Dr Alex Jones

Dr Alex Jones

Senior Lecturer, Psychology

Welsh language proficiency

Basic Welsh Speaker
Office - 714
Seventh Floor
Vivian Building
Singleton Campus
Available For Postgraduate Supervision

About

I am a psychological data scientist with research interests in face perception, first impressions, attractiveness and health judgements, applied health problems, statistical modelling, and methodological reform in psychology. I am interested in applying modern computational techniques to understand human behaviour in a variety of contexts from both theoretical and applied perspectives.

Areas Of Expertise

  • Attractiveness
  • Face processing
  • Person perception
  • Machine learning
  • Bayesian statistics
  • Morphometry

Career Highlights

Teaching Interests

Undergraduate modules in evolution and human behaviour and critical social psychology.

Postgraduate modules in programming, statistical inference, and open science practices.