The Institute of Applied Mathematics promotes interdisciplinary research in the mathematical sciences at UBC by bringing together students and faculty who do mathematical work within a variety of disciplines. The Institute’s faculty and student members come from many different departments and faculties across the university, including the physical, chemical, biological, and engineering sciences. Students affiliated with the IAM pursue interdisciplinary masters and doctoral studies in applied and computational mathematics.
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Affiliated UBC Faculty & Postdocs
| Name | Role | Research Interests |
|---|---|---|
| Schoof, Christian | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Ice and Snow; Transformation and Evolution of the Earth Surface; Fluid mechanics; Hydraulic; Asymptotic and Classical Applied Analysis; Differential Equation; applied mathematics; glacier hydrology; Glaciology; ice sheet dynamics; Ice and Snow, Transformation and Evolution of the Earth Surface, Fluid Mechanics, Hydraulic, Asymptotic and Classical Applied Analysis, Differential Equation, Applied mathematics, Glacier hydrology, Glaciology, Ice sheet dynamics |
| Semenoff, Gordon Walter | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Moedal experiment, Large Hadron Collider, CERN; String theory, quantum field theory, statistical mechanics; Theoretical and mathematical physics, the physics of elementary particles, condensed matter physics; Moedal experiment, Large Hadron Collider, CERN, String theory, quantum field theory, statistical mechanics, Theoretical and mathematical physics, the physics of elementary particles, condensed matter physics |
| Sheffer, Alla | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Computer graphics, shape modeling and geometry processing |
| Shepherd, Bruce | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Algorithms, Combinatorics, Polyhedra; Algorithms, Combinatorics, Polyhedra |
| Solymosi, Jozsef | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Additive Combinatorics, Discrete and Computational Geometry, Graph theory, and Combinatorial Number Theory |
| Swindale, Nicholas | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Eye and Visual System Diseases; Neuronal Modeling; Neuronal Systems; Visual System; Eye and Visual System Diseases, Neuronal Modeling, Neuronal Systems, Visual System |
| Thachuk, Mark | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Reaction dynamics, mathematical techniques, Chemical physics |
| van Willigenburg, Stephanie | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | algebraic combinatorics; Coxeter group; quasisymmetric function; Schur functions and generalizations; chromatic symmetric function; algebraic combinatorics, Coxeter group, quasisymmetric function, Schur functions and generalizations, chromatic symmetric function |
| Vaziri, Reza | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Finite element analysis, Mechanics of composite materials, Constitutive modeling of engineering materials, Plasticity, Damage mechanics, Process modeling of composite structures, Analysis of impact and blast loading of metallic and composite structures |
| Wachs, Anthony | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Fluid mechanics; Particle-laden flows; Non Newtonian flows; Heat and mass transfer; Numerical simulation; High performance computing; Multi-scale modelling; Fluid mechanics, Particle-laden flows, Non Newtonian flows, Heat and mass transfer, Numerical simulation, High performance computing, Multi-scale modelling |
| Wang, Alex | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Quantum chemistry, Chemical physics |
| Ward, Michael Jeffrey | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Applied analysis, singular perturbations, reaction-diffusion theory, mathematical modeling and scientific compution, nonlinear dynamics and applied partial differential equations |
| Wetton, Brian | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Scientific computing, fluid mechanics |
| Yilmaz, Ozgur | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Mathematical problems related to analog-to-digital conversion, blind source separation, sparse approximations and compressed sensing, and applications in seismic signal processing |
| Zumbo, Bruno | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Psychometrics and Test Theory; Mathematical sciences of measurement; Latent Variable and Mixed Models, Item Response Theory, Factor Analysis; Validity Theory and Validation; Multivariate Analysis; Psychometrics and Test Theory; Mathematical sciences of measurement, Latent Variable and Mixed Models, Item Response Theory, Factor Analysis, Validity Theory and Validation, Multivariate Analysis |