Former Master’s Students

Name Degree received Thesis Where Are They Now?
Nicholas Paroshy 2025 Subpopulation delineation of Canadian polar bears (Ursus maritimus) in the eastern Beaufort Sea
Johnson Yue 2024 Analysis of nonlocal reaction-advection-diffusion models in ecology PhD. Student at University of Victoria
Xiaoqi Xie 2024 Modelling Mountain Pine Beetle Abundance and Distribution in Novel Hosts and Changing Climate PhD. Student at McGill University
Xiaotian Hua 2022 Temporal and spatial coral-algae dynamics with larval dispersal PhD. Student at McGill University
Kelsey Gritter 2022 Individual-based movement model of mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus) contacts and application to artificial attractants Wildlife Biologist with the Canadian Forest Service – Natural Resources Canada
Jessa Marley 2020 Animal Selection and Movement Analysis: Finding Missed Connections PhD. Student – UBC, Okanagan
Broghan Erland 2019 Assessing Errors in Greenhouse Gas Flux Measurements from Mineable and in Situ Oil Sands Transferred to Renewable Resources, University of Alberta
Jaime Ashander 2010 Effects of parasite exchange between wild and farmed salmon US Geological Survey, Research Ecologist
Jeanette Wheeler – Fitzgerald 2010 Temp-dependent population dynamics of Parnassium smintheus …

Memorial University, Biology

Assistant Professor

Justin Marleau 2009 Modelling early plant primary succession Canadian Food Inspection Agency, Gatineau, QC

Canadian Science Policy Fellow – Science Analyst

Hannah MacKenzie 2006 and 2010 Linear 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 Hurford 2005 Wolf movement within and beyond the territory boundary Professor jointly appointed in the Department of Biology and the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at Memorial University of Newfoundland
Brenlyn Thiroit MStat project
Utah 2000
MStat project – Analysis and simulation of pair-wise distances between lupine plants on Mt St Helene
Lora Newman
(nee Ballinger)
Utah 1999 Yellowstone Elk Migration: a dynamic programming model PhD Student at University of Cincinnati
Steve Parrish Utah 1998 Analysis of a Home Range Model: Pattern Formation from Scent-Marking
Greg Schmitz Utah 1993 A model for the spread of genetically engineered microbes