HEINZ BAUSCHKE
Professor, MATHEMATICS

WEBSITE

heinz.bauschke@ubc.ca
ASC 352
250.807.8529

PhD Simon Fraser University

RESEARCH: convex analysis; optimization; monotone operator theory; results have been used by specialists working in areas such as image reconstruction and processing, compression, medical imaging, treatment planning, convex analysis, optimization, and feasibility problems

TEACHING: mathematics

WAYNE BROUGHTON
Associate Professor, MATHEMATICS

wayne.broughton@ubc.ca
SCI 106
250.807.9531

BSc University of British Columbia
PhD California Institute of Technology

RESEARCH: combinatorial design theory and digital signal analysis; one area of application is to create better ways of encoding digital information in order to correct random communication errors automatically

TEACHING: finite mathematics; matrix algebra; applied abstract algebra; error-correcting codes; history of mathematics

EDWARD BUTZ
Associate Professor, MATHEMATICS

edward.butz@ubc.ca
SCI 107
250.807.9533

PhD University of Chicago

RESEARCH: optimal risk management strategies in neuroscience; risk management in finance

TEACHING: financial derivatives; linear algebra; calculus

SYLVIE DESJARDINS
Associate Professor, MATHEMATICS
Head, MATHEMATICS, STATISTICS AND PHYSICS

WEBSITE

sylvie.desjardins@ubc.ca
SCI 387
250.807.8767

PhD University of Oregon

RESEARCH: mathematical ecology and insect dispersal

TEACHING: applied mathematics; vector calculus; differential geometry; complex analysis

F.O. FARID
Adjunct Professor, MATH

farid.farid@ubc.ca

PhD University of Calgary

RESEARCH: Matrix Analysis and Operator Theory

DONOVAN HARE
Associate Professor, MATHEMATICS

donovan.hare@ubc.ca
SCI 113
250.807.9537

PhD Simon Fraser University

WARREN HARE
Assistant Professor, MATHEMATICS

WEBSITE

warren.hare@ubc.ca
ASC 353
250.807.9378

MSc University of Alberta
PhD Simon Fraser University

RESEARCH: mathematical optimization; nonconvex analysis; operation research for health care; health care service operations; algorithm design

ALAN LAW
Adjunct Professor, MATHEMATICS 

alan.law@ubc.ca
SCI 113
250.807.9537

PhD Georgia Institute of Technology 

RESEARCH: digital imaging and computing; medical imaging

TEACHING: calculus; linear algebra

BLAIR SPEARMAN
Professor, MATHEMATICS

blair.spearman@ubc.ca
SCI 115
250.807.9538

PhD Pennsylvania State University

RESEARCH: algebraic number theory

TEACHING: algebraic number theory; Diophantine equations

JAVAD TAVAKOLI
Associate Professor, MATHEMATICS

javad.tavakoli@ubc.ca
SCI 114
250.807.9535

PhD Dalhousie University

RESEARCH: queueing systems; systems dynamics; and categorical algebra; applicable to computer communications and staffing facilities such as call centers, police stations, hospitals, and similar institutions where the choice of the service rate is crucial; system dynamics is used to investigate the effects of education expenditures and opportunities on unemployment and poverty for certain populations

TEACHING: abstract algebra; linear algebra; topology; probability theory; queueing theory; modelling

REBECCA TYSON
Associate Professor, MATHEMATICS

WEBSITE

rebecca.tyson@ubc.ca
SCI 386
250.807.8766

BSc McGill University
PhD University of Washington

RESEARCH: mathematical biology and spatial ecology; mathematical models of ecological systems; their development and analysis to answer questions about population dynamics, persistance, and dispersal; the spread of the mountain pine beetle; biocontrol of codling moth; dynamics of cyclical lynx and snowhoe hair populations
©PBK photo, Kelowna

TEACHING: mathematical biology; partial differential equations; ordinary differential equations; numerical analysis

SHAWN WANG
Professor, MATHEMATICS

WEBSITE

shawn.wang@ubc.ca
ASC 351
250.807.9524

PhD Simon Fraser University

RESEARCH: variational analysis; optimization; and classical analysis; variational analysis has many practical optimization applications in signal processing, statistics

TEACHING: optimization, analysis and calculus

QIDUAN YANG
Associate Professor, MATHEMATICS

qiduan.yang@ubc.ca
SCI 110
250.807.9540

BSc University of Agricultural Science and Technology, Beijing
PhD University of Calgary

RESEARCH: representations of symmetric and alternating groups; Galois groups of polynomials; and algebraic number theory; applications include molecular vibration in physics and chemistry

TEACHING: calculus; linear algebra; abstract algebra including groups, rings, modules, field theory, and their applications