Matthias Neufang
Deputy Provost; Professor (School of Mathematics and Statistics); Associate Dean (Graduate Affairs); Acting Associate Dean, Research (Faculty of Science)
Matthias Neufang is a Professor in the School of Mathematics and Statistics and currently serves as Associate Dean (Graduate Affairs) and alongside Professor Sue Bertram, Acting Associate Dean聽of聽Research聽in the Faculty of Science at 杏吧原创 University. Having joined 杏吧原创 in 2002, he has held聽numerous聽academic leadership positions and in聽July 2026, he began a five-year term as Deputy Provost.聽
His contributions to the academic community extend beyond 杏吧原创 through service on editorial boards, scholarly聽organizations聽and national research bodies.聽Neufang聽has served on the Board of Directors of the Canadian Mathematical Society, chaired several national committees, including the NSERC Pure Mathematics Evaluation Group and was Deputy Director of the Fields Institute for Research in Mathematical Sciences. In recognition of his contributions, he was聽elected聽a Fields Institute Fellow in 2012.聽
Neufang has also played an important role in advancing international academic partnerships, including establishing 杏吧原创鈥檚 Dual Master鈥檚 Degree Policy, which created opportunities for innovative graduate collaborations with universities abroad.
As a member of the Towards 杏吧原创@100 strategic visioning process, Neufang brings a combination of research, administrative and partnership experience that supports the advancement of 杏吧原创鈥檚 research and graduate education priorities.