Terry Soo--Curriculum Vitae

Mailing address:
Department of Statistical Science
University College London
Gower Street
London WC1E 6BT
United Kingdom
mail@terrysoo.com
Office located at:
1-19 Torrington Place, London

Current position

Associate Professor, UCL

Academic background

Associate Professor (tenured), University of Kansas, August-December 2019.
Assistant Professor, University of Kansas, 2014-2019.
Statistics Research Fellow, University of Warwick, 2013-2014. Independent researcher.
MSRI Member, Random Spatial Processes. April-May 2012.
Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Victoria, 2010-2013. Supervisor: Anthony Quas.
Ph.D. Mathematics, University of British Columbia, 2010. Supervisors: Alexander Holroyd and Omer Angel.
Thesis: Coupling, Matching, and Equivariance
NSERC USRA, University of British Columbia, 2004.  Supervisor: Rachel Kuske.
B.A. Honours Mathematics, Simon Fraser University, 2004.

Research

I do research in probability theory and ergodic theory; papers are available from my homepage.

Classroom teaching

Instructor at the University of Kansas:

Applied Differential Equations, Math 220, (Fall 2018).
Applied Mathematical Statistics I, Math 526 (Fall 2014, 2018).
Introduction to Modern Algebra, Math 558 (Fall 2017).
Linear Algebra, Math 590 (Spring 2019).
Probability Theory, Math 727 (Fall 2017).
Mathematical Statistics, Math 728 (Spring 2016, 2017, 2019).
Introduction to Stochastic Processes, Math 865 (Spring 2015).
Advanced Probability, Math 940, (Spring 2018).   
Topics in Probability, Math 996 (Fall 2015).
 
Instructor at the University of Victoria: 

Calculus of Several Variables, Math 200 (2012).
Statistics for Life Sciences I, Stat 255 (2012).
Introduction to Probability and Statistics I, Stat 260 (2010).

Instructor at the University of British Columbia: 

Differential Calculus for Social Science and Commerce, Math 184 (2006).

Other Professional Activities

Referee: Ergodic Theory and Dynamical Systems, Studia Mathematica, Annals of Probability, Annals of Applied Probability, AIMS Proceedings.

Seminars et cetera: Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Durham University, University of Manitoba, CMS Winter Meeting--Niagara Falls, AMS Sectional Meeting--University of Denver, AMS Sectional Meeting--University of Memphis, University of Chicago, Peking University, University of Hong Kong, One day ergodic theory meeting--University of Bristol, University of Warwick, Semi-annual Workshop in Dynamical Systems and Related Topics-Pennsylvania State University, University of Victoria, University of Washington, University of British Columbia.

Public engagement:  Science on Tap (Natural History Museum and Free State Brewery, Lawrence, Kansas): The bits behind Bitcoin. Pi-day, 2018.

 



Last updated January 2, 2020.