A Brief Personal History

I grew up in Lewisporte - a small town (ok medium size in NL) on the northeast coast of Newfoundland. Attended Lewisporte Regional High School. Played highschool volleyball. Studied as an undergraduate at MUN - graduating with a BSc (Hons) in Applied Mathematics in 1996. Grad school at Simon Fraser finishing a PhD in Applied and Computational Math very early in 2003 (nothing like the birth of my first child to get things moving!). Post-doc at the University of Waterloo followed by 5 great years as faculty in the Math & Stats department at Acadia. And finally moved (with my wife, son and daughter) back home to start a position at MUN for the fall of 2009.

Education and Experience

B.Sc. (HONS) Mathematics, Memorial University of Newfoundland (1996)

M.Sc. Applied and Computational Mathematics, Simon Fraser University (1998)

PhD Applied and Computational Mathematics, Simon Fraser University (2003)

NSERC Postdoctoral Fellowship, School of Computer Science and Department of Applied Mathematics, University of Waterloo (2003-2004)

Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Memorial University of Newfoundland (2009--2015)

Adjunct Professor, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Acadia University (2010--present)

Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Acadia Univeristy (2004--2009)

Adjunct Professor, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Dalhousie University (2006-present)

Adjunct Professor, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Saint Mary's University (2008-present)

Professor, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Memorial University of Newfoundland (2015--present)