Emma Atkinson
Emma is a PhD student, at the University of Alberta, supervised by Mark Lewis (UVic). Emma’s areas of research are ecological modelling, fisheries modelling, marine ecology, population dynamics, stage-structured models and marine invertebrates. The title of her project is Investigating the population biology and fishery dynamics of spot prawns (Pandalus platyceros) in British Columbia.
Rituparna Banerjee
Rituparna is a PhD student, the University of British Columbia, supervised byDaniel Coombs (UBC), Matthew Pennell (USC). Rituparna’s area of research is using mathematical models and phylogenetic trees to understand B cell repertoire evolution post vaccination and infection.
Arjun Banik
Arjun is a PhD student, supervised by Laura Cowen and Saman Muthukumarana at the University of Victoria. Arjun’s area of research is Statistical Ecology and the title of Arjun’s project is Unraveling Dolly Varden Survival Patterns: A Bayesian Multi-state Approach with Covariate Considerations.
Erik Curtis
Shan Gao
Shan is a PhD student, supervised by Hao Wang and Mark Lewis at the University of Alberta. His areas of research are infectious disease modelling and ecological modelling.
Maryam Kiakojouri
Maryam is a PhD student, supervised by Artur Luczak at the University of Lethbridge. Her area of research is Parkinson’s disease and the title of her project is Integrating Control Theory and EEG Data Analysis for Advancing Parkinson’s Disease Research.
Akina Kuperus
Akina is a PhD student, at the University of Victoria, supervised by Mark Lewis. Her area of research is animal movement.
Jessa Marley
Jessa is a PhD student, at the University of British Columbia Okanagan, supervised by Rebecca Tyson. Her area of research is animal movement ecology.
Jennifer McNichol
Jennifer is a PhD student, at Simon Fraser University, supervised by Caroline Colijn.
Negar Mohammadnejad
Negar is a PhD student, at University Alberta, supervised by Thomas Hillen. Her area of research is mathematical biology cancer cell modeling.
Shabnam Molan
Shab is a PhD student, at Simon Fraser University, supervised by Jessica Stockdale and Caroline Colijn. Shab’s area of research is infectious disease modelling.
Dominic Olver
Dominic is a PhD student, supervised by James Benson at the University of Saskatchewan. His area of research is Cryobiology and the title of his project is Validation of biomechanical models of oocyte cryopreservation damage.
Tanya Philippsen
Tanya is a PhD student at the University of Victoria.
Md. Mijanur Rahman
Md. Mijanur is a PhD student, supervised by Rebecca Tyson and Eric Foxall at the University of British Columbia, Okanagan. His areas of research are Epidemiology and Opinion Dynamics. The title of his project is Impact of Government Policies and Opinion Dynamics on the COVID-19 Pandemic in the Yukon Territory and the British Columbia (Interior) of Canada.
Fatemeh Saghafifat
Fatemeh is a PhD student, supervised by Dan Coombs at the University of British Columbia.
Mahdi is a PhD student, supervised by Ailene MacPherson at Simon Fraser University. His areas of research are theoretical biology and epidemiology.
Alexandra Shyntar
Alexandra is a PhD student, supervised by Thomas Hillen at the University of Alberta. Her area of research is Mathematical Biology Heterogeneous Disease Modelling and the title of her project is Mathematical modelling of non-small cell lung cancer with intensity-modulated radiotherapy treatments.
Yexuan Song
Yexuan is a PhD student, supervised by Caroline Colijn and Ailene MacPherson at Simon Fraser University. His areas of research are phylogenetics, population genetics, evolutionary biology.
Ryan Thiessen
Ryan is a PhD student, supervised by Thomas Hillen at the University of Alberta. His areas of research are travelling waves, glioma modelling, critical domain problems and homogenization. The title of Ryan’s project is Travelling Wave Solutions to a Microtube-Driven Giloma Invasion Model.
Elizabeth Trofimenkoff
Elizabeth is a PhD student, supervised by Marc Roussel, at the University of Lethbridge. Her areas of research are mathematical biology (cancer, gene expression), foundations / methods of mathematical modeling, singular perturbation theory, ordinary differential equations and delay differential equations. The title of Elizabeth’s project is Mathematical Models for evolutionary processes in range-shift phenomena
Shibai Zhang
Madeline Ward
Madeline is a PhD student, supervised by Rob Deardon (University of Calgary) and Lorna Deeth (University of Guelph). Her areas of research are epidemic modelling and bayesian statistics. The title of her project is Bayesian behavioural change epidemic models.
Tharana Yosprakob
Tharana is a PhD student, supervised by Gerda de Vries and Jay Newby at the University of Alberta. Her areas of research are mathematical biology, modelling and differential equations. The title of her project is Spatial organization and dynamics of nuclear proteins.
Ruibo Zhang
Ruibo is a PhD student, supervised by Ivana Bozic at the University of Washington. His areas of research are mathematical oncology, stochastic modeling and the title of his project is A branching process model of crypt dynamics for early colorectal tumors.
Tim Tian
Tim is a PhD student, supervised by Eric Cytrynbaum and Colin MacDonald at the University of British Columbia. His areas of research are agent based simulations, high performance computing, mechanistic models, microtubules, developmental biology and plants. The title of his project is Modelling of cortical microtubule organization in plant cells.
Hippolyte Djimramadji
Hippolyte is a PhD student from Chad, supervised by Julien Arino. His area of research is Mathematical Epidemiology.
Annour Saad Abdramane
Annour Saad is a PhD student from Chad, supervised by Julien Arino. His area of research is mathematical modeling. The title of his project is Mobility and spread of diseases in the border areas of Lake Chad.