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Department of Mathematics, Physics and Statistics
Irving K. Barber Faculty of Science
University of British Columbia Okanagan
1177 Research Road, SCI 200
Kelowna, BC V1V 1V7
Canada

Email: cmps.okanagan@ubc.ca
Please direct all general inquires to the above email address and graduate related inquiries to cmps.gradassist@ubc.ca

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Graduate student supervisor

Research Interests: Clustering and classification via mixture models with applications to bioinformatics.

Courses & Teaching: Statistics; data science.

Cynthia Araujo | Adjunct Professor | Medical Physics, Physics | cynthia.araujo@ubc.ca

Graduate student supervisor

Research Interests: Safe and effective use of radiation for the treatment of cancer including external beam and brachytherapy technique development and verification; implementation of new technology in radiation therapy; use of imaging in treatment planning and treatment verification.

Deidre Batchelar | Adjunct Professor | Medical Physics, Physics | dbatchelar@bccancer.bc.ca

Graduate student supervisor

Research Interests: Advanced Imaging in Brachytherapy; high precision radiotherapy.

Graduate student supervisor

Research Interests: Convex analysis and optimization, monotone operator theory, projection methods, and applications.

Courses & Teaching: Mathematics.

Nathan Becker | Adjunct Professor | Medical Physics | nathan.becker@bccancer.bc.ca

Graduate student supervisor

Research Interests: image-guided RT, adaptive RT, quality control, and automation

Thor Bjarnason | Adjunct Professor | Medical Physics, Physics | thor.bjarnason@interiorhealth.ca

Graduate student supervisor

Research Interests: Quality control; radiation safety; patient dose reduction; image quality assessment in planar x-ray and CT.

Research Interests: Custom microwave techniques for measuring electromagnetic properties of materials; low-temperature conductivity and penetration depth of unconventional superconductors; complex permittivity of waste-activated sludge.

Courses & Teaching: Experimental physics; electronics; solid state physics; statistical mechanics.

Graduate student supervisor

Research Interests: Computational statistics, with applications to fire science; statistical process control; statistical education. Most recently, I have been focusing on visualization methodology, using a class of techniques called Data Sharpening.

Courses & Teaching: Modelling and Simulation. Predictive Modelling. Data Visualization.

Research Interests: Combinatorial design theory and graph theory.

Courses & Teaching: Calculus; cryptography; applied abstract algebra

Research Interests: Optimal risk management strategies in neuroscience; risk management in finance.

Courses & Teaching: Financial derivatives; linear algebra; calculus.

Marco Carlone | Adjunct Professor | Medical Physics, Physics | marco.carlone@ubc.ca

Graduate student supervisor

Research Interests: Simulation of linear accelerators; use of magnetic fields in radiotherapy; quality assurance in radiotherapy.

Research Interests: Arithmetic geometry; algebraic number theory; elliptic curves; diophantine equations.

Courses & Teaching: Linear algebra.

Matt Davison | Honourary Affiliate | Statistics | mdavison@uwo.ca

Research Interests: Energy finance; options pricing; portfolio optimization; Real options (with application inDefense and Medicine).

Graduate student supervisor

Research Interests: Mathematical ecology and insect dispersal.

Courses & Teaching: Applied mathematics; vector calculus; differential geometry; complex analysis.

Sylvia Esterby | Associate Professor Emeritus | Statistics | sylvia.esterby@ubc.ca | 250.807.9536

Research Interests: Environmetrics and ecological statistics.

Mir Faizal | Adjunct Professor | Mathematics, Physics | mir.faizal@ubc.ca | SCI 103

Research Interests: Information theory and complexity; numerical analysis and dynamical systems; topological defects; quantum mechanics and its application to condensed matter systems; string theory; loop quantum gravity; astrophysics; cosmology; supersymmetry.

Graduate student supervisor

Research Interests: Medical Imaging, MRI, Pulse Sequence Design, Image Processing, Translational Imaging

Courses & Teaching: Physics, Waves

Eric Foxall | Assistant Professor, Tenure-Track | Mathematics | efoxall@mail.ubc.ca | SCI 115

Graduate student supervisor

Research Interests: Stochastic processes and mathematical biology

Paramjit Gill | Associate Professor Emeritus | Data Science, Mathematics, Statistics | paramjit.gill@ubc.ca

Graduate student supervisor

Research Interests: Sports analytics; statistical stylometry; social networks models.

Palak Goyal, PhD | Postdoctoral Research Fellow | Mathematics, Medical Physics, Physics | palak.goyal@ubc.ca | SCI 393

Graduate student supervisor

Graduate student supervisor

Research Interests: Mathematical optimization; nonconvex analysis; derivative-free optimization; bundle methods; applications in road design.

Graduate student supervisor

Research Interests: Radiation oncology; radiation biophysics.

Courses & Teaching: Medical physics; biophysics.

Graduate student supervisor

Research Interests: Radio, optical, and computational astronomy. Interstellar gas, magnetic fields, and turbulence in and around the Milky Way. Photoionization and radiative transfer in interstellar gas. High velocity clouds. Cosmology and the Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment (CHIME).

Courses & Teaching: ASTR 110/111/112 (Astrophysics I/Astronomy I) ASTR 120/121/122 (Astrophysics II/Astronomy II) ASTR 210 (Physical Processes in the Universe) ASTR 321 (Stellar Astrophysics) ASTR 401/501 (Astrophysical Processes) PHYS 401 (Electrodynamics)

Michelle Hilts | Adjunct Professor | Medical Physics, Physics | mhilts@bccancer.bc.ca

Graduate student supervisor

Research Interests: Brachytherapy for breast cancer; 3D radiation dosimetry.

Cornelia Hoehr | Adjunct Professor | Medical Physics, Physics | choehr@triumf.ca

Graduate student supervisor

Research Interests: Medical isotopes; radiotherapy.

Research Interests: Condensed matter theory: geometrically frustrated magnetism (spin ice, spin liquid, dimer models); heavy fermion quantum criticality. Physics Education: online vs. in-person, gender and minority differences in standardized testing.

Courses & Teaching: First year physics; thermodynamics; statistical mechanics; environmental physics; particle physics; electromagnetism; quantum mechanics; solid state physics.

X. Joan Hu | Honourary Affiliate | Statistics | joanh@stat.sfu.ca

Research Interests: Event history data; longitudinal data with latent classes; marked point processes with a spatial correlation.

Courses & Teaching: STAT-285. Intermediate Probability and Statistics, Fall 2018 STAT-445/645. Applied Multivariate Analysis, Spring 2019 STAT-854. Biometrics, Spring 2019

Derek Hyde | Adjunct Professor | Medical Physics, Physics | dhyde2@bccancer.bc.ca

Graduate student supervisor

Research Interests: Image-guided radiation therapy for high-precision treatments.

Andrew Jirasek | Associate Dean, Professor | Medical Physics, Analytics in Medical Sciences (AiMs) Institute | andrew.jirasek@ubc.ca | ASC 354

Graduate student supervisor

Research Interests: Medical physics; radiation oncology physics; Raman spectroscopy; 3D radiation dosimetry.

Courses & Teaching: Medical physics; quantum mechanics; data and image processing.

Jennifer Kerr | Department Manager | Computer Science, Data Science, Mathematics, Medical Physics, Physics, Statistics | jennifer.kerr@ubc.ca | SCI 106

Thomas Landecker | Adjunct Professor | Astrophysics | tlandeck@mail.ubc.ca

Research Interests: radio polarization, magnetic fields, interstellar medium, supernova remnants, antennas, radio astronomy instrumentation

Quinn Matthews | Adjunct Professor | Medical Physics | quinn.matthews@ubc.ca

Marie-Pierre Milette | Adjunct Professor | Medical Physics, Physics | marie-pierre.milette@ubc.ca

Graduate student supervisor

Research Interests: Treatment planning optimization; treatment verification.

Joshua Y. Mutus | Adjunct Professor | Physics | jmutus@ubc.ca

Krystyna Mylostna | Research Associate | Medical Physics | krystyna.mylostna@ubc.ca | FIP 370

Research Interests: Image processing across radio astronomy and brain MRI; deep learning for quality assurance and white matter analysis; studies on multiple sclerosis and perivascular spaces.

Courses & Teaching: Thermodynamics

Runjhun Saran Narayan | Adjunct Professor | Medical Physics | rsaran.narayan@ubc.ca

Research Interests: Bio-Nanotechnology; Functional Nucleic Acids; DNA Biosensors; AI-guided DNA Engineering

Murray Neuman | Associate Professor Emeritus | Physics | murray.neuman@ubc.ca

Research Interests: Discrimination and separation of microscopic particles by optical and electromechanical methods; time series analysis; applications include possible development of new medical diagnostic methods based on physical sorting of different kinds of biological cells.

Courses & Teaching: Classical and quantum mechanics; optics; fluids; environmental physics.

Rasika Rajapakshe | Adjunct Professor | Computer Science, Medical Physics | rasika.rajapakshe@ubc.ca

Graduate student supervisor

Research Interests: Medical imaging; deep learning in medical imaging; web and mobile technologies in health care; health and medical imaging informatics; cancer risk modeling; decision support systems in oncology.

Courses & Teaching: PHYS 336, COSC 335. Introduction to medical imaging; medical imaging informatics; deep learning in medical imaging.

Tim Robishaw | Adjunct Professor | Astrophysics | tim.robishaw@ubc.ca

Research Interests: Magnetic fields, interstellar medium, radio astronomy, spectropolarimetry, molecular clouds and masers.

Graduate student supervisor

Research Interests: Change point analysis; saddle point approximation; inverse moment approximation; k-sample inference, and cluster analysis.

Graduate student supervisor

Research Interests: Information geometry, topological data analysis, queueing theory and applications in telecommunication systems, random walks in quarter plane and applications in probability modeling.

Courses & Teaching: Recent teaching: Algebraic Number Theory, Abstract Algebra I & II, Stochastic Processes, Queueing Theory, Calculus (all levels), Topology, Algebraic Topology, Topological Data Analysis, Applied Probability, and many Directed Studies in different areas in Math.

Tony Teke | Adjunct Professor | Medical Physics, Physics | tteke2@bccancer.bc.ca

Graduate student supervisor

Research Interests: Monte Carlo modeling; 4 Pi treatment planning optimization and verification; 4D dose calculation; SBRT/SRS; quality assurance tests for trajectory treatments.

Research Interests: Nonparametric statistics, distance metric learning, clustering, change-point analysis; Applications to wildfire science, behavioural finance and climate finance.

Courses & Teaching: Advanced regression. Environmetrics.

Graduate student supervisor

Research Interests: Algebraic topology; manifold calculus of functors and its applications to spaces of embeddings; homotopy theory; mathematics education.

Courses & Teaching: Calculus; Matrix Algebra; Applied Linear Algebra; Topology

Graduate student supervisor

Research Interests: Mathematical biology and spatial ecology; mathematical models of ecological systems; the development and analysis of mathematical and computational models; cyclic predator-prey populations.

Courses & Teaching: Mathematical biology; partial differential equations; ordinary differential equations; numerical analysis.

Graduate student supervisor

Research Interests: Mixture models; supervised and unsupervised learning; computational statistics and biostatistics.

Courses & Teaching: Statistics, data science.

Graduate student supervisor

Research Interests: Variational analysis; convex analysis; optimization; classical analysis; optimization applications in signal processing; statistics; communications.

Courses & Teaching: Optimization; analysis; calculus.

Graduate student supervisor

Research Interests: Combinatorics; discrete geometry; realization spaces of polytopes and matroids; interaction of problems in combinatorics with applied algebraic geometry and optimization; equiangular lines and combinatorial problems arising from applications to digital communications.

Eric Wright | Adjunct Professor | Medical Physics, Physics | Eric.Wright@bccancer.bc.ca

Graduate student supervisor

Research Interests: Image-Guided RT; surface-guided RT; motion management in RT; quality control.

Yiwen Xu | Adjunct Professor | Medical Physics, Physics | yxu94@mail.ubc.ca

Research Interests: My research focus is on image processing for automation and cancer patient prognostic prediction with time series, image-based deep learning.

Courses & Teaching: Introduction to Medical Physics, Introduction to Medical Imaging and Imaging Informatics

Research Interests: Heterogeneous catalysis; functional surfaces; nano science; photocatalysis; air and water treatment.

Courses & Teaching: PHYS, DATA, STAT

Qiduan Yang | Associate Professor Emeritus | Mathematics | qiduan.yang@ubc.ca | 250.807.9540

Research Interests: Representations of symmetric and alternating groups; galois groups of polynomials; algebraic number theory.

Courses & Teaching: Calculus; linear algebra; abstract algebra.

Xinmin Yang | Honourary Affiliate | Mathematics | xmyang@cqnu.edu.cn

Research Interests: Convex analysis; optimization; variational analysis.

Courses & Teaching: Convex analysis; vector optimization; multiobjective optimization.

Yiqiang Zhao | Honourary Affiliate | Mathematics | yiqiang.zhao@ubc.ca

Research Interests: Block-structured Markov processes and matrix-analytic methods; censoring technique and factorizations; mean-field interaction modelling in networks; quasi-stationary behaviour; tail asymptotics and kernel methods.

Courses & Teaching: Advanced queues; queuing networks.

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