Amy Mann

I am an MSc student in Statistics at Oxford and a Rhodes Scholar. I graduated from the University of Toronto with a joint Bachelor's in Mathematics and Statistics as a National Scholar. I am currently a research assistant for Monica Alexander in the Statistics Department. I previously worked in Prof. Jude Kong's AIMM Lab, Kent Moore's Lab as a Laidlaw Scholar, and the Wunch Group as a Summer Undergraduate Research Fellow. I was a 2023 Fields Undergraduate Summer Research Fellow where I worked on random walks and Kemney's constant.

I was originally a physics major prior to switching into math. My research now lies at the intersection of statistics and social science. I was the President of the University of Toronto Mathematics Union and I started a community garden at Victoria College. I am from Winnipeg, Manitoba.

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Research

US mortality data quality index

Created a composite data quality index to assessing the geographic and temporal trends in United States mortality data from 1999-2022.

Temperature dependent model of malaria transmission

Created a temperature dependent model of malaria transmission

Threshold graphs, Kemeny's constant, and related random walk parameters

Kemeny’s constant measures how fast a random walker moves around in a graph. We look at the behaviour of Kemney’s on threshold graphs. We establish explicit formulae for K(G) in terms of the construction code of a threshold graph, and completely determine the ordering of the accessibility indices of vertices in threshold graphs. I specifically focused on combinatorial approaches and proved some of the results in section 4.

The trajectory of sea ice in the Last Ice Area

Simulated back trajectories and forward trajectories of sea ice in the Last Ice Area using satellite velocity data with a particular interest in understanding the cause of the anomolous sea ice reversal in February 2018. I received funding from the Laidlaw Research Fellowship. In process of turning into paper.

A Modified Gaussian Plume Model for Mobile in situ Greenhouse Gas Measurements

Stephanie Gu, Mishaal Kandapath, and I helped with data collection. Received the Summer Undegraduate Research Fellowship.

Calibrated and deployed low-cost air quality sensors in the GTA

Calibrated and deployed low-cost emissions sensors in the GTA under the supervision of Debra Wunch with Stephanie Gu. Received the Summer Undegraduate Research Fellowship.

Loss of Cold Weather in the Canadian Arctic

Looked at the decline of cold days in the Arctic and its local effects