Draft:Stacey Smith?

Stacey Smith?
Stacey Smith?
Born	October 28, 1972 (age 52)
Years active	2003-present

Stacey R. Smith?^note (born 28 October 1972) is an Australian-Canadian mathematician known for her scientific work on zombies. She has also published multiple scholarly books on science fiction and a textbook on the use of mathematical models to study infectious diseases.

Life and career

Smith? received her bachelor's degree in mathematics from Macquarie University in 1994. After graduation, she went to McMasters University, where she received her master's degree in 1996 and her Ph.D. in 2001. Her doctoral thesis investigated the technique of self-cycling fermentation, which can be applied in wastewater treatment and the disposal of toxic waste; her doctoral advisor was Gail Wolkowicz.

After finishing her doctorate, Smith? worked as a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Western Ontario, where she became involved with the mathematical study of disease. Smith? did further postdoctoral research at the University of California, Los Angeles, and at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.

In 2009, Smith? published the first academic article mathematically modeling a zombie outbreak. The work gave Smith? notoriety in international media, including a Guinness World Record for being the first mathematician to create such a model. Smith? recieved further attention in media for publishing a mathematical model of "Bieber Fever" alongside her student, Valerie Tweedle.

As of August 2024, Smith? is a professor of mathematics and statistics at the University of Ottawa.^[1]

Personal life

Smith? is a trans woman as well as polyamorous.^[2]

Notes

^ The question mark is part of her legal name.^[3]

Works cited

^ "Stacey Smith?". Faculty of Science professors. University of Ottawa. Retrieved 2024-08-18.
^ "Why Does Polyamory Work for You?". Ontario Today with Amanda Pfeffer. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
^ Standish, Reid (23 August 2015). "Which Country Is Best Prepared for the Zombie Apocalypse?". Foreign Policy.

External links

Faculty website at the University of Ottawa

Category:1972 births Category:Living people Category:Australian emigrants to Canada Category:21st-century Canadian mathematicians Category:Canadian LGBTQ academics Category:Australian transgender women Category:Canadian transgender women Category:Polyamorous people

[1] "Stacey Smith?". Faculty of Science professors. University of Ottawa. Retrieved 2024-08-18.

[2] "Why Does Polyamory Work for You?". Ontario Today with Amanda Pfeffer. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.

[3] Standish, Reid (23 August 2015). "Which Country Is Best Prepared for the Zombie Apocalypse?". Foreign Policy.

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