STEPHEN BROWN
MSc student, MATHEMATICS

stephen.brown@carrierpigeons.net
SCI 124

FACULTY SUPERVISOR
Blair Spearman, MATHEMATICS

BSc University of British Columbia

RESEARCH: Galois theory; sextic polynomials; algebraic curves

EMELIE GUSTAFSSON
MSc student, STATISTICS

emelie_ag@hotmail.com
ASC 306

FACULTY SUPERVISOR
Jason Loeppky, STATISTICS

 BSc University of British Columbia

MELISA LAVALLEE
PhD student, MATHEMATICS

melisa_lavallee@hotmail.com

FACULTY SUPERVISORS
Blair Spearman and Qiduan Yang, MATHEMATICS

BSc University of British Columbia
MSc University of British Columbia

RESEARCH: algebraic number theory; cryptography

PAUL LEE
MSc student, MATHEMATICS

plee3089@gmail.com

FACULTY SUPERVISOR
Blair Spearman, MATHEMATICS

BSc University of British Columbia

RESEARCH: number theory

ROBIN MERCER
  MSc student, MATHEMATICS

robinmercer17@gmail.com

SCI 105

FACULTY SUPERVISORS

Ed Butz, MATHEMATICS 

Bachelor of Science

RESEARCH: financial mathematics; indifference pricing applied to weather derivatives

SARAH MOFFAT
PhD student, MATHEMATICS

smoffat99@gmail.com
ASC 302

FACULTY SUPERVISORS
Heinz Bauschke and Shawn Wang, MATHEMATICS 

BSc (Honours) University of British Columbia

RESEARCH: proximal average; fenchel conjugates; optimization

JIM NASTOS
PhD student, INTERDISCIPLINARY GRADUATE STUDIES

nastos@gmail.com
SCI 124

FACULTY SUPERVISORS
Yong Gao, COMPUTER SCIENCE
Donovan Hare, MATHEMATICS

BMath University of Waterloo
BEd University of British Columbia
MSc University of Alberta

RESEARCH: algorithms; graph theory; combinatorial optimization 

JULIE NUTINI
MSc student, MATHEMATICS

julie.nutini@ubc.ca
ASC 302

FACULTY SUPERVISOR
Warren Hare, MATHEMATICS

BSc (Honours) University of British Columbia

RESEARCH: derivative-free algorithms; hybrid algorithm design; optimization

CHAYNE PLANIDEN
MSc student, MATHEMATICS

chayneplaniden@hotmail.com

FACULTY SUPERVISOR
Warren Hare, MATHEMATICS

BSc Applied Mathematics

RESEARCH: Extension of prox-regularity and parametric prox-regularity calculus

LINDSEY REINHOLZ
MSc student, MATHEMATICS

lreinholz@hotmail.com

FACULTY SUPERVISOR

Blair Spearman, MATHEMATICS

BSc Major in Mathematics, Minor in Physics, University of British Columbia

RESEARCH: algebraic number theory, elliptic curves, congruent, and noncongruent numbers

SHAUN STROHM
PhD student, MATHEMATICS

shaun.strohm@gmail.com
SCI 354

FACULTY SUPERVISOR
Rebecca Tyson, MATHEMATICS

BSc (Honours) University of British Columbia

RESEARCH: mathematical biology; mathematical modelling; partial differential equations 

ALI TIRDAD
PhD student, MATHEMATICS

ali.tirdad@ubc.ca
SCI 124

FACULTY SUPERVISOR
Javad Tavakoli, MATHEMATICS

BSc University of Tehran, Iran
MSc Amirkabir University of Technology, Iran

RESEARCH: queueing systems; optimization with application in Health Care systems

KATRINA WILLIAMS
MSc student, MATHEMATICS

kawilliams6@gmail.com
SCI 372 / SCI 354

FACULTY SUPERVISORS
Rebecca Tyson, MATHEMATICS

BSc (Honours) Carleton University

RESEARCH: post-harvest disease; apple fungus growth; predictive modelling

ZAFAR ZAFARI
MSc student, MATHEMATICS

zizo.zafari@gmail.com
SCI 124

FACULTY SUPERVISOR
Javad Tavakoli, MATHEMATICS
 

BSc Tehran Polytechnic, Iran

RESEARCH: stochastic process and queuing theory; fuzzy logic; supply chain management; optimal control