If you are interested in pursuing either a Master's degree or a doctoral degree under my supervision, I outline below some
of the steps to take to begin the application process. Our department strives to ensure that all full-time graduate students
(both domestic and international) will be offered competitive financial support in the form of one or some: a competitive
graduate fellowship, a teaching assistant-ship, plus a research stipend from the Graduate Faculty supervisor. Detailed
application instructions, includng deadlines and application components are further outlined here . In addition, more
information concerning all of our graduate programs offered in Mathematics and Statistics can be found here .

Any prospective students or fellows interested in working with me or my research team and with research interest in both
Linear Algebra or Matrix Theory and/or Discrete Mathematics, please feel free to contact me at anytime via email or phone.
If you wish, send me a current resume (including research interests) and (unofficial) transcripts to receive an informal
preliminary assessment from me in due course. This does not represent a formal application to join our department but
rather is an informal discussion to determine if such an opportunity may be of mutual interest.

To anyone who is considering joing my research team: It is my personal mission to inspire and develop the mathematical interests and talents of every member of my research team. I aspire to foster and create a welcoming, inclusive, and professional environment that promotes creativity and innovation at all levels of mathematics. All queries, ideas, and approaches are encouraged and respected.

Below is a list of current and former individuals that I have supervised here at the University of Regina.

Postdoctoral Fellows, Visiting Scholars & Research Associates:

• Dr. Samir Mondel, (PIMS PDF, Ph.D. from IIT Madras, Chennai ), Sepetember 2024 -- present.
• Dr. Himanshu Gupta, (PIMS PDF, Ph.D. from U. Deleware), February 2022 -- present.
• Dr. S. Ahmad Mojallal (PDF, Ph.D. from Sungkyunkwan University, Korea), co-supervised with Dr. S. Zilles, August 2022 -- present.
• Dr. Mohsen Zahraei (VS, visiting from Ahvaz Branch Islamic Azad University in Iran), Fall 2022 -- August 2023.
• Dr. Li Su (VS, visiting from Jiangxi Normal University in China), August 2022 -- May 2023.
• Dr. Hong-Hai Li (VS, visiting from Jiangxi Normal University in China), August 2022 -- May 2023.
• Dr. Prateek Kumar Vishwakarma, (PIMS PDF, Ph.D. from IISc Bangalore), February 2022 -- February 2024.
• Dr. S. Ahmad Mojallal (PIMS PDF, Ph.D. from Sungkyunkwan University, Korea), August 2020 -- August 2022.
• Dr. Mohammad Adm (DAAD PDF, Ph.D. from University of Konstanz), February 2017 -- January 2018.
• Dr. Liwen Han (VS, visiting from Hebei Normal University in China), August 2016 -- January 2017.
• Dr. Gurmail Singh (RA), July 2016 -- April 2017 & May 2018- August 2019
• Dr. Guanglong Yu (VS, visiting from Yancheng Teachers University in China), October 2015 -- September 2016.
• Dr. Ryan Tifenbach (PIMS PDF, Ph.D. from National University of Ireland--Maynooth, 2011), July 2014 -- January 2016.
• Dr. Shahla Nasserasr (PIMS PDF, Ph.D. from College of William and Mary, 2010) Jan. 2011 - Aug. 2013.
• Dr. Yi-Zheng Fan (VS, visiting from Anhui university in China) September 2010 -- August 2011 (co-supervision with K. Meagher).
• Dr. Mahmoud Manjegani (RA visiting from Isfahan University of Technology) September 2009 -- December 2010.
• Dr. Sasmita Barik (PDF, Ph.D. from Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, 2006) Jan. 2008 - Dec. 2008 (co-supervision with S. Kirkland).
• Dr. Francesco Barioli (PDF, Ph.D. from University of Padova, 2001) Oct. 2001 -- Aug. 2003.
• Dr. Sukanta Pati (PDF, Ph.D. from Indian Statistical Institute, 1999) May 2000 -- April 2001, (co-supervision with S. Kirkland).

Graduate Students:

• Johnna Parenteau, Ph.D., in progress (co-supervision with Dr. J. Breen, UOIT)
• Seyed Alireza Talebpour Shirazi Fard, Ph.D., in progress (co-supervision with Dr. K. Meagher).
• Layne Burns, MSc., in progress (co-supervision with Dr. E. Doolittle).
• Tannen Acoose, Ph.D. Currently on leave (co-supervised with A. Volodin).
• Johnna Parenteau, MSc. completed.
• Brendan Andrusiak, MSc. conpleted.
• Tannen Acoose, Ph.D. in progress (co-supervised with A. Volodin).
• Andriaherimanana Sarobidy Razafimahatratra, Ph.D. completed (co-supervision with K. Meagher).
• Mahsa Nasrollahi Shirazi, Ph.D. completed (co-supervision with K. Meagher).
• Abolghasem Soltani, MSc. completed (co-supervision with S. Zilles).
• Daniel Palmarin, MSc. completed (co-supervision with K. Meagher).
• Prateek Kumar Vishwakarma, Visiting Doctoral Student, Fall 2019 (Ph.D. candidate at IISc Bangalore).
• Priyanka Guliani, MSc. completed (co-supervision with A. Volodin).
• Rana Alahmadi, MSc. completed (co-supervision with A. Volodin).
• Adam Gorr, MSc. completed (co-supervision with K. Meagher).
• Ryan Bergen, MSc. completed.
• Abolghasem Soltani, Visiting Doctoral student, 2014 (Ph.D., Tarbiat Modares University).
• Gurmail Singh, Ph.D. completed (co-supervision with A. Herman).
• Ryan Tessier, MSc. completed (co-supervision with S. Zilles).
• Fatemeh Alinaghipour, Ph.D. completed (co-supervision with K. Meagher).
• Yong Jun Xing, Ph.D. completed.
• Michael Cavers, Ph.D. completed (co-supervision with S. Kirkland).
• Elizabeth Diaz-Bobadilla, MSc. completed (co-supervision with A. Volodin).
• Xiao Ping Liu, Ph.D. completed.

Undergraduate Students:

• Valerii Maliuk (Ukraine), MITACS Globalink Research Internship, Summer 2021.
• Johnna Parenteau, Zero forcing, forts, and linear algebra, Summer 2021 (NSERC USRA 2021).
• Kendra Lemieux, Studies on the inverse eigenvalue problem for graphs, Summer 2021 (NSERC USRA 2021).
• Johnna Parenteau, Variations of Zero Forcing on trees, Summer 2020 (NSERC USRA 2020).
• Kendra Lemieux, Infection and Propagation on Chordal Graphs, Summer 2020 (NSERC USRA 2020).
• Johnna Parenteau, Zero Forcing and Centipedes, Summer 2019 (NSERC USRA 2019).
• Jesus Miguel Martinez Camarena (Mexico), MITACS Globalink Research Internship, Summer 2016.
• Tara Petrie, On Eigenvalue Interlacing, Summer 2014 (NSERC USRA 2014).
• Tara Petrie, On Graph with Many Distinct Eigenvalues, Summer 2013 (NSERC USRA 2013).
• Graham Ziegler, Online Statistics Course notes (co-supervision with A. Herman), Summer 2008.
• Taylor Barrett, Totally Nonnegative minors and their combinatorics (NSERC USRA 2008).
• Ryan Lekivetz, Asymmetric P-matrix completion problems (NSERC USRA 2004).
• Ryan Lekivetz, P-matrix completion problems (NSERC USRA 2003).
• Jeremy Hinks, Hadamard duality (NSERC USRA 2003).
• Dan Scellenberg, Investigations for Totally Nonnegative Matrices (NSERC USRA 2003).
• Chris Leurer & Jeremy Hinks, Integral Laplacian spectrum (co-supervision with S. Kirkland), Summer 2002.
• Nathan Krislock, Determinantal Inequalities for Totally Nonnegative Matrices (NSERC USRA 2000).