Former Master’s Students

NameDegree receivedThesisWhere Are They Now?
Ferdinand Gruenewald2026Bee Determined: A Mathematical Analysis of Trapline Formation in Bees
Nicholas Paroshy2025Subpopulation delineation of Canadian polar bears (Ursus maritimus) in the eastern Beaufort Sea
Johnson Yue2024Analysis of nonlocal reaction-advection-diffusion models in ecologyPhD. Student at University of Victoria
Xiaoqi Xie2024Modelling Mountain Pine Beetle Abundance and Distribution in Novel Hosts and Changing ClimatePhD. Student at McGill University
Xiaotian Hua2022Temporal and spatial coral-algae dynamics with larval dispersalPhD. Student at McGill University
Kelsey Gritter2022Individual-based movement model of mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus) contacts and application to artificial attractantsWildlife Biologist with the Canadian Forest Service – Natural Resources Canada
Jessa Marley2020Animal Selection and Movement Analysis: Finding Missed ConnectionsPhD. Student – UBC, Okanagan
Broghan Erland2019Assessing Errors in Greenhouse Gas Flux Measurements from Mineable and in Situ Oil SandsTransferred to Renewable Resources, University of Alberta
Jaime Ashander2010Effects of parasite exchange between wild and farmed salmonUS Geological Survey, Research Ecologist
Jeanette Wheeler – Fitzgerald2010Temp-dependent population dynamics of Parnassium smintheus …

Memorial University, Biology

Assistant Professor

Justin Marleau2009Modelling early plant primary successionCanadian Food Inspection Agency, Gatineau, QC

Canadian Science Policy Fellow – Science Analyst

Hannah MacKenzie2006 and 2010Linear features impact predator-prey encounters: analysis with first passage time (2006), Effect of flow on population dynamics in streams (2010)Alberta Environment and Parks

Quantitative Wildlife Biologist

Amy Hurford2005Wolf movement within and beyond the territory boundaryProfessor jointly appointed in the Department of Biology and the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at Memorial University of Newfoundland
Brenlyn ThiroitMStat project
Utah 2000
MStat project – Analysis and simulation of pair-wise distances between lupine plants on Mt St Helene
Lora Newman
(nee Ballinger)
Utah 1999Yellowstone Elk Migration: a dynamic programming modelPhD Student at University of Cincinnati
Steve ParrishUtah 1998Analysis of a Home Range Model: Pattern Formation from Scent-Marking
Greg SchmitzUtah 1993A model for the spread of genetically engineered microbes