Mathematics and Statistics

Mathematics and Statistics

Postgraduate studies

Current research students

Sanaa Bajri

sanaa.bajri@pg.canterbury.ac.nz
Room 443 Erskine Building
Phone: +64 3 364 2987 ext 7700

Nicholas Brettell

nicholas.brettell@pg.canterbury.ac.nz
Room 443 Erskine Building
Phone: +64 3 364 2987 ext 7700
Supervisor: Prof. Charles Semple

Liene Daukste

Liene Daukste

liene.daukste@pg.canterbury.ac.nz
Room 443 Erskine Building
Phone: +64 3 364 2987 ext 7700
Thesis Title: Mathematical modelling with applications to medicine
Supervisor: Prof. David Wall

James Dent

james.dent@pg.canterbury.ac.nz
Room 443 Erskine Building
Phone: +64 3 364 2987 ext 7700
Thesis Title: Category Theory
Supervisor: Prof. Douglas Bridges
Associate Supervisor: Dr Maarten McKubre-Jordens

Shannon Ezzat

Shannon Ezzat

shannon.ezzat@pg.canterbury.ac.nz
Room 443 Erskine Building
Phone: +64 3 364 2987 ext 7700
Thesis Title: Representation growth of finitely generated nilpotent groups
Supervisor: Dr Ben Martin

Lisa Henley

lisa.henley@pg.canterbury.ac.nz
Room 443 Erskine Building
Phone: +64 3 364 2987 ext 7700
Thesis Title: The Quantification and Visualisation of Happiness
Supervisor: Prof. Jennifer Brown
Associate Supervisor: Dr Marco Reale

Miriam Hodge

Miriam Hodge

miriam.hodge@pg.canterbury.ac.nz
Thesis Title: Adjusting resource selection functions for imperfect detection of telemetry data
Supervisor: Prof. Jennifer Brown

Peter Jaksons

peter.jaksons@pg.canterbury.ac.nz
Room 443 Erskine Building
Phone: +64 3 364 2987 ext 7700
Supervisor: Prof. Jennifer Brown

In Kang

In Kang

in.kang@pg.canterbury.ac.nz
Room 443 Erskine Building
Phone: +64 3 364 2987 ext 7700
Thesis Title: Wavelet mathematics; in climate change research; in image analysis & in monitoring continuous time systems
Supervisor: Dr Marco Reale

Dawn Lemke

Dawn Lemke

dawn.lemke@pg.canterbury.ac.nz
Thesis Title: Scale of invasion
Supervisor: Prof. Jennifer Brown

Daniel Lond

Daniel Lond

daniel.lond@pg.canterbury.ac.nz
Thesis Title: A geometric approach to complete reducibility
Supervisor: Dr Ben Martin

Anna MacDonald

Anna MacDonald

anna.macdonald@pg.canterbury.ac.nz
Room 443 Erskine Building
Phone: +64 3 364 2987 ext 7700
Thesis Title: Extreme value modelling with application to determination of neonatal health status
Supervisor: Dr Carl Scarrott

Steve Manion

steve.manion@pg.canterbury.ac.nz
Room 443 Erskine Building
Phone: +64 3 364 2987 ext 7700
Supervisor: Dr Raazesh Sainudiin
Associate Supervisor: Dr Dominic Lee

Wen Eng Ong

Wen Eng Ong

wen.ong@pg.canterbury.ac.nz
Room 443 Erskine Building
Phone: +64 3 364 2987 ext 7700
Thesis Title: Approximation by two stage processes with applications
Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Rick Beatson

Agate Ponder-Sutton

Agate Ponder-Sutton

agate.ponder-sutton@pg.canterbury.ac.nz
Room 443 Erskine Building
Phone: +64 3 364 2987 ext 7700
Supervisor: Dr Alex James and Dr Michael Plank

Sabariah Saharan

Sabariah Saharan

sabariah.saharan@pg.canterbury.ac.nz
Room 443 Erskine Building
Phone: +64 3 364 2987 ext 7700
Supervisor: Prof. Jennifer Brown

Rachael Tappenden

Rachael Tappenden

rachael.tappenden@pg.canterbury.ac.nz
Room 443 Erskine Building
Phone: +64 3 364 2987 ext 7700
Thesis Title: Analysis, development and implementation of algorithms for fast image reconstruction
Supervisors: Assoc. Prof. Ian Coope and Dr Peter Renaud
Associate Supervisor: Mr Bob Broughton

Ai Hui Gloria Teng

Ai Hui Gloria Teng

gloria.teng@pg.canterbury.ac.nz
Room 443 Erskine Building
Phone: +64 3 364 2987 ext 7700
Thesis Title: Statistical regular subpavings for statistical set processing
Supervisor: Dr Raazesh Sainudiin
Associate Supervisor: Dr Dominic Lee

Meghan Williams

Meghan Williams

meghan.williams@pg.canterbury.ac.nz
Thesis Title: Optimizing monitoring strategies for weed surveillance
Supervisor: Prof. Jennifer Brown

Marina Zahari

Marina Zahari

marina.zahari@pg.canterbury.ac.nz
Room 443 Erskine Building
Phone: +64 3 364 2987 ext 7700
Thesis Title: Developing mathematical models for assessing the health of preterm babies
Supervisors: Dr Dominic Lee and Dr Glynn Russell

Sha (Joe) Zhu

Sha (Joe) Zhu

joe.zhu@pg.canterbury.ac.nz
Room 443 Erskine Building
Phone: +64 3 364 2987 ext 7700
Thesis Title: Probabilistic modeling of gene trees given species networks
Supervisor: Dr James Degnan
Associate Supervisor: Prof. Mike Steel