Draft:Stacey Smith?

Stacey Smith? (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.

As of July 2024, Smith? is a professor at the University of Ottawa.