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ProfessorMichael Plank

Professor

Mathematics and Statistics

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  • Professor
    Mathematics and Statistics
  • +6433692462 (Work)
  • University of Canterbury, School of Mathematics and Statistics, Christchurch, 8140, New Zealand

TEACHING & SUPERVISION SUMMARy

Professor Plank has taught a range of subjects in mathematics and statistics including calculus, linear algebra, differential equations, computational methods, dynamical systems, probability and stochastic processes, and infectious disease modelling. 

TEACHING & SUPERVISION

  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Towards smarter health policy: a data-driven framework for health modelling in Aotearoa New Zealand
    1 Mar 2026
    Zhao, Alice
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Incorporating ethnicity into compartment and individual based epidemic models
    2 Feb 2026
    Barber-Wilson, Madeleine
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Behavioural responses to an epidemic
    5 Nov 2025
    Fisher-Taylor, Timothy
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Behavioural responses to an epidemic
    5 Nov 2025
    Sushames, Megan
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Mathematical modelling of pertussis dynamics and impact in Aotearoa New Zealand
    1 May 2025
    McGregor, Hannah
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Beyond SIR: a partial differential equation model for infectious disease transmission
    20 Nov 2024
    Hampton, Harry
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Modelling the effect of infection-induced behavioural change on epidemic dynamics
    20 Nov 2024
    Tofa, Eneti
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Scaling analysis of behavioural transitions in epidemic models
    20 Nov 2024
    Kennedy, Alistair
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Modelling the interaction between ethnicity and infectious disease transmission dynamics
    15 Jul 2024
    Lomas, Vincent
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Optimal design of experiments in Bayesian parameter estimation problems
    1 Apr 2024 - 31 Jul 2025
    Kuang, Qingsen
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Rethinking tree size distributions: the role of growth and mortality in forest structure
    26 Feb 2024
    Shannon, Sophie
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    How do infectious diseases spread between different population groups?
    13 Nov 2023 - 20 Feb 2024
    Sullivan, Caleb
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Te Ara o te Reo Māori - The Trajectory of the Māori Language
    1 Feb 2023
    Miller, Michael
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Modelling the effect of household size on epidemic dynamics
    21 Feb 2022 - 31 Oct 2022
    Toogood, Regan
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    A household model for COVID-19 transmission and control
    15 Nov 2021 - 11 Feb 2022
    Peters, Nicholas
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Epidemic models with state dependent contact tracing
    22 Feb 2021 - 30 Nov 2021
    Robinson, George
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Stochastic mathematical model of 4D tumour spheroids with cell cycle labelling
    1 Jan 2021 - 1 Feb 2022
    Klowss, Jonah
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Modelling population dynamics and herbicide resistance evolution of Giant Buttercup in dairy pasture
    9 Nov 2020 - 12 Feb 2021
    Cox, Andrew
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    How do obstacles affect the diffusivity of lattice-free random walks?
    17 Feb 2020 - 31 Oct 2020
    Armstrong, George
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Biocontrol of California Thistle
    11 Nov 2019 - 20 Feb 2020
    Basevi, Johanna
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Discrete and continuous models of the movement of hard polymers with non-integer aspect ratio
    11 Nov 2019 - 20 Feb 2020
    Satherley, Jesse
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Contagion modelling in scale-free bipartite networks
    18 Feb 2019 - 31 Oct 2019
    Steyn, Nicholas
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Developing methods to reduce uncertainty with citizen science data
    1 Jan 2019
    Mugford, Julie
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Mathematical modelling of endangered languages
    12 Nov 2018 - 8 Feb 2019
    Barrett-Walker, Tessa
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Modelling individual heterogeneity in behaviour for wildlife management and conservation
    1 Jul 2018 - 31 Jan 2022
    Vattiato, Giorgia