The Combinatorics Group
- Faculty and Post-Docs
- Current Graduate Students
- Current and Recent Undergraduate Students
- Former Faculty and Post-Docs
- Recent Graduate Students
- Graduate Studies
- Graduate Courses
- Online Seminars
- Links
Faculty and Post-Docs
Faculty who are actively engaged in research in areas of combinatorics at Memorial University, along with a brief description of their interests, are listed below:
- Daniela Silvesan
Skolem sequences and combinatorial design theory - Nabil Shalaby
Skolem sequences, covering and packing designs, graph labellings - David A. Pike
Graph theory and design theory, graph decompositions and cycle properties, computational graph theory - Eduardo Martinez-Pedroza
Infinite graphs, games on graphs, graphs and abstract algebra, group actions on graphs, combinatorial topology. - Danny Dyer
Pursuit-evasion problems, discrete time processes, watchman's walks, graph decompositions
- Andrea Burgess (adjunct professor)
Combinatorial design theory and graph theory - Nancy Clarke (adjunct professor)
Graph theory - Aras Erzurumluoglu (adjunct professor)
Combinatorial designs, graph theory, graph/hypergraph processes - Stephen Finbow (adjunct professor)
Graph theory - Jared Howell (cross-appointment, Grenfell Campus, Memorial University of Newfoundland)
Graph theory, combinatorial designs and enumeration - Melissa Huggan (adjunct professor)
Combinatorial game theory, pursuit-evasion problems, graph theory - Rebecca Milley (cross-appointment, Grenfell Campus, Memorial University of Newfoundland)
Graph theory and combinatorial game theory
Several faculty members form part of the Graph Searching in Atlantic Canada collaborative research group, funded by AARMS.
Current Graduate Students
| Name | Program | Supervisor(s) |
| Rylo Ashmore | Ph.D. | Dyer / Milley |
| Anusha Batuwitage | M.Sc. | Clarke / Dyer |
| Alfie Davies | Ph.D. | Dyer / Milley |
| Thamalikha Dissanayake Mudiyanselage | M.Sc. | Dyer / Howell |
| Roxanne Ghorbanivashki | M.Sc. | Dyer / Milley |
| Maryam Hosseinzadeh | M.Sc. | Martinez-Pedroza |
| Caleb Jones | M.Sc. | Burgess / Pike |
| Sulani Dinya Kavirathne | M.Sc. | Howell / Pike |
| William Kellough | M.Sc. | Clarke / Dyer |
| Arnott Kidner | Ph.D. | Finbow / Pike |
| Robert Luther | Ph.D. | Burgess / Pike |
| Austin MacDonald | M.Sc. | Finbow / Pike |
| Oleg Ogandzhanyants | Ph.D. | Kondratieva / Shalaby |
Current and Recent Undergraduate Students
| Name | Nature of Supervision | Supervisor(s) | Period |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shane Andrews | NSERC USRA | Dyer / Howell | Summer 2016 |
| Anton Afanassiev | NSERC USRA | Dyer | Summer 2017 |
| Anders Cornect | NSERC USRA | Dyer / Howell | Summer 2022 |
| Juliana Cuéllar Guasca | Mitacs Globalink Intern | Dyer / Howell | Summer 2022 |
| Aaron Dwyer | NSERC USRA | Milley | Summer 2019 |
| Aaron Dwyer | NSERC USRA | Milley | Summer 2020 |
| Caleb Jones | NSERC USRA | Pike | Summer 2019 |
| Caleb Jones | NSERC USRA | Pike | Summer 2021 |
| Caleb Jones | Honours | Pike | Winter 2021 |
| Evan O'Bryan | NSERC USRA | Milley | Summer 2022 |
| Nicolas O'Neill | NSERC USRA | Howell / Milley | Summer 2020 |
| Brittany Pittman | NSERC USRA | Howell / Milley | Summer 2017 |
| Krishna Narayanan | Mitacs Globalink Intern | Burgess / Dyer | Summer 2022 |
| Rebecca Ryan | Canada Summer Jobs | Milley | Summer 2016 |
| Dhruvin Shah | PSDP | Dyer | Summer 2022 |
| Benjamin Stanley | NSERC USRA | Pike | Summer 2022 |
| Courtney Weir | MUN Seed, Bridge, Multidisciplinary fund | Milley | Summer 2017 |
| Michael Willette | NSERC USRA | Milley | Summer 2019 |
| Michael Willette | NSERC USRA | Milley | Summer 2020 |
Former Faculty and Post-docs
- Andrea Burgess (NSERC Post-doctoral Fellow)
- Rosie Cameron (AARMS Post-doctoral Fellow)
- Aras Erzurumluoglu (AARMS Post-doctoral Fellow)
- Daniel Horsley (AARMS Post-doctoral Fellow)
- Asiyeh Sanaei
- Rolf Rees (1960-2012)
Click here to view Dr. Rees' obituary. - Ryan Tifenbach (AARMS Post-doctoral Fellow)
- Yubo Zou
Recent Graduate Students
| Name | Program | Supervisor(s) | Completed |
| Ahmad Alkasasbeh | M.Sc. | Shalaby | 2016 |
| Ahmad Alkasasbeh | Ph.D. | Dyer | 2021 |
| Iren Darijani | Ph.D. | Pike | 2020 |
| Mozhgan Farahani | M.Sc. | Burgess / Dyer | 2022 |
| Robert Luther | M.Sc. | Pike | 2016 |
| John Marcoux | M.Sc. | Burgess / Pike | 2022 |
| Arthur McCool | M.Sc. | Dyer / Merkli / Pike | 2022 |
| Brittany Pittman | M.Sc. | Dyer / Howell | 2020 |
| Juan Felipe Rodriguez-Quinche | M.Sc. | Martinez-Pedroza | 2022 |
Graduate Studies
At the graduate level, studies in combinatorics may be undertaken which lead to both the M.Sc. and Ph.D. Details of our department's graduate programs can be reviewed here.
The School of Graduate Studies has a very helpful website about Memorial University, St. John's, and all that we have to offer.
We are always seeking interested and qualified candidates for our graduate programs, in which you can apply online.
Graduate Courses
| Course Number | Course title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Math 6340* | Graph Theory | Offered in Fall 2021 as an AARMS Advanced Course |
| Math 6341* | Combinatorial Design Theory | |
| Math 6342* | Advanced Enumeration | |
| Math 6345 | Combinatorics and the Probabilistic Method | |
| Math 6346* | Pursuit-Evasion Problems | Offered in Winter 2022 as an AARMS Advanced Course |
| Math 6347 | Cyclic Combinatorial Designs | |
| Math 6348 | Graph Colouring |
* Indicates courses offered in the last two years.
Online Seminars
Members of our group regular "attend" different online seminars, some of which are included below. Other online talks can be found here.
- Atlantic Graph Theory Seminar
- Combinatorial Mathematics Society of Australia Seminar
- Graph Searching Online Seminar
- Talk Math With Your Friends
- Virtual Combinatorial Games Seminar
- Women in Combinatorics Virtual Colloquium