Each year the Faculty of Mathematics awards research chairs to exceptional faculty members. Kirsten Morris, a professor in the Department of Applied Mathematics, was one of the recipients for 2021-22.
Being a PhD student can sometimes feel disconnected from reality. “When you’re doing PhD research, you start to question, you know, how useful is this?” said Madison Van Dyk.
But for the second-year PhD student in the Department of Combinatorics and Optimization, the research is fully grounded and relevant. Van Dyk’s research finds practical application for one of the largest companies in the world, Amazon.
Lindsey Tulloch’s passion for computer science began when a close friend convinced her to install Linux on her desktop instead of Windows. “That’s certainly what got the ball rolling in my software development journey,” she recalled. “I’ve always been a problem solver—I enjoy the aspect of working through something and figuring it out on my own.”
