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.