsaw, Poland, .
	2018	Moral, R.A., Bonat,W.H., Hinde, J., Demétrio, C.G.B., Duarte, M. (2018) 29th International Biometric Confrence Conditional and marginal models for analysing light interception data Barcelona, Spain, .
	2018	Moral, R.A., Hinde, J., Bonat, W., Demétrio C.G.B. (2018) 38th Conference on Applied Statistics in Ireland Modelling bounded data in plant ecology Galway, Ireland, .
	2017	Moral, R.A. (2017) 62nd meeting of the Brazilian Region of the IBS Models for jointly estimating abundances of two unmarked site-associated species Lavras, Brazil, .
	2017	Moral, R.A, Hinde, J., Demétrio, C.G.B. (2017) 37th Conference on Applied Statistics in Ireland A diagnostic plot for bivariate models Mullingar, Ireland, .
	2016	Moral, R.A, Hinde, J., Demétrio, C.G.B. (2016) 36th Conference on Applied Statistics in Ireland Diagnostic checking for N-mixture models applied to mite abundance data Limerick, Ireland, .
	2016	Moral, R.A, Hinde, J., Demétrio, C.G.B. (2016) 31st International Workshop on Statistical Modelling N-mixture models applied to zero-inflated insect abundance data Rennes, France, .
	2015	Moral, R.A, Hinde, J., Demétrio, C.G.B. (2015) 30th International Workshop on Statistical Modelling Assessing goodness-of-fit for accelerated failure rate models: An insect ecology case-study Linz, Austria, .
	2014	Moral, R.A, Hinde, J., Demétrio, C.G.B. (2014) I Workshop on Experimental Statistics hnp: Half-normal plotting in R Piracicaba, Brazil, .
	2023	Moral, R.A. (2023) BTIIC Workshop Profiling Television Watching Behaviour Using Bayesian Hierarchical Models Ulster University, Belfast, .
	2023	Moral, R.A. (2023) Hamilton Research Day Profiling Television Watching Behaviour Using Bayesian Hierarchical Models Maynooth University, .
	2022	Moral, R.A. (2022) Advanced Summer Camp, Maynooth University What Is Data Science? Maynooth University, .
	2022	Moral, R.A. (2022) VOICES Conference 2022: Virtual Ongoing Interdisciplinary Collaborations on Educating with Song Making High Quality Music Recordings in the Cheap Online, .
	2022	Moral, R.A. (2022) NIBIO Seminar Data from Biocontrol Studies Online, .
	2022	Moral, R.A. (2022) Seminar Series of the State University of Londrina, Brazil Estimating Animal Abundance in Three Difficulty Levels Online, State University of São Paulo, .
	2022	Moral, R.A. (2022) Omega Talks Data Science Is Facebook Listening to Me? The data scientist’s role in privacy and anonymisation Online, .
	2022	Moral, R.A. (2022) 3rd Conference on Statistical Models - Count & Semi-Continuous A Triple Poisson Model for Estimating Animal Abundance Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté, France, .
	2022	Moral, R.A. (2022) Seminar Series of the State University of Londrina, Brazil Is Facebook Listening to Me? The data scientist’s role in privacy and anonymisation Online, .
	2022	Moral, R.A. (2022) Seminar Series Profiling Television Watching Behaviour Using Bayesian Hierarchical Models University of São Paulo, Online, .
	2022	Moral, R.A. (2022) Third Young-ISA Meeting Theme: Collaborative Workflow in Data Science and Statistics University of Limerick, .

Computer Program

	Year	Publication
	2019	Moral, R.A. and Fealy, R. (2019) phenModel. [Computer Program] [Link]

Magazine Article

	Year	Publication
	2021	Cucak, M; Moral, RD; Esker, P; Lambkin, K; Fealy, R; Kildea, S (2021) Opportunities for an improved potato late blight management in the Republic of Ireland. ST PAUL: [Magazine Article]
	2020	Cucak, M; Kildea, S; Moral, RD; Esker, P; Fealy, R (2020) Revision of Potato late blight forecasting in the Republic of Ireland. ST PAUL: [Magazine Article]

Reviews

	Year	Publication
	2021	Rowan N.J.; Moral R.A. (2021) Disposable face masks and reusable face coverings as non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) to prevent transmission of SARS-CoV-2 variants that cause coronavirus disease (COVID-19): Role of new sustainable NPI design innovations and predictive mathematical modelling. [Reviews] [DOI] [Full-Text]

Other Publication

	Year	Publication
	2023	Mainguy, J.; Bélanger, M.; Valiquette, E.; Bernatchez, S.; L'Italien, L.; Millar, R.B.; de Andrade Moral, R. (2023) Estimating fish mortality rates from catch curves: A plea for the abandonment of Ricker (1975)'s linear regression method. [Link] [DOI]

Edited Book

	Year	Publication
	2024	Moral, R.A.;Godoy, W.A.C (Ed.). (2024) Modelling Insect Populations in Agricultural Landscapes. Cham, Switzerland: Springer, [DOI]

Book

	Year	Publication
	2024	Cordeiro, G.M.; Demétrio, C.G.B.; Moral, R.A. (2024) Modelos Lineares Generalizados e Aplicações. São Paulo, Brazil: Blucher.

Professional

Professional Associations

Description	Function	From / To
International Biometric Society	Member	-
Statistical Modelling Society	Member	-
Irish Statistical Association	Member	-

Honors and Awards

Date	Title	Awarding Body
01/07/2018	Young Statistician Showcase Prize	International Biometric Society
01/07/2021	A-mu-sing competition 1st place	Consortium for the Advancement of Undergraduate Statistics Education
01/01/2021	Teaching Hero Award	National Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education
01/07/2016	Best Student Oral Presentation	Statistical Modelling Society
01/01/2012	Best Academic Average	University of São Paulo
01/10/2022	Maths Week Award	Maths Week Ireland

Committees

Committee	Function	From / To
Young ISA	Vice-chair	01/05/2019 - 31/05/2021
Young-ISA	Chair	01/06/2021 - 01/05/2023
BIR-IBS Executive Committee	Ordinary Member	01/01/2020 -
IBS Education Committee	Ordinary Member	01/01/2022 - 31/12/2023
IBS Education Committee	Chair	01/01/2024 -

Employment

	Employer	Position	From / To
	Maynooth University	Lecturer/Assistant Professor of Statistics	22/01/2018 - 30/06/2023
	Maynooth University	Associate Professor of Statistics	01/07/2023 -

Education

Institution	Qualification	Subject
University of São Paulo	Doctor of Philosophy	Statistics
University of São Paulo	Master of Science	Statistics
University of São Paulo	Bachelor of Education	Biology
University of São Paulo	Bachelor of Science	Biology

Languages

Language	Reading	Writing	Speaking
English	Fluent	Fluent	Fluent
German	Basic	Basic	Basic
Spanish	Functional	Basic	Functional
Portuguese	Fluent	Fluent	Fluent

Consultancy

	Client	Description
	Evonik / Jomakol	Analysis of experiments for commercial release of genetically modified organisms

Editorial / Academic Reviews

Amount	Role	From / To
Neotropical Entomology	Reviewer	11/06/2013 -
Journal of Computational and Graphical Statistics	Reviewer	18/09/2018 -
Pest Management Science	Reviewer	11/09/2018 -
Computational Statistics and Data Analysis	Reviewer	10/03/2018 -
Fungal Ecology	Reviewer	01/03/2022 -
Austrian Journal of Statistics	Reviewer	01/03/2022 -
BMJ Open	Reviewer	01/08/2022 -
Agricultural and Forest Meteorology	Reviewer	03/03/2022 -
R Journal	Associate Editor	01/10/2020 -
Structural Equation Modelling: A Multidisciplinary Journal	Reviewer	01/11/2022 -
Statistical Modelling	Reviewer	01/03/2020 -
Folia Microbiologica	Reviewer	01/11/2019 -
Journal of Thermal Biology	Reviewer	01/05/2020 -
Ecological Modelling	Reviewer	01/08/2021 -
Journal of Agricultural, Biological, and Environmental Statistics	Reviewer	01/09/2022 -
Statistics in Medicine	Reviewer	01/05/2021 -
Journal of Applied Microbiology	Reviewer	01/04/2021 -
Journal of Applied Statistics	Reviewer	01/11/2020 -
Process Safety and Environmental Protection	Reviewer	01/12/2021 -
Mathematical Biosciences	Reviewer	01/08/2020 -
Annals of Applied Statistics	Reviewer	01/03/2023 -
WIREs Computational Statistics	Reviewer	01/01/2021 -
Entomologia Expderimentalis et Applicata	Reviewer	01/08/2022 -
Brazilian Journal of Probability and Statistics	Associate Editor	01/10/2021 -
Revista Brasileira de Biometria	Reviewer	01/09/2020 -
Communications in Statistics - Simulation and Computation	Reviewer	01/04/2022 -

Teaching

Teaching Interests

Currently teaching

Introduction to Statistics (ST221)
R for Statistics and Data Science (ST203)
Time Series (ST306)
Topics in Data Analytics (ST662/DS406)

Taught in the past

Introduction to Statistics (ST122)
Statistical Methods for Data Science (DS665)
Statistical Computing with R (ST366)
Probability (ST461)
Introduction to Data Science II (DS152)

Recent Students

Graduation date	Name	Degree
2022	Estevão Batista do Prado	PhD
2023	Niamh Michaela Mimnagh	PhD
2023	Antonia Alessandra Lemos dos Santos	PhD