Jonathan Tawn has been Professor of Statistics in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at Lancaster University since 1996.

His research expertise is in extreme value theory, methods and its applications. His research is driven by new problems arising from applications such as oceanography, hydrology, climatology, reliability, economics, reinsurance, finance, medicine and sport.

He recieved a B.Sc. First class honours in Mathematics, Imperial College, University of London and a PhD in Statistics, University of Surrey.