Professional experience

Since 2015
Lecturer
University of Hull, Kingston-upon-Hull, United Kingdom

2014 – 2015
Visiting Scientist Fellow
Centro de Álgebra da Universidade de Lisboa / Center for Computational and Stochastic Mathematics, Lisbon, Portugal 

2011 – 2014
Investigador Auxiliar and Marie Curie Fellow
Centro de Álgebra da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal

2008 – 2011
Assistant Professor
Department of Mathematics, Statistics, and Computer Science
St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada

2006 – 2008

Assistant Professor
Department of Mathematics

University of Northern British Columbia, Prince George, B.C.,
Canada

2005 – 2006

Instructor
Department of Mathematics

Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada 

Education

2005
Doctor of Philosophy in Pure Mathematics
University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Dissertation title: Characterizations of Separation Properties for a Special Class of Varieties
Supervisor: Dr. R. Willard 

2000 – 2005

Doctoral Student
Department of Pure Mathematics

University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada 

2000
Master of Science in Mathematics
Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia. Canada
Department of Mathematics and Statistics
Supervisor: Dr. Norman Reilly

1998 – 2000

Master Student
Department of Mathematics and Statistics
Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada 

1998

Diplom-Mathematiker in Mathematics with a minor in Computer Science
Philipps-Universität, Marburg, Germany
Thesis title: Topologische Algebren n-vertauschbarer Varietäten
(Topological Algebras of n-permutable Varieties)

Supervisor: Dr. H.-P. Gumm

1996 – 1998
Fachbereich Mathematik und Informatik 

Philipps-Universität, Marburg, Germany  


1995 – 1996

Exchange student
Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

1994 – 1995

Diplomstudent
Fachbereich Mathematik und Informatik 

Philipps-Universität, Marburg, Germany 


1994

Vordiplom in Mathematics with a minor in Computer Science
Universität Bielefeld, Germany

1994 – 1995

Diplomstudent
Fakultät für Mathematik
Universität Bielefeld, Germany