A new Chair has been appointed to take on leadership of the Department of Mathematics & Statistics. Effective July 1, 2023, Professor Michael Haslam will assume the role of Chair for a term of three years.

Professor Haslam joined the Faculty of Science in 2006 after completing a three-year postdoctoral appointment in Applied and Computational Mathematics at the California Institute of Technology. He is currently an Associate Professor in our Department of Mathematics & Statistics.

Professor Haslam’s professional expertise lies in the area of scientific and high-performance computing. Since arriving at York, he has taken on various administrative roles, including acting as the Applied Mathematics section director (2013-19 and 2021-22). Professor Haslam has also actively contributed to scientific institutions outside of York, having served as the Chair of Sharcnet’s Provincial Site Leader Committee (2017-2023) and as a member of Sharcnet’s Board of Directors (2017-2023).

“I am so pleased to welcome Professor Haslam as Chair of the Department of Mathematics & Statistics. I look forward to his leadership and continuing our collaboration with the department to further our collective success,” says Rui Wang, Dean, Faculty of Science.

“I also wish to extend my gratitude to our current Chair of Mathematics & Statistics, Professor Stephen Watson, for his service to the department and our Faculty.”