Applied mathematics

The eight full-time faculty members of our applied mathematics group are active researchers in the theory of ordinary and partial differential equations, mathematical biology, celestial mechanics, climate modeling, atmospheric circulation, fluid dynamics, neural networks, transportation, mathematical physics, statistical analysis, optimization, and stochastic processes. To obtain their results, they use concepts and tools from real and complex analysis, advanced linear algebra, variational techniques, scientific computing, dynamical systems, topology, differential and non-Euclidean geometry, as well as nonlinear methods and microanalysis.

They also supervise post-doctoral, graduate, and undergraduate students, collaborate with visitors, adjunct faculty from our department, and campus colleagues who are experts in biology, biochemistry, earth and ocean science, physics, astronomy, and engineering. This group holds a weekly seminar where its members and associates communicate their results, which are then published in prestigious journals and top book series.

For all these reasons, their activity is fully recognized at the national and international level. Our department is proud that the applied mathematics group contributed towards elevating the University of Victoria to a select circle of the world’s academic institutions.

Faculty

Name Contact Research interests
Chen, Yu-Ting
Office: DTB-A521
Probability theory, stochastic partial differential equations, and interacting particle systems
Goluskin, David
Office: DTB-A539
 
Nonlinear dynamics, Fluid dynamics
Ibrahim, Slim
Office: DTB-A547
Applied mathematics; Analysis of partial differential equations models arising in Mathematical Physics; Fluid Dynamic and Wave propagation
Khouider, Boualem
Office: DTB-A550
Applied mathematics and climate modelling. Numerical methods for PDEs, stochastic modelling, atmospheric large scale circulation, tropical meteorology, convectively coupled waves, and parametrization of moist convection (i.e clouds).
Lewis, Mark
Office: DTB-A533
Mathematical biology, with a focus in spatial ecology.
Ma, Junling
Office: DTB-A536
Applied math, math biology.
Oshkai, Svetlana
Office: DTB-A551
 
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Professors emeritus

Name Contact Research interests
Edwards, Rod
Office: DTB-A542
Ordinary differential equations, mathematical biology, neural and gene networks.
Hewgill, Denny
Office: NA
 
 
Illner, Reinhard
Office: DTB-A546
 
Mathematical physics, fluid dynamics, kinetic theory of gases, statistical mechanics, partial differential equations, industrial mathematics.
Kotorynski, Walter
Office: NA
 
 
 
van den Driessche, Pauline
Office: NA
 
Aspects of stability in biomathematical models and matrix analysis. Mathematical biology, especially models in epidemiology and ecology. Matrix analysis, especially stability and combinatorial matrix analysis.
Ye, Jane
Office: DTB-A448
Optimal deterministic and stochastic control theory and its applications, nonsmooth analysis: theory and applications, nonsmooth optimization.
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Adjuncts

Name Contact Research interests
Deng, Yanxia
Office: NA
 
Applied mathematics, dynamical system, differential equations, and symplectic topology. In particular, Hamiltonian dynamics, Floer homology and Embedded contact homology and their applications in the study of periodic orbits, and data-driven dynamical systems.
Ferrando, Sebastian
Office: NA
 
Financial Mathematics, Computational Mathematics, Analysis
Perez-Chavela, Ernesto
Office: NA
 
Hamiltonian Systems, Celestial Mechanics, Dynamical Systems, Nonlinear Differential Equations.
Wang, Tao
Office: NA
 
Econometrics, Nonparametric Statistics, Machine Learning
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Postdoctoral fellows

Name Contact Supervisor
Jia, Tylar
Office: DTB-A525
 
Ibrahim
Mao, Weihao
Office: DTB-A537
Ye
Roy, Kumar
Office: DTB-A537
Khouider
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PhD students

Name Contact Supervisor
Alsharif, Mohammed
Office: DTB-A518
 
Ibrahim
Dong, Yan
Office: DTB-A534
 
 
Goluskin
Kuperus, Akina
Office: DTB-A517
 
Lewis
Leclerc, Etienne
Office: DTB-A527
 
Khouider
Qian, Lingjun
Office: NA
 
Ibrahim
Racca-Gwozdzik, Spencer
Office: DTB-A517
 
Khouider
Rajkotia Zaheer, Farid
Office: DTB-A557
 
Goluskin
Sevilla, Carlos
Office: DTB-A527
 
Khouider
Yue, Zongzhi (Johnson)
Office: DTB-A455
 
Ibrahim
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Master's students

Name Contact Supervisor
Pena Palma, Diego
Office: DTB-A557
 
Khouider
Tanyer, Defne
Office: DTB-A557
 
Anderson-Sackaney, Ibrahim
Yazganoglu, Selma
Office: DTB-A202
 
Ma, Smith
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