Melissa Huggan

About me

I am a professor in the Department of Mathematics at Vancouver Island University.  

I am an adjunct professor at Memorial University of Newfoundland (St. John's) and at the University of Victoria. Find out more about graduate supervision opportunities.

From 2021-2022, I held an AARMS postdoctoral fellowship at Mount Allison University working under the supervision of Margaret-Ellen Messinger. From 2019-2021, I was an NSERC postdoctoral fellow at Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson University) working under the supervision of  Anthony Bonato. I completed my PhD in 2019 at Dalhousie University under the supervision of Richard J. Nowakowski and Paul Ottaway. Find out more about my education.

My research interests are in combinatorial game theory, graph theory, and pursuit-evasion games. Learn more about my research .

I greatly enjoy teaching. Whether it is in a classroom or through outreach activities, sharing my passion for mathematics is always a rewarding experience. Learn more about my teaching and my outreach experience.