Zohreh (Zoya) Abbasi, a PhD candidate at the Department of Applied Mathematics, has been awarded the Samit & Reshma Sharma Graduate Scholarship in Mathematics. Zoya is the first recipient of this competitive prize, which was established in 2024 by the Samit & Reshma Sharma Foundation. The scholarship is awarded annually to a student in a thesis-based master’s or doctoral program in the Faculty of Mathematics who “demonstrates outstanding academic achievement & research excellence for graduate studies with most significant practical impact in applied mathematics.” Zoya is also the recipient of an Ontario Graduate Scholarship from the 2024-2025 competition.
Zoya’s research leverages the features of multi-agent systems in the modeling and controller design for epidemic diseases, exploring how networked agent interactions can inform strategies for effectively controlling the spread of disease.
Congratulations, Zoya!