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Faculty

Michael Albertson Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania.
Graph theory (especially coloring and symmetry), combinatorics, theoretical computer science, group theory especially isometry groups, the impact of computing on the way math is done.

Pau Atela Ph.D., Boston University.
Dynamical systems, Hamiltonian mechanics, chaos, computer visualization in mathematics and mathematical biology (phyllotaxis).

sarah-marie belcastro Ph.D., University of Michigan.
Topological graph theory, convex geometry, mathematical knitting, the geometry of paperfolding, topology, algebra, combinatorial geometry, algebraic geometry.

Martin Brundin, Ph. D., Gothenburg University.
Harmonic Analysis.

Michael Bush Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Algebraic number theory, group theory, coding theory, cryptography.

James Callahan Ph.D., Courant Institute, New York University.
Geometry, dynamical systems, chaos and fractals, catastrophe theory, relativity, most areas of applied analysis.

David Cohen Ph.D., University of New Hampshire.
Empirical logic, quantum theory, the application of logic, analysis and algebra to physics, the mathematical education of non-mathematicians.

Susana Coré Ph.D., State University of New York at Stony Brook.
Harmonic analysis on Lie groups, in particular on the Heisenberg group, pseudodifferential operators.

Elizabeth Denne Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Geometry and topology, in particular geometric knot theory.

Christophe Golé Ph.D., Boston University.
Dynamical systems, symplectic and algebraic topology and mathematical biology (phyllotaxis).

Ruth Haas (Chair) Ph.D., Cornell University (Operations Research).
Combinatorics, splines, commutative and computer algebras, operations research.

Katherine Halvorsen D.Sc., Harvard School of Public Health (Biostatistics).
Statistics, statistical methods in medical research.

Christopher Hardin Ph.D. Cornell University.
Mathematical logic, theoretical computer science, Kleene algebra, program logic. Secondary interests: epistemic logic, reverse mathematics.

James Henle Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Set theory, logic, nonstandard analysis, mathematics education, philosophy of mathematics.

Nicholas Horton Sc.D., Harvard University (Biostatistics).
Statistics, particularly the development of models for the analysis of longitudinal studies with incomplete observations, the analysis of multiple informant data and statistical education.

Catherine McCune Ph.D., University of Massachusetts.
Minimal surfaces, constant mean curvature surfaces and the KdV equation.

Mary Murphy M.A.T., Johns Hopkins University.
Writing to learn mathematics and mathematics education.

Joseph O'Rourke, Ph.D.University of Pennsylvania (also chair of the CS department) Computational geometry.

Leanne Robertson Ph.D., University of California-Berkeley.
Number theory, cyclotomic field theory, and geometry.

Marjorie Senechal Ph.D., Illinois Institute of Technology.
Mathematical crystallography, geometry, the history of science and technology.

Patricia Sipe Ph.D., Cornell University.
Complex analysis, Teichmuller spaces, mathematical biology, mathematics education and women's studies.

Ileana Streinu Ph.D., Rutgers University, (joint with CS dept) Computational Geometry and Combinational Algorithms.

 
 

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Updated 2/26/05