Ruth King (née Langham[1]) FRSE FLSW is the current Thomas Bayes' Chair of Statistics in the School of Mathematics at the University of Edinburgh, having held the position since 2015.
[2]"Her research focuses on the development of novel statistical techniques applied to a range of different application areas, particularly within ecology, epidemiology or medicine.
"[3]She was recognised by the Royal Society of Edinburgh as one of Scotland's leading female scientists in their exhibition[4] and elected as a Fellow in 2018.
[6] She graduated with a BSc in Mathematics with Statistics in 1998,[1] and completed a PhD in 2001,[7] both from the University of Bristol.
[2] Currently, she is the Thomas Bayes' Chair of Statistics at the University of Edinburgh, a post she has held since 2015.