Faculty

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Faculty

  • Jean Bowen
    MSc, BSc - Mathematics
    • Access Coordinator
    • Instructor, Mathematics and Statistics (part-time)
    Phone:
    250-960-6711

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    • Assistant Professor and Adjunct
    Phone:
    250-960-5549
    Office Number:
    10-2022

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  • Dr. Mohammad El Smaily
    PhD Aix-Marseille Université
    • Associate Professor
    Phone:
    250-960-6624
    Office Number:
    10-2044

    Supervises in: MSc Mathematics ; PhD Mathematics

    Dr. El Smaily received his PhD in Mathematics from Aix-Marseille Université (France) in 2008. Before moving to faculty positions in 2014, he had a PIMS postdoctoral position at the University of British Columbia, a postdoc at Carnegie Mellon University and an NSERC postdoctoral position at the...

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  • Dr. Alia Hamieh
    PhD (University of British Columbia), MSc (American University of Beirut)
    • Associate Professor
    Phone:
    250-960-5312
    Office Number:
    10-2038

    Supervises in: BSc Mathematics ; MSc Mathematics

    Dr. Hamieh received her PhD in Mathematics from the University of British Columbia in May 2013. She obtained her MSc and BSc in Mathematics from the American University of Beirut. Before joining the Math and Statistics Department at UNBC as an Assistant Professor, Dr. Hamieh was a PIMS Post-...

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  • Dr. Jennifer Hyndman
    PhD (University of Colorado), MA Mathematics (University of Colorado), BMath with Minor in Dance (University of Waterloo)
    • Professor
    Phone:
    250-960-6628
    Office Number:
    10-2062

    Supervises in: MSc Mathematics

    Dr. Hyndman received her Ph.D. and M.A. in mathematics from the University of Colorado and her BMath with a Minor in dance from the University of Waterloo. She has lectured at international conferences and published in several areas of universal algebra. Her current areas of research are natural...

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  • Dr. Kevin Keen
    PhD, P.Stat., PStat(ASA)
    • Professor
    Phone:
    250-960-5014
    Cell:
    Available On Request
    Office Number:
    10-2082

    Supervises in: PhD Health Sciences ; MSc Mathematics ; BSc Mathematics

    Dr. Keen joined the faculty of UNBC in July 2004 where he has been (full) Professor since July 2015. Dr. Keen has held visiting appointments with the Netherlands Institute for Health Sciences (Erasmus University, Rotterdam) and the Faculty of Medicine at Leiden University. He has published more...

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  • Dr. Pranesh Kumar
    PhD
    • Professor
    Phone:
    250-960-6671
    Office Number:
    10-2512
    Prior to at UNBC, Dr. Pranesh Kumar has worked in the Memorial University of Newfoundland, University of Transkei (South Africa), Bilkent University (Turkey), University of Dar-es-Salaam (Tanzania), University of Rome, Indian Agricultural Statistics Research Institute and FAO(UN) in Rome and...

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    • Adjunct Professor
    Before coming to UNBC, Dr. Walters was Assistant Professor of Mathematics at the University of Western Ontario (1990-94), a post-doctoral fellow at UBC (1988-90), and a lecturer at the University of Saskatchewan (1985-1988). He obtained his Ph.D. ('88) and M.A. ('81) in Pure Mathematics...

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  • BASc, MSc, PhD
    • Assistant Professor (On leave)
    Phone:
    250-960-5990
    Office Number:
    10-2028
    Dr. Wan obtained his Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics from École Polytechnique de Montréal in 2014, with a B.A.Sc. degree in Engineering Physics and M.Sc. degree in Mathematics from the University of British Columbia. Before arriving at UNBC, he was a post-doctoral fellow from 2014 to 2018 at McGill...

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  • PhD University of Waterloo, MMath University of Waterloo, BSc University of British
    • Assistant Professor
    Cell:
    604-329-8023
    Email:

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