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Faculty Research Interests

 
The faculty is actively engaged in research in a wide range of areas including algebra , analysis , applied mathematicsgeometry and topology and probability and statistics .

Professors

Gregory F. Bachelis
Ph.D., University of Oregon
Functional Analysis and Theoretical Computer Science
 
Robert D. Berman
Ph.D., University of Maryland
Complex Analysis
 
Lawrence J. Brenton
Ph.D., University of Washington
Several Complex Variables and Algebraic Geometry
 
Robert R. Bruner
Ph.D., University of Chicago
Algebraic Topology
 
Pao-Liu Chow
Ph.D., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Stochastic Partial Differential Equations and Applied Mathematics
 
William S.Cohn
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin
Complex Analysis
 
Daniel S.Drucker
Ph.D., University of California at Berkeley
Differential Geometry and Non-associative Algebra
 
Daniel E.Frohardt
Ph.D., University of California at Berkeley
Finite Group Theory
 
David Gluck
Ph.D., University of Chicago
Finite Groups, Representation Theory
 
David Handel
Ph.D., University of Chicago
Algebraic Topology
 
Lowell J. Hansen
Ph.D., University of Illinois
Complex Analysis
 
Steven M. Kahn
Ph.D., University of Maryland
Topology
 
Rafail Khasminskii
Ph.D., Moscow State University
Probability and Statistics
 
John R. Klein
Ph.D., Brandeis University
Algebraic Topology
 
Alexander Korostelev
Ph.D., Moscow State University
Probability and Statistics
 
Tachen Liang
Ph.D., Purdue University
Statistics

Guozhen Lu
Ph.D., Rutgers University
Harmonic Analysis, Geometric Analysis and Partial Differential Equations
 
Kay Magaard
Ph.D., California Institute of Technology
Finite Groups, Representation Theory, Galois Theory, Computational Methods in Algebra
 
Leonid Makar-Limonov
Sci.D., Moscow State University
Ring Theory
 
Peter Malcolmson
Ph.D., University of California at Berkeley
Ring Theory
 
José-Luis Menaldi
Sc.D., University of Paris-Dauphine
Stochastic Optimal Control, Partial Differential Equations and Probability Theory
 
Boris Mordukhovich
Ph.D., Byelorussian State University
Optimization and Control Theory, Nonlinear Analysis, Nonsmooth and Variational Analysis, Dynamical Systems
 
Frank Okoh
Ph.D., Queens University
Algebra
 
Choon-Jai Rhee
Ph.D., University of Georgia
Topology
 
Claude L. Schochet
Ph.D., University of Chicago
Algebraic Topology and Functional Analysis
 
Bertram M. Schreiber
Ph.D., University of Washington
Harmonic Analysis, Topological Groups and Probability
 
Tze-Chien Sun
Ph.D., Brown University
Probability and Statistics,  Applied Mathematics

Gang George Yin
Ph.D., Brown University
Stochastic Systems Theory, Approximation, Optimization and Control
Zhimin Zhang
Ph.D., University of Maryland at College Park
Numerical Analysis

 

Associate Professors

John C. Breckenridge
Ph.D., University of Michigan
Real Analysis and Surface Area

Po Hu
Ph.D., University of Michigan
Algebraic Topology
 
David W. Jonah
Ph.D., Brown University
Algebra
 
Stephen A.Williams
Ph.D., California Institute of Technology
Partial Differential Equations

 

Assistant Professors

Fatih Celiker
Ph.D., University of Minnesota
Numerical Analysis
 
Daniel Isaksen
Ph.D., University of Chicago
Algebraic Topology
 
Catherine Lebiedzik
Ph.D., University of Virginia
Partial Differential Equations and Control Theory
 
Pei-Yong Wang
Ph.D., Courant Institute of Mathematical Science
Partial Differential Equations
 
Sheng Zhang
Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University
Numerical Analysis and Mechanics

 

Adjunct Associate Professors

Lance K. Heilbrun
Ph.D., University of Michigan
Biostatistics
 

Lecturers

Leonard Boehm
M.A., Wayne State University
Mathematics Education
 
Patricia Bonesteel
M.A., Wayne State University
Mathematics Education
 
Christopher Nazelli
M.A., Wayne State University
Mathematics Education
 
Donald Sherry
M.A., Wayne State University
Mathematics Education

 

Visiting Faculty

Haijun Wu
Ph.D., Jilin University
Applied Mathematics
Xuejun Xu
Ph.D., Fudan University
Computational Mathematics

Emeritus

Chorng-Shi Houh (Professor)
Ph.D., Tokyo Metropolitan University
Differential Geometry
John M.Irwin (Professor)
Ph.D., Kansas University
Abelian Groups and Applied Mathematics
C. Clarence Morrow (Professor)
Ph.D., University of Chicago
Algebra

Togo Nishura (Professor)
Ph.D., Purdue University
Real Analysis & Topology
Jingyal Pak (Professor)
Ph.D., University of Illinois
Algebraic Topology
Harold T. Slaby (Associate Professor)
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin
Algebra
Martin T. Wechsler (Professor)
Ph.D., University of Michigan
Topology