Program: Ph.D.

Advisors: Dr. Sheridan Houghten (Brock) and Dr. Steffen Graether

 

Research:
He has an undergraduate degree in Mathematics and Computer Science as well as a Master's degree in Computer Science, both from Brock University.  Michael's Master's thesis investigated epidemic modeling, simulation, and deployment of vaccination strategies on personal contact networks using evolutionary computation; work that he continues to pursue as part of his PhD given the reality of COVID-19. He has published 7 peer reviewed scientific publications and served as a reviewer for CIBCB 2018 and TCBB 2019.  Michael enjoys working in an inter-disciplinary fashion both to leverage insights from other fields of research and to satisfy his insatiable curiosity.