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Here are some students that were members of the Studc

Joy Abramson
I completed my undergrad in Math and Computer Science at York University, and am now working on my PhD in Medical Biophysics at the University of Toronto through the MD/PhD program. This is my fifth year as a member of the Student Committee. This picture is from the Summer 2006 CMS meeting in Calgary, where a few of us took an extra day to visit Lake Louise and Banff, so as you can see we have a lot of fun on Studc! Please email me at chair-studc@cms.math.ca if you have any suggestions for us.

Iva Halacheva
Iva is in her fourth year working towards a mathematics and statistics undergraduate degree at the University of Toronto. Her interests in mathematics include topology, analysis and combinatorics as well as recreational problemsolving, puzzles, and origami. She helped organize CUMC 2008 and is working for the second summer on a research project in programming some operations on knots. She hopes to continue learning math in a graduate program in Canada or abroad. Her other hobbies include traveling, learning new languages and playing the piano.

Antoine Khalil

Jessica McDonald (Ontario Representative)
I am originally from Bedford, Nova Scotia and did my undergraduate degree at Mount Allison University in Sackville, New Brunswick. After graduation, I moved to Ontario and did a Master of Mathematics degree in the department of Combinatorics and Optimization at the University of Waterloo. I am currently a PhD student in this same department. My research is in graph theory.

Mélisande Fortin Boisvert (Quebec Representative)
I received my B.Sc. from Université Laval in 2001, and my M.Sc. from McGill University in 2003. I taught in a Cégep during the 2003 Winter semester and I am now a PhD student at McGill University. In previous years, I worked for the ISM (Institut des sciences mathématiques), for the CRM (Centre de recherché mathématiques) and I have been member of the ISM Students Seminar Committee. In previous years, I took courses and organised seminars in the four Montréal universities and at Université Laval, this provided me the opportunity to create a large network of students in Québec.

Pawel Gladki (Western Representative)
I am originally from Katowice, Poland, where I was born, grew up and earned my M.Sc. in Mathematics at the University of Silesia. As far as I remember, it was in my high school when I got really interested in Mathematics and decided to study this subject. A little bit earlier, when I was in Grade One or so, I was reading numerous novels by J. O. Curwood or J. London, where I first learned about Saskatchewan - and guess what, this is where I ended up working towards my Ph. D. Since my arrival to Saskatoon in 2003, I have been lucky to meet truly wonderful people - my supervisor, Prof. Murray Marshall, is certainly one of them - and a genuinely exciting working environment. My areas of research include the algebraic theory of quadratic forms and spaces of orderings. My non-mathematical interests include books (I particularly enjoy SF - just as a typical graduate student in sciences...), mountain hiking (which is a bit ironic for somebody living in Saskatchewan...) and - last but not least - sailing.".

Sandra Gregov (Ontario Representative)
I'm a Master's student at McMaster University in Computer Science and apart of the Advanced Optimization Laboratory (a.k.a. AdvOL). For my Master's thesis, I am working on sorting strings using Berge k-moves - see my webpage for more info. I completed my undergraduate degree in Pure and Applied Mathematics at York University. In my undergraduate studies, I did research in rigidity theory and geometry. My projects on the CMS Student Committee include corresponding with the CUMC organizing committee and updating the CUMC Operations Manual, designing a Studc poster and I am the MITACS liaison. Webpage: http://optlab.mcmaster.ca/~gregovs/

Graham Robertson (General member)
I am currently entering my second year at the University of Toronto more or less undeclared. I am interested in the specialist program of Bioinformatics but enrolling in a pure Computer Science, Biology, or Mathematics program isn't out of the question. I enjoy puzzles, painting, animating, playing guitar, and (of course) math! I am originally from Chester, England but I moved to Ottawa when I was six years old and that is where I grew up until three years ago. I am currently eight-teen years old and I work, study, play, and live in Toronto.

Alejandro Erickson
Al Erickson is a 4th year undergraduate at Simon Fraser University in the Honours Mathematics program. He is heavily involved in the Math Student Union and was the president for parts of 2005 and 2006. After completing his second summer of undergraduate research (with NSERC in 2006) he has become an applied calculus workshop teaching assistant. Al plans to graduate in April 2007 and apply to grad school at an eastern university. His favourite things to do are travelling, back country camping, doing capoeira, and learning languages.

Kathryn Mann
Kathryn is a fourth year undergraduate math and philosophy specialist at the University of Toronto. When she's not doing math in Toronto, she likes to do math elsewhere: in Budapest with the "Budapest Semesters in Math" program, and most recently in Perugia, Italy at the Scuola Matematica Interuniversitaria summer school. After this year she'll be moving on to do a PhD in math... hopefully somewhere equally exciting!

Laura Gauthier
Laura Gauthier studied electrical engineering before completing a B.A. with a major in English literature and a minor in mathematics. She is currently a graduate student of mathematics education in the process of completing her thesis at Concordia University in Montreal, Quebec. She also works as a full time high school mathematics teacher at Lakeside Academy. In her spare time, she writes the E-Corner column for the quarterly magazine Boomersview, and edits the Canadian Mathematical Society student newsletter.

Marcus Emmanuel Barnes
Marcus is a graduate student at Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, British Columbia. He is currently working in the field of the history of mathematics, especially that of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. His Master's thesis will focus on some aspects of the mathematical work of John Charles Fields, the Canadian after whom the Fields Medals are named. To learn more about Marcus, visit his website.
Jenna G.Tichon
Jenna G. Tichon is entering her fourth year at the University of Winnipeg where she is concurrently working towards a Bachelor of Science Honours degree in mathematics and a 4-year Bachelor of Arts in statistics. With in both sides of the department she works as a marker and lab demonstrator as well tutor for the Math Learning Center. For the past two years, she has served as President for the University of Winnipeg Math/Stats Students Association organizing speakers, movies, conferences and social events for the students and faculty members. Her other interests include playing flute/piccolo in the local community band, playwrighting and reading.

Nathaniel Johnston (Ontario representative)
Nathaniel is a PhD mathematics student at the University of Guelph working in the field of quantum computing. His true passion lies somewhere between mathematics and computer science, although his discipline of choice requires him to tinker with some physics as well. He has worked as a tutor at the Math Learning Center at the University of Guelph for three years, and was an executive member of their Math & Stats Club during his third and fourth years as an undergraduate student. His time away from academia often consists of thinking about random math problems and coding internet-based games. His true downtime usually involves watching movies or playing video games.

Bradley Dart (Atlantic representative)
I was born and raised in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador. I am 19 years old and just finished my second year of a Joint Honours Bachelor of Science in Applied Mathematics and Physics at Memorial University of Newfoundland. I'm interesting in a variety of areas in pure and applied mathematics, as well as in philosophy and physics. I spend my time reading, daydreaming, walking, listening to music and hanging out in coffee shops, as well as studying and doing mathematics. When I finish my undergraduate degree I plan on attending graduate school, but narrowing it down to just one area of research is going to be difficult!

Natasha Richardson
I love math. This simple fact is the reason I am entering my fourth year of mathematics study at Simon Fraser University. When not in classes, I'm volunteering as a math tutor, fulfilling my presidential responsibilities to the SFU Math Student Union and working as a research assistant with a mathematical modelling group. Besides math, I also love teaching and I have a particular interest in math education. A graduate degree is definitely in my future; whether it will be in math or math education I have yet to decide.

Richard Zsolt et Wai Lung (Nathan) Yeung

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Joy Abramson I completed my undergrad in Math and Computer Science at York University, and am now working on my PhD in Medical Biophysics at the University of Toronto through the MD/PhD program. This is my fifth year as a member of the Student Committee. This picture is from the Summer 2006 CMS meeting in Calgary, where a few of us took an extra day to visit Lake Louise and Banff, so as you can see we have a lot of fun on Studc! Please email me at chair-studc@cms.math.ca if you have any suggestions for us.
Iva Halacheva Iva is in her fourth year working towards a mathematics and statistics undergraduate degree at the University of Toronto. Her interests in mathematics include topology, analysis and combinatorics as well as recreational problemsolving, puzzles, and origami. She helped organize CUMC 2008 and is working for the second summer on a research project in programming some operations on knots. She hopes to continue learning math in a graduate program in Canada or abroad. Her other hobbies include traveling, learning new languages and playing the piano.
Antoine Khalil
Jessica McDonald (Ontario Representative) I am originally from Bedford, Nova Scotia and did my undergraduate degree at Mount Allison University in Sackville, New Brunswick. After graduation, I moved to Ontario and did a Master of Mathematics degree in the department of Combinatorics and Optimization at the University of Waterloo. I am currently a PhD student in this same department. My research is in graph theory.
Mélisande Fortin Boisvert (Quebec Representative) I received my B.Sc. from Université Laval in 2001, and my M.Sc. from McGill University in 2003. I taught in a Cégep during the 2003 Winter semester and I am now a PhD student at McGill University. In previous years, I worked for the ISM (Institut des sciences mathématiques), for the CRM (Centre de recherché mathématiques) and I have been member of the ISM Students Seminar Committee. In previous years, I took courses and organised seminars in the four Montréal universities and at Université Laval, this provided me the opportunity to create a large network of students in Québec.
Pawel Gladki (Western Representative) I am originally from Katowice, Poland, where I was born, grew up and earned my M.Sc. in Mathematics at the University of Silesia. As far as I remember, it was in my high school when I got really interested in Mathematics and decided to study this subject. A little bit earlier, when I was in Grade One or so, I was reading numerous novels by J. O. Curwood or J. London, where I first learned about Saskatchewan - and guess what, this is where I ended up working towards my Ph. D. Since my arrival to Saskatoon in 2003, I have been lucky to meet truly wonderful people - my supervisor, Prof. Murray Marshall, is certainly one of them - and a genuinely exciting working environment. My areas of research include the algebraic theory of quadratic forms and spaces of orderings. My non-mathematical interests include books (I particularly enjoy SF - just as a typical graduate student in sciences...), mountain hiking (which is a bit ironic for somebody living in Saskatchewan...) and - last but not least - sailing.".
Sandra Gregov (Ontario Representative) I'm a Master's student at McMaster University in Computer Science and apart of the Advanced Optimization Laboratory (a.k.a. AdvOL). For my Master's thesis, I am working on sorting strings using Berge k-moves - see my webpage for more info. I completed my undergraduate degree in Pure and Applied Mathematics at York University. In my undergraduate studies, I did research in rigidity theory and geometry. My projects on the CMS Student Committee include corresponding with the CUMC organizing committee and updating the CUMC Operations Manual, designing a Studc poster and I am the MITACS liaison. Webpage: http://optlab.mcmaster.ca/~gregovs/
Graham Robertson (General member) I am currently entering my second year at the University of Toronto more or less undeclared. I am interested in the specialist program of Bioinformatics but enrolling in a pure Computer Science, Biology, or Mathematics program isn't out of the question. I enjoy puzzles, painting, animating, playing guitar, and (of course) math! I am originally from Chester, England but I moved to Ottawa when I was six years old and that is where I grew up until three years ago. I am currently eight-teen years old and I work, study, play, and live in Toronto.
Alejandro Erickson Al Erickson is a 4th year undergraduate at Simon Fraser University in the Honours Mathematics program. He is heavily involved in the Math Student Union and was the president for parts of 2005 and 2006. After completing his second summer of undergraduate research (with NSERC in 2006) he has become an applied calculus workshop teaching assistant. Al plans to graduate in April 2007 and apply to grad school at an eastern university. His favourite things to do are travelling, back country camping, doing capoeira, and learning languages.
Kathryn Mann Kathryn is a fourth year undergraduate math and philosophy specialist at the University of Toronto. When she's not doing math in Toronto, she likes to do math elsewhere: in Budapest with the "Budapest Semesters in Math" program, and most recently in Perugia, Italy at the Scuola Matematica Interuniversitaria summer school. After this year she'll be moving on to do a PhD in math... hopefully somewhere equally exciting!
Laura Gauthier Laura Gauthier studied electrical engineering before completing a B.A. with a major in English literature and a minor in mathematics. She is currently a graduate student of mathematics education in the process of completing her thesis at Concordia University in Montreal, Quebec. She also works as a full time high school mathematics teacher at Lakeside Academy. In her spare time, she writes the E-Corner column for the quarterly magazine Boomersview, and edits the Canadian Mathematical Society student newsletter.
Marcus Emmanuel Barnes Marcus is a graduate student at Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, British Columbia. He is currently working in the field of the history of mathematics, especially that of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. His Master's thesis will focus on some aspects of the mathematical work of John Charles Fields, the Canadian after whom the Fields Medals are named. To learn more about Marcus, visit his website.
Jenna G.Tichon Jenna G. Tichon is entering her fourth year at the University of Winnipeg where she is concurrently working towards a Bachelor of Science Honours degree in mathematics and a 4-year Bachelor of Arts in statistics. With in both sides of the department she works as a marker and lab demonstrator as well tutor for the Math Learning Center. For the past two years, she has served as President for the University of Winnipeg Math/Stats Students Association organizing speakers, movies, conferences and social events for the students and faculty members. Her other interests include playing flute/piccolo in the local community band, playwrighting and reading.
Nathaniel Johnston (Ontario representative) Nathaniel is a PhD mathematics student at the University of Guelph working in the field of quantum computing. His true passion lies somewhere between mathematics and computer science, although his discipline of choice requires him to tinker with some physics as well. He has worked as a tutor at the Math Learning Center at the University of Guelph for three years, and was an executive member of their Math & Stats Club during his third and fourth years as an undergraduate student. His time away from academia often consists of thinking about random math problems and coding internet-based games. His true downtime usually involves watching movies or playing video games.
Bradley Dart (Atlantic representative) I was born and raised in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador. I am 19 years old and just finished my second year of a Joint Honours Bachelor of Science in Applied Mathematics and Physics at Memorial University of Newfoundland. I'm interesting in a variety of areas in pure and applied mathematics, as well as in philosophy and physics. I spend my time reading, daydreaming, walking, listening to music and hanging out in coffee shops, as well as studying and doing mathematics. When I finish my undergraduate degree I plan on attending graduate school, but narrowing it down to just one area of research is going to be difficult!
Natasha Richardson I love math. This simple fact is the reason I am entering my fourth year of mathematics study at Simon Fraser University. When not in classes, I'm volunteering as a math tutor, fulfilling my presidential responsibilities to the SFU Math Student Union and working as a research assistant with a mathematical modelling group. Besides math, I also love teaching and I have a particular interest in math education. A graduate degree is definitely in my future; whether it will be in math or math education I have yet to decide.
Richard Zsolt et Wai Lung (Nathan) Yeung