Education

Ph.D. (Mathematics), 1978, University of Calgary, Advisor, R.K.Guy

Employment:

2011-2016            Dalhousie Research Professor

2009 (July-Dec)   Chair, Department of Mathematics and Statistics

2008-2009            Graduate Coordinator (Mathematics) Department of Mathematics and Statistics

1998-2003            Chair, Department of Mathematics and Statistics

1992 -present        Full Professor, Dalhousie University.    

1987-1992            Associate Professor, Dalhousie University.

1983                     Awarded tenure, Dalhousie University.

1979-1987            Assistant Professor, Dalhousie University.

Publications

23 Articles in Combinatorial Game Theory;

80 Articles in Graph Theory and Theory of Partially Ordered Sets;

Co-author of Lessons in Play, AK Peters, 2006; Cops and Robbers AMS, 2011

Editor or Co-editor of Games on No Chance, More Games on No Chance, Games of No Chance 3, and the forthcoming Games on No Chance 4.

Supervision-past and present

Co-supervised 2 PDFS; Supervised or supervising 11 PhD students, 2 visiting PhD students, 16 MSc students, 15 Honours students, and 5 summer students

Conferences Organizing Committee

Games Workshops at: Banff International Research Station (2005, 2008, 2011);

Mathematical Sciences Research Institute (1994, 2000);

Dagsthul (2002);

Games-At-Dal (2001, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012, 2013);

Integers (2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013);

SIAM DM12 (2012);

Recreational Math Colloquium (Portugal 2009, 2011, 2013).

Present Research Awards

NSERC Discovery  Grant 2009-2014---$28,000/yr

Awards and Service

2011-2016 University Research Professor, Dalhousie University

2005-2008 NSERC, member of GSC 337

2008 Adrien Pouliot Award, Canadian Mathematical Society---awarded for contributions to outreach and teaching.

1995-1996 Faculty of Science Teaching Award.