Postdocs and Research Assistants

Colin Hrabarachuk

Colin is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Saskatchewan.

Gulsemay Yigit

Gulsemay is a Postdoctoral Fellow, supervised by Anotida Madzvamuse at the University of British Columbia. Her area of research is Cell Migration.

Clotilde Djuikem

Clotilde is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Manitoba, supervised by Julien Arino. Clotilde’s areas of research are mathematical epidemiology, deterministic and stochastic models. The title of her project is Study the transmission of viral pathogens among four fish species in the Western Canadian Arctic, considering the impact of climate change.

Kehinde Olobatuyi

Kehinde is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Victoria.

Syeda Atika Batool Naqvi

Syeda is a Research Assistant, supervised by Stephanie Portet at the University of Manitoba. Her areas of research are cytoskeletal networks, dynamical systems and mathematical modeling.

Madeline Ward

Madeline is a Postdoctoral Fellow, supervised by Mitch Weegman at the University of Saskatchewan. Her areas of research are ecological statistics, bayesian statistics, spatio-temporal modelling.

Victor Ogesa Juma

Victor is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of British Columbia, supervised by Anotida Madzvamuse and Leah Edelstein-Keshet. His areas of research are mathematical and computational biology, cell motility, data-driven mathematical models and parameter estimation.

Fengwei Yang

Fengwei is a Postdoctoral Fellow, supervised by Anotida Madzvamuse and Miranda Holmes-Cerfon, at the University of British Columbia. His areas of research are high performance computing, mathematical modelling, image processing and AI.

Matthew Schmirler

Matthew is a Postdoctoral Fellow, supervised by Chris Soteros at the University of Saskatchewan. His area of research is DNA Topology, Statistical Physics, Markov Chain Monte Carlo. The title of his project is Developing Lattice Polygon Models of R-Loops, Optimizing Lattice Models of DNA to Experimental DNA Knotting Probabilities.

Maria Kuruvilla

Maria is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Victoria, supervised by Mark Lewis. Maria’s areas of research are quantitative ecology, salmon population modelling, salmon migration modelling and collective behaviour. The title of her project is Modelling forestry effects on salmon populations.

Simon Gamboa

Simon is a Research Assistant, supervised by Ailene Macpherson at Simon Fraser University. Simon’s areas of research are modeling local adaptation. The title of Simon’s project is A statistical examination of local adaptation throughout the life cycle.

Alex Beams

Alex is a Postdoctoral Fellow, supervised by Caroline Colijn at Simon Fraser University. His areas of research are Mathematical biology, mathematical epidemiology, phylogenetics, statistics.

Caroline Mburu

Caroline is a Postdoctoral Fellow, supervised by Mike Irvine at Simon Fraser University. Her area of research is infectious disease modelling.