Department Staff
Head of Department
Professor Jennifer Brown
Jennifer.Brown@canterbury.ac.nz
Room 400 Erskine Building
Phone: +64 3 364 2987 ext 6696
Research Interests
Ecological statistics, environmental monitoring, animal population assessment, sampling theory, experimental design.
Administrative Staff
Pauline Auger
Administrative Assistant
Pauline.Auger@canterbury.ac.nz
Room 402 Erskine Building
Phone: +64 3 364 2987 ext 6600
Penelope Goode
Department Administrator
Head of Department P.A.
Penelope.Goode@canterbury.ac.nz
Room 401 Erskine Building
Phone: +64 3 364 2987 ext 4846
Sarah Vincent
Administrative Assistant
Sarah.Vincent@canterbury.ac.nz
Room 403 Erskine Building
Phone: +64 3 364 2987 ext 7698
Academic Staff
Liz Ackerley
STAR Course Co–ordinator
Senior Academic Tutor
Liz.Ackerley@canterbury.ac.nz
Room 422 Erskine Building
Phone: +64 3 364 2987 ext 6990
Associate Professor Rick Beatson
Rick.Beatson@canterbury.ac.nzRoom 602 Erskine Building
Phone: +64 3 364 2987 ext 6675
Research Interests
Mathematics, statistics and fast algorithms for fitting spatial data. Radial basis functions. Visualisation. Applications to laser scanner and geophysical data. Neural networks, Kriging and Cross Validation.
Professor Douglas Bridges
Professor of Pure Mathematics
Douglas.Bridges@canterbury.ac.nz
Room 704 Erskine Building
Phone: +64 3 364 2987 ext 7427
Research Interests
Constructive foundations of analysis, topology, algebra, and physics. Computability and complexity. Mathematical economics.
Professor Jennifer Brown
Head of Department
Jennifer.Brown@canterbury.ac.nz
Room 400 Erskine Building
Phone: +64 3 364 2987 ext 6696
Research Interests
Ecological statistics, environmental monitoring, animal population assessment, sampling theory, experimental design.
Dr Qui Bui
Senior Lecturer
Huy-Qui.Bui@canterbury.ac.nz
Room 713 Erskine Building
Phone: +64 3 364 2987 ext 7662
Research Interests
Fourier analysis. Wavelet analysis. Weighted functions spaces. Littlewood-Paley theory.
Jane Clucas
Senior Academic Tutor
Jane.Clucas@canterbury.ac.nz
Room 423 Erskine Building
Phone: +64 3 364 2987 ext 8320
Irene David
Director of Teaching — Tutors
Senior Academic Tutor
Irene.David@canterbury.ac.nz
Room 420 Erskine Building
Phone: +64 3 364 2987 ext 8369
Dr James Degnan
Senior Lecturer
James.Degnan@canterbury.ac.nz
Room 611 Erskine Building
Phone: +64 3 364 2987 ext 3644
Research Interests
Phylogenetics and population genetics, the coalescent process applied to multiple species.
Dr John Hannah
Senior Lecturer
John.Hannah@canterbury.ac.nz
Room 712 Erskine Building
Phone: +64 3 364 2987 ext 7685
Research Interests
Abstract and linear algebra. Mathematics education. History of mathematics.
Dr Mark Hickman
Senior Lecturer
Mark.Hickman@canterbury.ac.nz
Room 613 Erskine Building
Phone: +64 3 364 2987 ext 7693
Research Interests
Symmetries of differential equations. Invariance under groups. Algebraic computing. Dynamical systems.
Dr Alex James
Senior Lecturer
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.
Dr Dominic Lee
Senior Lecturer
Dominic.Lee@canterbury.ac.nz
Room 612 Erskine Building
Phone: +64 3 364 2987 ext 7665
Research Interests
Computational, Bayesian and nonparametric statistics, with applications in medical research, bioinformatics, signal processing and image processing.
Dr Maarten McKubre-Jordens
Lecturer
Maarten.Jordens@canterbury.ac.nz
Room 703 Erskine Building
Phone: +64 3 364 2987 ext 8878
Research Interests
Analysis: non-classical analysis, functional analysis. Topology: notions of compactness, connectedness. Foundations and philosophy of mathematics. Interaction of mathematics with philosophy, economics, physics, and other disciplines.
Dr Jeanette McLeod
Lecturer
Jeanette.McLeod@canterbury.ac.nz
Room 610 Erskine Building
Phone: +64 3 364 2987 ext 7692
Research Interests
Combinatorics; in particular asymptotic enumeration, Latin squares, graph colouring and random graphs.
Dr Elena Moltchanova
Senior Lecturer
Statistics Consultant
Elena.Moltchanova@canterbury.ac.nz
Room 600 Erskine Building
Phone: +64 3 364 2987 ext 6686
Consulting: Tuesdays and Thursdays by appointment.
Research Interests
Applied Bayesian spatio-temporal modelling, epidemiology, modelling of extreme events.
Dr Clemency Montelle
Senior Lecturer
Clemency.Montelle@canterbury.ac.nz
Room 711 Erskine Building
Phone: +64 3 364 2987 ext 6267
Research Interests
History and Philosophy of Mathematics. The preparation, translation, and commentary of ancient mathematical texts in Greek, Latin, Sanskrit, Arabic and Akkadian. Ancient Mathematical Astronomy and Modelling.
Dr Miguel Moyers-Gonzalez
Lecturer
Miguel.MoyersGonzalez@canterbury.ac.nz
Room 700 Erskine Building
Phone: +64 3 364 2987 ext 7666
Research Interests
Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics. Hydrodynamic stability of Complex fluids. Industrial mathematics. Hemodynamics (modeling and computation). Partial Differential Equations: numerical and theoretical approaches.
Dr Rua Murray
Senior Lecturer
Rua.Murray@canterbury.ac.nz
Room 604 Erskine Building
Phone: +64 3 364 2987 ext 8376
Research Interests
Dynamical systems; ergodic theory; numerical effects in dynamics; approximation theory.
Dr Michael Plank
Senior Lecturer
Michael.Plank@canterbury.ac.nz
Room 614 Erskine Building
Phone: +64 3 364 2987 ext 6699
Research Interests
Mathematical biology. Modelling problems in biology, ecology and engineering, including cardiovascular disease and kidney function.
Dr Chris Price
Director of Teaching — Mathematics
Senior Lecturer
Chris.Price@canterbury.ac.nz
Room 601 Erskine Building
Phone: +64 3 364 2987 ext 7682
Research Interests
Optimisation, Acoustics.
Dr Marco Reale
Director of Teaching — Statistics
Senior Lecturer
Marco.Reale@canterbury.ac.nz
Room 722 Erskine Building
Phone: +64 3 364 2987 ext 7681
Research Interests
Interactions between graph theory and statistics, in particular time series analysis. Applications to econometrics, finance and bioinformatics.
Dr Peter Renaud
Senior Lecturer
Peter.Renaud@canterbury.ac.nz
Room 503 Erskine Building
Phone: +64 3 364 2987 ext 7677
Research Interests
Functional analysis. Ergodic theory. Number theory. Cryptography. Clifford algebras. Quantum Mechanics.
Dr Blair Robertson
Lecturer
Blair.Robertson@canterbury.ac.nz
Room 502 Erskine Building
Phone: +64 3 364 2987 ext 7663
Research Interests
Numerical optimization; statistical pattern recognition; computational mathematics and statistics.
Dr Patrick W. Saart
Lecturer
Patrick.WSaart@canterbury.ac.nz
Room 500 Erskine Building
Phone: +64 3 364 2987 ext 8371
Research Interests
Econometric Theory, Time Series analysis, Nonparametric and Semiparametric inferences and Financial Mathematics.
Dr Raazesh Sainudiin
Senior Lecturer
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.
Dr Carl Scarrott
Senior Lecturer
Carl.Scarrott@canterbury.ac.nz
Room 721 Erskine Building
Phone: +64 3 364 2600 ext 8338
Research Interests
Spatial statistics, extreme value methods and spectral analysis with application to problems in industry, ecology, environment and science.
Hilary Seddon
Senior Academic Tutor
Hilary.Seddon@canterbury.ac.nz
Room 423 Erskine Building
Phone: +64 3 364 2987 ext 8320
Professor Charles Semple
Director of Research
CHarles.Semple@canterbury.ac.nz
Room 621 Erskine Building
Phone: +64 3 364 2987 ext 8349
Research Interests
Combinatorics, algorithms, and mathematical biology, particularly phylogenetics and matroid theory.
Associate Professor Peter Smith
Peter.Smith@canterbury.ac.nz
Room 622 Erskine Building
Phone: +64 3 364 2600 ext 7684
Research Interests
Statistical design and analysis of communication systems. Digital mobile radio systems. Antenna arrays. MIMO wireless systems. Simulation.
Professor Mike Steel
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.
Associate Professor Günter Steinke
Deputy Head of Department
Gunter.Steinke@canterbury.ac.nz
Room 603 Erskine Building
Phone: +64 3 364 2987 ext 7680
Research Interests
Geometry. Topology. Groups. Combinatorics.
Robin Tiffen
Teaching Fellow
Robin.Tiffen@canterbury.ac.nz
Room 421 Erskine Building
Phone: +64 3 364 2987 ext 3403
Professor David Wall
David.Wall@canterbury.ac.nz
Room 701 Erskine Building
Phone: +64 3 364 2987 ext 6689
Research Interests
Mathematical wave theory. Inverse problems. Mathematical biology. Computational mathematics. Applied dynamical systems.
Phillipa Williams
Senior Academic Tutor
Phillipa.Williams@canterbury.ac.nz
Room 424 Erskine Building
Phone: +64 3 364 2987 ext 8341
Dr Phil Wilson
Senior Lecturer
Phillip.Wilson@canterbury.ac.nz
Room 702 Erskine Building
Phone: +64 3 364 2987 ext 6664
Research Interests
Mathematical modelling in biology and industry. Multiscale information transfer and emergent phenomena. Philosophy and communication of mathematics.
Postdoctoral Fellows
Dr Xin Zhao
Xin Zhao@canterbury.ac.nz
Room 723 Erskine Building
Phone: +64 3 364 2987 ext 8339
Research Interests
Extreme value methods, Bayesian nonparametric statistics, time series analysis with application to econometrics, finance and science.
Fellows
Mr Bob Broughton
Adjunct Senior Fellow
Bob.Broughton@canterbury.ac.nz
Phone: +64 3 364 2600
Research Interests
Computing in Education, Computational Mathematics.
Adjunct Associate Professor Ian Coope
Ian.Coope@canterbury.ac.nzPhone: +64 3 364 2600
Research Interests
Numerical optimization. Linear algebra and applications. Computational science.
Adjunct Professor Michael McAleer
Adjunct Associate Professor Ben Martin
Research Interests
Varieties of representations of finitely generated groups, and applications; reductive algebraic groups; subgroup growth and representation growth of finitely generated groups; automorphism groups of trees; geometric invariant theory.
Richard Penny
Adjunct Fellow
Richard.Penny@canterbury.ac.nz
Room 504 Erskine Building
Phone: +64 3 364 2987 ext 6676, or +64 3 964 8769
Research Interests
Design, implementation and analysis of complex surveys, confidentiality and privacy, seasonal adjustment.
Dr David Robinson
Adjunct Senior Fellow
David.Robinson@canterbury.ac.nz
Phone: +64 3 364 2600
Research Interests
Mathematics of plant architecture.
Dr Luminiţa Simona Vîţă
Adjunct Fellow
simona.vita@nielsen.com
The Nielsen Company, Wellington
Research Interests
Constructive foundations of analysis and topology. Recursive functions theory, computability and complexity.
Adjunct Associate Professor Neil Watson
Neil.Watson@canterbury.ac.nzPhone: +64 3 364 2600
Research Interests
Partial differential equations and potential theory.
Ian Westbrooke
Adjunct Fellow
iwestbrooke@doc.govt.nz
Room 504 Erskine Building
Phone: +64 3 364 2987 ext 6676
Research Interests
Environmental statistics, statistics for conservation; applied data visualisation (graphing);
Visiting Lecturers
David Baird
Jason Bentley
Nicholas Duncan
Nicholas.Duncan@canterbury.ac.nz
Alasdair Noble
Alasdair.Noble@canterbury.ac.nz
Phillip Catton
Emeritus Professors
Emeritus Professor John Deely
Emeritus Professor Roy Kerr
Roy.Kerr@canterbury.ac.nz
Phone: +64 3 364 2600
Photographer: Max Alexander
Emeritus Professor Brian Woods
Phone: +64 3 364 2600
Associates
Dr Bill Baritompa
B.Baritompa@math.canterbury.ac.nzPhone: +64 3 364 2600
Research Interests
Global optimisation, theoretical limitations and design of practical algorithms. Scientific and statistical computing. Mathematics education.
Dr Easaw Chacko
Easaw.Chacko@canterbury.ac.nzPhone: +64 3 364 2600
Research Interests
Probability theory, Stochastic processes, time-series analysis.
Dr A.W. McInnes
A.McInnes@math.canterbury.ac.nz
Phone: +64 3 364 2600
Research Interests
Computational mathematics. Approximation theory. Approximation by Algebraic functions.
Bill Taylor
William.Taylor@canterbury.ac.nzPhone: +64 3 364 2600
Research Interests
Probability, with emphasis on discrete probability processes and the connection between probability and logic.
Computer Support Staff
Paul Brouwers
Computer Technician/Programmer
Paul.Brouwers@canterbury.ac.nz
Room 413 Erskine Building
Phone: +64 3 364 2987 ext 8872
Steve Gourdie
ITCS Manager
Stephen.Gourdie@canterbury.ac.nz
Room 411 Erskine Building
Phone: +64 3 364 2987 ext 7425
Mr Allen Witt
Senior Programmer/Analyst
Allen.Witt@canterbury.ac.nz
Room 412 Erskine Building
Phone: +64 3 364 2987 ext 8498