Biomathematics Research Centre Members
Members
Professor Jennifer Brown (Associate Director)
Jennifer.Brown@canterbury.ac.nz
Room 622 Erskine Building
Phone: +64 3 364 2987 ext 7684
Research Interests
Ecological statistics, environmental monitoring, animal population assessment, sampling theory, experimental design. [ NZIMA ]
Dr Richard Brown
Richard.Brown@canterbury.ac.nz
Room 710 Erskine Building
Phone: +64 3 364 2987 ext 7694
Research Interests
Mathematical biology. Spatial population models. Applied linear algebra. Geometry in computer vision.
Professor Tim David
Tim.David@canterbury.ac.nz
Mechanical E502
Phone: +64 3 364 2987 ext 7213
Research Interests
Blood flow patterns in the brain, the dynamics of natural and man-made heart valves, vascular disease and thrombolysis. [ Centre for Bioengineering ]
Dr James Degnan
James.Degnan@canterbury.ac.nz
Room 611 Erskine Building
Phone: +64 3 364 2682
Research Interests
Phylogenetics and population genetics, the coalescent process applied to multiple species.
Dr Paul Gardner
ppgardner@gmail.com
von Haast Building
Phone: +64 3 364 2987 ext ...
Research Interests
Bionformatics approaches to functionally characterise ncRNAs, RNA structure prediction, comparative sequence analysis, genome annotation.
Dr Sharyn Goldstien
Sharyn.Goldstien@canterbury.ac.nz
499 von Haast Building
Phone: +64 3 364 2987 ext 45646
Research Interests
Multi-disciplinary approach to marine ecology and evolution including: bioinvasions, dispersal and population connectivity, evolutionary determinants of ecological interactions, ecosystem processes and conservation.
Professor Jack Heinemann
Jack.Heinemann@canterbury.ac.nz
226 von Haast building
Phone: +64 3 364 2987 ext 2926
Research Interests
Genetics and molecular biology of prokaryotic and eukaryotic microorganisms; horizontal gene transfer, particularly conjugation; effects of stress, particularly induced by antibiotics; evolution and risk assessment; influence of language on science, eugenics. [ NZIGE ]
Dr Alex James
Alex.James@canterbury.ac.nz
Room 624 Erskine Building
Phone: +64 3 364 2987 ext 8877
Research Interests
Modelling of problems in combustion and ecology including larval fish growth and the role of environmental stochasticity. [ NZIMA ]
Professor Peter Lockhart
P.J.Lockhart@massey.ac.nz
BioSciences, Massey University
Phone: +64 6 356 9099 ext 7053 / 2350
Research Interests
Plant Species Radiation, Pacific Biodiversity, Endosymbiosis and Organelle evolution, Evolutionary properties of DNA and Protein sequences. [ AWCMEE ]
Dr Michael Plank
Michael.Plank@canterbury.ac.nz
Room 614 Erskine Building
Phone: +64 3 364 2699
Research Interests
Mathematical biology. Modelling problems in biology, ecology and engineering, including cardiovascular disease and kidney function.
Dr Anthony M. Poole
Anthony.Poole@canterbury.ac.nz
School of Biological Sciences
Phone: +64 3 364 2987 ext 3863
Research Interests
Early evolution, eukaryote origins, RNA, horizontal gene transfer, evolutionary genetics.
Dr Raazesh Sainudiin
Raazesh.Sainudiin@canterbury.ac.nz
Room 724 Erskine Building
Phone: +64 3 364 2987 ext 7691
Research Interests
Statistical inference of stochastic processes embedded within stochastically evolving networks. Examples include statistical decision problems in population genetics, phylogenetics, and ecological genetics.
Professor Charles Semple
Charles.Semple@canterbury.ac.nz
Room 621 Erskine Building
Phone: +64 3 364 2987 ext 8349
Research Interests
Combinatorics, computational complexity, and computational biology with particular interests in phylogenetics and matroid theory. [ AWCMEE ]
Professor Mike Steel (Director)
Director for Biomathematics Research Centre
Mike.Steel@canterbury.ac.nz
Room 623 Erskine Building
Phone: +64 3 364 2987 ext 7688
Research Interests
Discrete and stochastic models, bioinformatics, theoretical biology and evolutionary genetics. [ AWCMEE ]
Dr Daniel B. Stouffer
Daniel.Stouffer@canterbury.ac.nz
Room 470, von Haast building
Phone: +64 3 364 6729
Research Interests
Complex systems and complexity in ecology with particular interest in ecological networks, socio-economic networks, and human dynamic behaviour.
Professor David Wall (Associate Director)
David.Wall@canterbury.ac.nz
Room 400, Erskine Building
Phone: +64 3 364 2696
Research Interests
Mathematical wave theory. Inverse problems. Mathematical biology. Computational mathematics. Applied dynamical systems. [ Centre for Bioengineering ]
Post-Graduate Students
Tech Support
Dietrich Radel
Dietrich.Radel@canterbury.ac.nz
Room 616 Erskine Building
Phone: +64 3 364 2987 ext 8876