Faculty and 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.

Our department is governed according to the Constitution of the Department of Mathematics and Statistics .

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	x66091
Chen, Michael	Optimization	Associate Professor, Financial Engineering Coordinator	chensy@yorku.ca	TEL/DB	2034	x66677
Chow, Amenda	Applied Mathematics	Associate Professor	amchow@yorku.ca	Ross	S620	x33902
Diaz-Rodriguez, Jairo	Statistics	Assistant Professor	jdiazrod@yorku.ca	Ross	N637
Farah, Ilijas	Set Theory, Logic, Operator Algebra	Professor	ifarah@yorku.ca	Ross	N515	x66093
Fu, Yuejiao (Cindy)	Statistics	Associate Professor, Statistics Director	yuejiao@yorku.ca	Ross	N633	x33772
Furman, Edward	Actuarial Science	Professor, Actuarial Science Director	efurman@yorku.ca	TEL/DB	2033
Gao, Xin	Statistics	Professor	xingao@yorku.ca	Ross	N623	x66097
Gao, Yun	Algebra	Professor	ygao@yorku.ca	Ross	S624	x33952
Gibson, Peter	Analysis	Professor	pcgibson@yorku.ca	Ross	S626	x33930
Grigull, Jorg	Biomathematics	Associate Professor	jgrigull@yorku.ca	LSB	427D	x33719
Haslam, Michael	Numerical Analysis, Scientific Computing	Associate Professor	mchaslam@yorku.ca	Ross	S621	x44645
Heffernan, Jane	Biomathematics, Disease Modeling	Professor, Mathematical Biology Coordinator	jmheffer@yorku.ca	Ross	N615	x33943
Huang, Huaxiong	Mathematical Modeling, Scientific Computing	Professor	hhuang@yorku.ca	On Leave
Ingram, Patrick	Pure Mathematics	Associate Professor	pingram@yorku.ca	Ross	S615	x33788
Jankowski, Hanna	Statistics	Professor	hkj@yorku.ca	TEL/DB	2038
Janse van Rensburg, EJ	Statistical Mechanics	Professor	rensburg@yorku.ca	Petrie	215	x33837
Kong, Jude	Mathematical Biology	Assistant Professor	jdkong@yorku.ca	Ross	N533	x66093
Ku, Hyejin	Mathematical Finance	Professor	hku@yorku.ca	Ross TEL/DB	N505 2025	x66087 --
Kuznetsov, Alexey	Stochastic Processes, Math Finance	Professor	akuznets@yorku.ca	Ross	N628
Liang, Dong	Numerical Analysis, Scientific Computing	Professor	dliang@yorku.ca	Petrie	225	x77743
Liu, Wei	Statistics	Associate Professor	liuwei@yorku.ca	Ross	N601B	x33767
Lumley, Allysa	Pure Mathematics	Assistant Professor	alumley2@yorku.ca	Ross	S508
Madras, Neal	Probability Theory, Mathematical Modeling	Professor	madras@yorku.ca	Ross	S616
McEachern, Andrew	Applied Mathematics	Assistant Professor	andrewm6@yorku.ca	Ross	N503	x33973
McGregor, Kevin	Statistics	Assistant Professor	kevinmcg@yorku.ca	Ross	N636
Moghadas, Seyed	Computational Epidemiology and Immunology	Professor, Graduate Programme Director	moghadas@yorku.ca	Ross	S619	x33798
Monette, Georges	Statistics	Associate Professor	georges@yorku.ca	TEL/DB	2042
Motakis, Pavlos	Functional Analysis	Assistant Professor	pmotakis@yorku.ca	Ross	S618
Moyles, Iain	Applied and Industrial Mathematics	Assistant Professor	imoyles@yorku.ca	Ross	S519
Poliakov, Igor	Applied Mathematics	Sessional Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream	poliakov@yorku.ca	Ross	S511	x33960
Purzitsky, Norm	Marked Riemann Surfaces	Associate Professor	purzit@yorku.ca	Ross	N606	x33932
Ramsay, Kelly	Inference for Functional Data, Differential Privacy, Robust and Nonparametric Methods	Assistant Professor	kramsay2@yorku.ca	Ross	S511A
Salisbury, Tom	Probability Theory, Math Finance	Professor	salt@yorku.ca	Ross	N621A
Sargent, Pam	Mathematics Education	Assistant Professor	psargent@yorku.ca	Ross	N617
Skelton, Andrew	Applied Mathematics, Mathematics Education	Associate Professor, Mathematics for Education Coordinator	askelton@yorku.ca	BC	210	x33942
Skoufranis, Paul	Operator Theory, Free Probability, Operator Algebras	Associate Professor	pskoufra@yorku.ca	Ross	S625	x66088
Steprans, Juris	Set Theory	Professor	steprans@yorku.ca	Ross	N506	X33339
Szeptycki, Paul	Set-Theoretic Topology, Set Theory	Professor	szeptyck@yorku.ca	Ross	N634
Tholen, Walter	Category Theory	Professor Emeritus	tholen@yorku.ca	Ross	N605
Wang, Steven	Statistics	Professor	stevenw@yorku.ca	Ross	N625	x33938
Watson, Stephen	Mathematical Economics	Professor, Chair	swatson@yorku.ca	Ross	N513
Weiss, Asia Ivic	Geometry	Professor	weiss@yorku.ca	Ross	N621B
Woldegerima, Woldegebriel Assefa	Biomathematics, Differential Equations	Assistant Professor	wassefaw@yorku.ca	Ross	S614
Wong, Augustine	Statistics	Professor, Undergraduate Program Director, Associate Chair	august@yorku.ca	TEL/DB	2041	X33497
Wong, Man Wah	Analysis, Partial Differential Equations	Professor	mwwong@yorku.ca	Ross	N626
Wu, Jianhong	Biomathematics	Professor	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	jyang21@yorku.ca	Ross	S516
Zabrocki, Mike	Algebraic Combinatorics	Professor, Pure Mathematics Director	zabrocki@yorku.ca	TEL/DB	2026	x33545
Zhu, Hongmei	Numerical Analysis	Associate Professor, Applied Math Director	hmzhu@yorku.ca	Petrie	214	x55493
Zhu, Huaiping	Dynamical System, Differential Equations	Professor	huaiping@yorku.ca	Ross	N618	x66095

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