Thomas HillenThomas Hillen

www.math.ualberta.ca

Professor

Graduate Chair

Previous director of the Applied Mathematics Institute

1 Undergraduate student

2 MSc students

2 PhD students

1 Postdoc

Mathematical Biology

Applied Mathematics

Stage Time Funds $

Undergraduate 4a 0 K

MSc thesis based

MSc course based

2a

2a

20 K

0 K

PhD 5a 22 K

Postdoc 2a+2a (Math)

0-1a (Stat)

40-45 K

Assistant Professor 6a ~ 70 K

Associate Professor 6a ~ 85 K

Full Professor life > 90 K

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TA ~ 16 K (Teaching Assistant)

RA ~ 6 K (Research Assistant)

Scholarships ~ 1 - 50 K

The Three C’s of graduate studies

Competence

Criticism

Creativity

ability to deal with complex systems

ability to generate solutions

ability to identify underlying structures

ability to generalize

ability to specialize

ability to make connections to other areas

CV: clear

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