Dr. Amy Hurford

I am a Professor jointly appointed in the Department of Biology and the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador.

My research is in theoretical ecology, evolution and epidemiology. I make models of appropriate complexity, that consider the best available data, that answer meaningful questions, and where the results are interpreted and communicated appropriately.

I want to help trainees learn the best approaches to data analysis in biology. In 2023, I was awarded the President’s Award for Distinguished Teaching.

I am a senior editor at the Bulletin of Mathematical Biology. During my term as chair of the Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Membership committee for the Canadian Applied and Industrial Mathematics Society, I authored this report.

Education

  • PDF, 2012. The Fields Institute, York University, and the University of Toronto.
  • PhD, 2011. Mathematics & Statistics, Queen’s University
  • MSc, 2005. Biological Sciences, University of Alberta

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“Mathematics compares the most diverse phenomenon and discovers the secret analogies that unite them.” – Joseph Fourier