David Bryant Professor FRSNZ President of the NZ Mathematics Society (2020-2022) Director of Computational Modeling (COMO) University of Otago david.bryant@otago.ac.nz

 

Background

• (Current) Professor in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Otago
• Associate Professor of Mathematical Biology, University of Auckland, 2008--10
• Senior Lecturer in Mathematical Biology, University of Auckland, 2005-2007
• Associate Professor, Dept. Mathematics and Statistics, McGill University, Montreal. 2005
• Assistant Professor, School of Computer Science and Department of Mathematics and Statistics, McGill University, Montreal. 2001-2005
• Postdoc at LIRMM, Montpellier, with Olivier Gascuel, 2000-2001 
• Postdoc at CRM, Montreal, with David Sankoff, 1998-2000
• Ph.D. (Mathematics) at University of Canterbury with Mike Steel 1994-1997

Affiliations

• New Zealand Mathematics Society
• Royal Society of New Zealand (Fellow)
• New Zealand Statistics Association

Research Areas

Mathematical, statistical, and computational aspects of evolutionary biology. Much of my work to date has focused on phylogenetics, the reconstructon of evolutionary history. This has led to work on diversity theory in mathematics.       

Graduate Positions

I will not be looking for more PhD students until 2022, however I would consider supervising masters students - contact me if you are interested.