Faculty and Contract Instructor Profiles

The Department of Mathematics and Statistics in the Faculty of Science is home to faculty known for teaching and research excellence in an array of subjects of key importance at York University.

Explore the depth, breadth of research and knowledge in Mathematics and Statistics through our faculty profiles. The profiles provide information on professors’ past and present research and academic expertise, as well as contact information. Take a closer look at their expertise below and contact our Department of Mathematics and Statistics if you have questions.

FACULTY:

Name	Research Area	Title	Email	Building	Room	Ext
Bergeron, Nantel	Algebra, Algebraic Combinatorics	Professor	bergeron@yorku.ca	TEL/DB	2029
Cao, Jingyi	Actuarial Science	Assistant Professor	jingyic@yorku.ca	TEL/DB	2031
Chan, Ada	Algebraic Combinatorics	Associate Professor	ssachan@yorku.ca	Ross	N517
Chen, Michael	Optimization	Associate Professor	chensy@yorku.ca	TEL/DB	2034
Couchman, Miles	Applied Mathematics	Assistant Professor	mmpc@yorku.ca	Ross	N617
Diaz-Rodriguez, Jairo	Statistics	Assistant Professor	jdiazrod@yorku.ca	Ross	N637
Farah, Ilijas	Set Theory, Logic, Operator Algebra	Professor	ifarah@yorku.ca	Ross	N515
Fu, Yuejiao (Cindy)	Statistics	Professor (Sabbatical leave July 2024-June 2025)	yuejiao@yorku.ca	Ross	N633
Furman, Edward	Actuarial Science	Professor	efurman@yorku.ca	TEL/DB	2033
Gao, Xin	Statistics	Professor	xingao@yorku.ca	Ross	N623
Gao, Yun	Algebra	Professor	ygao@yorku.ca	Ross	S624
Gibson, Peter	Analysis	Professor (Sabbatical leave July 2024-June 2025)	pcgibson@yorku.ca	Ross	S626
Grigull, Jorg	Biomathematics	Associate Professor	jgrigull@yorku.ca	LSB	427D	x33719
Guan, Tianyu	Statistics	Assistant Professor	tguan@yorku.ca	Ross	N621A
Haslam, Michael	Numerical Analysis, Scientific Computing	Associate Professor, Chair	mchaslam@yorku.ca	Ross	N513
Heffernan, Jane	Biomathematics, Disease Modeling	Professor	jmheffer@yorku.ca	Ross	N615
Huang, Huaxiong	Mathematical Modeling, Scientific Computing	Professor	hhuang@yorku.ca	Ross	S622
Ingram, Patrick	Pure Mathematics	Associate Professor, Graduate Program Director	pingram@yorku.ca	Ross	S615
Jankowski, Hanna	Statistics	Professor	hkj@yorku.ca	TEL/DB	2038
Janse van Rensburg, EJ	Statistical Mechanics	Professor	rensburg@yorku.ca	Petrie	215
Ku, Hyejin	Mathematical Finance	Professor	hku@yorku.ca	TEL/DB	2025
Kuznetsov, Alexey	Stochastic Processes, Math Finance	Professor	akuznets@yorku.ca	Ross	N628
Li, Dongchen	Actuarial Science	Assistant Professor	dcli@yorku.ca	TEL/DB	2028
Liang, Dong	Numerical Analysis, Scientific Computing	Professor	dliang@yorku.ca	Petrie	225
Liu, Wei	Statistics	Associate Professor	liuwei@yorku.ca	Ross	N601B
Liu, Yi	Statistics	Assistant Professor	yliu42@yorku.ca	Ross	N621B
Lumley, Allysa	Pure Mathematics	Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream	alumley2@yorku.ca	Markham	MK7071
Madras, Neal	Probability Theory, Mathematical Modeling	Professor	madras@yorku.ca	Ross	S616	x33971
McEachern, Andrew	Applied Mathematics	Associate Professor, Teaching Stream	andrewm6@yorku.ca	Ross	N503
Moghadas, Seyed	Computational Epidemiology and Immunology	Professor	moghadas@yorku.ca	Ross	S619
Monette, Georges	Statistics	Associate Professor	georges@yorku.ca	TEL/DB	2042
Motakis, Pavlos	Functional Analysis	Associate Professor	pmotakis@yorku.ca	Ross	S618
Moyles, Iain	Applied and Industrial Mathematics	Associate Professor (Sabbatical leave July 2024-June 2025)	imoyles@yorku.ca	Ross	S519
Omar, Mohamed	Combinatorics	Professor	omarmo@yorku.ca	Ross	S621
Poliakov, Igor	Applied Mathematics	Sessional Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream	poliakov@yorku.ca	Ross	S511
Purzitsky, Norm	Marked Riemann Surfaces	Associate Professor	purzit@yorku.ca	Ross	N606
Ramsay, Kelly	Inference for Functional Data, Differential Privacy, Robust and Nonparametric Methods	Assistant Professor	kramsay2@yorku.ca	Ross	S511A
Sharma, Divya	Statistics	Assistant Professor	divya03@yorku.ca	Ross	N636
Skelton, Andrew	Mathematics Education	Associate Professor, Teaching Stream (Sabbatical leave July 2024-June 2025)	askelton@yorku.ca	Ross	S512
Skoufranis, Paul	Operator Theory, Free Probability, Operator Algebras	Associate Professor	pskoufra@yorku.ca	Ross	S625
Szeptycki, Paul	Set-Theoretic Topology, Set Theory	Professor	szeptyck@yorku.ca	Ross	N634
Wang, Steven	Statistics	Professor	stevenw@yorku.ca	Ross	N625
Watson, Stephen	Mathematical Economics	Professor	swatson@yorku.ca	Ross	N603
Woldegerima, Woldegebriel Assefa	Biomathematics, Differential Equations	Assistant Professor	wassefaw@yorku.ca	Ross	S614
Wong, Augustine	Statistics	Professor, Undergraduate Program Director	august@yorku.ca	TEL/DB	2041
Wong, Man Wah	Analysis, Partial Differential Equations	Professor	mwwong@yorku.ca	Ross	N626
Wu, Jianhong	Biomathematics	Professor (Sabbatical leave  January - June 2025)	wujh@yorku.ca	Ross	N609
Wu, Yuehua (Amy)	Statistics	Professor	wuyh@yorku.ca	TEL/DB	2036
Yang, Jihyeon Jessie	Algebra, Geometry, and Representation Theory	Assistant Professor Teaching Stream	jyang21@yorku.ca	Markham	MK7069
Zabrocki, Mike	Algebraic Combinatorics	Professor	zabrocki@yorku.ca	TEL/DB	2026
Zhao, Kaiqiong	Biostatistics	Assistant Professor	kaiqiong@yorku.ca	Ross	S514
Zhu, Hongmei	Numerical Analysis	Associate Professor	hmzhu@yorku.ca	Petrie	214
Zhu, Huaiping	Dynamical System, Differential Equations	Professor	huaiping@yorku.ca	Ross	N618

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