Fanny Empacher works as a postdoctoral researcher at the University of St Andrews where she completed her PhD in Ecological Statistics in 2023. Her research focusses on fitting methods for complex Bayesian state-space models, in particular using Sequential Monte Carlo techniques for population dynamics models. Prior to her doctoral studies, she obtained a MSc in Applied Statistics and Data Mining (University of St Andrews), a BSc in Mathematics and a first state exam in Mathematics and Music (both University of Stuttgart).