Department of Mathematics
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We have internationally recognised scholars on staff that are committed to the University's mandate of producing high quality research and teaching. You can view our staff profiles by searching the staff listing.
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| General Office - 4th floor | 88777 | 303.405 |
| Student Resource Centre - Ground floor | 85510 | 303.G16 |
Academic
Research Fellows
| Name | Phone +64 9 373 7599 | Office | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kate Patterson | ext 88914 | 104.131 | k.patterson@math.auckland.ac.nz |
| Ivo Siekmann | ext 81863 | Bioenginee | ivo.siekmann@auckland.ac.nz |
| Name | Research area | Supervisor | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maryam Alavi | Self-verifying networks of air monitoring instruments | Jari Kaipio & Vivien Kirk | m.alavi@math.auckland.ac.nz |
| Damien Burns | Computational Group Theory | Eamonn O'Brien | damien@math.auckland.ac.nz |
| Pengxing Cao | pcao002@aucklanduni.ac.nz | ||
| Jason Chen | xche163@aucklanduni.ac.nz | ||
| Tuan Chien | On the existence of d^2 equiangular lines in complex vector spaces. | Shayne Waldron | tuan@math.auckland.ac.nz |
| Ban Heng Choy | bcho747@aucklanduni.ac.nz | ||
| Jennifer Creaser | j.creaser@auckland.ac.nz | ||
| Sunanda Dixit | Structures on non-metrizable manifolds | David Gauld | s.dixit@math.auckland.ac.nz |
| Annie Gorgey | Numerical Methods on Ordinary Differential Equations | Robert Chan | a.gorgey@math.auckland.ac.nz |
| Gulshad Gulshad | Runge-Kutta methods | John Butcher | g.gulshad@math.auckland.ac.nz |
| Tatyana Gvozdeva | games theory | Arkadii Slinko | t.gvozdeva@math.auckland.ac.nz |
| Paul Hadwin | I am interested in ill-posed (inverse) problems, particularly the Bayesian approach to such problems. The application of inverse problem techniques to diffuse imaging modalities. I also have interests in optimisation, probability and game theory. | phad013@aucklanduni.ac.nz | |
| Ali Hameed | Roughly Weighted Ideal Secret Sharing Schemes | Arkadii Slinko | a.hameed@math.auckland.ac.nz |
| Emily Harvey | Dynamical Systems, Mathematical Physiology and Biology | Vivien Kirk & James Sneyd | emily@math.auckland.ac.nz |
| Stefanie Hittmeyer | Non-invertible Maps and Wild Chaos | Bernd Krauskopf & Hinke Osinga | stefanie.hittmeyer@auckland.ac.nz |
| Peter Langfield | P.Langfield@auckland.ac.nz | ||
| Paul Leys | Reaction diffusion systems with growing domains | Philip Sharp | pley001@aucklanduni.ac.nz |
| Michael Lockyer | mloc017@aucklanduni.ac.nz | ||
| Jicheng Ma | Symmetric Graph | Marston Conder & Jamie Sneddon | j.ma@math.auckland.ac.nz |
| Afshin Mardani | Set-theoretic Topology,Topology of manifolds | David Gauld & Sina Greenwood | a.mardani@math.auckland.ac.nz |
| Pingyu Nan | Dynamical systems analysis of mathematical models of intracellular calcium dynamics | Vivien Kirk | p.nan@math.auckland.ac.nz |
| Mala Nataraj | Use of history of mathematics in the teaching and learning of mathematics | Mike Thomas & Andy Begg | mala@math.auckland.ac.nz |
| Garry Nathan | Conceptual understanding in mathematics; Mathematical reasoning and argumentation | Bill Barton & Michael Thomas | g.nathan@math.auckland.ac.nz |
| Antoine Nectoux | anec947@aucklanduni.ac.nz | ||
| Phuong Nguyen | Mathematical modelling of steroid hormones synthesis and metabolism during pregnancy | James Sneyd | phuong.nguyen@agresearch.co.nz |
| Ruanui Nicholson | Jari Kaipio | rnic052@aucklanduni.ac.nz | |
| Kate O'Byrne | Graham Donovan | coby597@aucklanduni.ac.nz | |
| Laurence Palk | Mathematical Physiology - Calcium signalling in the parotid acinar cell | James Sneyd | l.palk@math.auckland.ac.nz |
| Roberto Panai | Rod Gover | robertopanai@sardus.it | |
| Edoardo Persichetti | Public-key cryptography, Coding Theory | Steven Galbraith | e.persichetti@math.auckland.ac.nz |
| Sam Porath | Rod Gover | spor013@aucklanduni.ac.nz | |
| Anup Purewal | Differential Delay Equations | Claire Postlethwaite | apur723@aucklanduni.ac.nz |
| Muhammad Amer Qureshi | Integration of n-body models for the solar system | Philip W. Sharp | qureshi@math.auckland.ac.nz |
| Noorhelyna Razali | Numerical Analysis | nraz865@aucklanduni.ac.nz | |
| Shafiq Ur Rehman | N-Body Simulations of the Solar System | Philip W. Sharp | s.rehman@math.auckland.ac.nz |
| Manfred Sauter | Degenerate elliptic operators with boundary conditions | Tom ter Elst | m.sauter@math.auckland.ac.nz |
| Katie Sharp | Dynamical systems of mathematical biology | James Sneyd | kt@math.auckland.ac.nz |
| Michael Smith | Wave theory, Mathematical Physics, Wave-structure interaction | Mike Meylan | m.smith@math.auckland.ac.nz |
| Attique Ur Rehman | a.rehman@math.auckland.ac.nz | ||
| Nazli Uresin | Abstract Dynamical Systems | Sina Greenwood & David Gauld | n.uresin@math.auckland.ac.nz |
| Yuri Vyatkin | Bernstein-Gelfand-Gelfand complexes | Rod Gover & Paul - Andi Nagy | y.vyatkin@math.auckland.ac.nz |
| Shaun White | Arkadii Slinko | swhi092@aucklanduni.ac.nz | |
| Wenjun Zhang | Waves in mathematical models of intracellular calcium and other excitable systems | Vivien Kirk | w.zhang@math.auckland.ac.nz |
| Sam Zhu | Tree variable methods for efficient planarity testing | Jamie Sneddon & Marston Conder | s.zhu@math.auckland.ac.nz |
Departmental Manger
| Name | Position | Phone +64 9 373 7599 | Office | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shobha Herle | Department Manager | ext 88063 | 303.403 | s.herle@auckland.ac.nz |
Math administrative staff
| Name | Position | Phone +64 9 373 7599 | Office | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Min-Ah Lee | PA to HoD / Departmental Co-ordinator | ext 88777 | 303.405 | mina.lee@auckland.ac.nz |
| Olita Moala | Financial Administrator | ext 88743 | 303.405 | moala@math.auckland.ac.nz |
| Adina Nagy | Academic Administrator / Webmaster | ext 85886 | 303.405 | adina@math.auckland.ac.nz |
| Lynda Pitcaithly | Department Manager (on leave in 2012) | ext 88063 | 303.403 | l.pitcaithly@auckland.ac.nz |
Other administrative staff
| Name | Position | Phone +64 9 373 7599 | Office | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rebecca Fowler | ICMI Administrative Assistant | ext 84239 | 104.134 | r.fowler@auckland.ac.nz |
Student Resource Centre staff
| Name | Position | Phone +64 9 373 7599 | Office | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jaya Venugopalan | SRC Manager | ext 85510 | 303.G16 | jaya@math.auckland.ac.nz |
| Lily Liow | SRC Assistant | ext 89378 | 303.G16 | lily@math.auckland.ac.nz |
Academic Administration
| Name | Position | Phone +64 9 373 7599 | Office | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Sneyd | Head of Department | ext 87474 | 303.401 | sneyd@math.auckland.ac.nz |
| Philip Sharp | Deputy Head of Department | ext 88884 | 303.522 | sharp@math.auckland.ac.nz |
| David Gauld | Associate Head, Research | ext 88697 | 303.419 | gauld@math.auckland.ac.nz |
| Eamonn O'Brien | Chair of IT Committee & Head, Algebra and Combinatorics Group | ext 88819 | 303.519 | obrien@math.auckland.ac.nz |
| Tom ter Elst | Associate Head, Academic | ext 86901 | 303.411 | terelst@math.auckland.ac.nz |
| Steven Galbraith | Postgraduate Co-ordinator | ext 88778 | 303.508 | s.galbraith@math.auckland.ac.nz |
| Graham Donovan | PhD Co-ordinator | ext 88780 | 303.527 | g.donovan@auckland.ac.nz |
| Claire Postlethwaite | Postgraduate Co-ordinator (on leave in Semester 1 2012) | ext 88817 | 303.510 | c.postlethwaite@math.auckland.ac.nz |
| Jamie Sneddon | Deputy Undergraduate Co-ordinator | ext 82121 | 303.418 | j.sneddon@auckland.ac.nz |
| Julia Novak | Undergraduate Co-ordinator | ext 84747 | 303.416 | j.novak@auckland.ac.nz |
| Rod Gover | Head, Analysis Geometry and Topology Group | ext 88792 | 303.427 | gover@math.auckland.ac.nz |
| Vivien Kirk | Head, Applied Mathematics Unit | ext 88812 | 303.523a | v.kirk@auckland.ac.nz |
| Judy Paterson | Head, Mathematics Education Unit | ext 88605 | 303.502 | paterson@math.auckland.ac.nz |
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Programmes and Centres
- New Zealand Institute of Mathematics and its Applications (NZIMA)
- Community for Understanding and Learning in the Mathematical Sciences (CULMS)
- Centre for Mathematical Social Science (CMSS)
- Department of Computer Science
- Department of Engineering Science
- Department of Physics
- Department of Statistics
- Auckland Bioengineering Institute



