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About Me

I'm a teaching-term faculty member in the Department of Mathematics & Statistics, holding the rank of Teaching Associate Professor. As such, I'm responsible for an increased teaching load relative to regular-term faculty members, and I'm also involved in various initiatives concerning undergraduate studies, including mentoring and curriculum evaluation.

Courses I have taught at Memorial include:

  • Mathematics 1000: Calculus I
  • Mathematics 1001: Calculus II
  • Mathematics 1090: Algebra & Trigonometry
  • Mathematics 2000: Calculus III
  • Mathematics 2030: Mathematical Inquiry I (formerly Mathematics 2130)
  • Mathematics 2050: Linear Algebra I
  • Mathematics 2051: Linear Algebra II
  • Applied Mathematics 2120: Introduction to Numerical Methods (deleted course)
  • Mathematics 2260: Ordinary Differential Equations I (formerly Mathematics 3260)
  • Mathematics 3202: Vector Calculus

Since 2011, I have been the Senior Faculty Advisor for the Faculty of Science. In this role, I'm responsible for advising students who have indicated their interest in the Faculty, but have yet to formally declare a major.

I currently serve, or have previously served, on numerous University committees, including:

  • the University Senate
  • the Senate Committee on Undergraduate Studies (current Chair)
  • the Faculty Council of the Faculty of Science
  • the Faculty of Science Committee on Undergraduate Studies (current Chair)
  • the Academic Council of the School of Graduate Studies
  • the Senate Committee on Admissions
  • the Special Senate Subcommittee on Retroactive Drops and Withdrawals and Readmission Appeals
  • the Department of Mathematics and Statistics Undergraduate Studies Committee (past Chair)
  • the Department of Mathematics and Statistics ad hoc Programme Review Committee (past Chair)

For many years, I was an organiser of the NLTA Senior and Junior High Math Leagues and I contribute to the W.J. Blundon Contest and Seminar. I was also a session organiser for the Canadian Mathematical Society Summer Meeting 2009 and the Canadian Applied and Industrial Mathematics Society 2010 Meeting.

I completed my B.Sc. (Hons) in Applied Mathematics and Physics at Memorial in 2000, and my Ph.D. in Mathematics at Memorial in 2009, under the supervision of Dr Andrew Foster (Department of Mathematics and Statistics) and Dr Michael Grant (Faculty of Medicine). My doctoral thesis was entitled Drug-resistant Mutations in Models of HIV Pathogenesis.