Abbas, Casim, Associate Professor of Mathematics, Associate Chair for the Graduate Program
Ph.D., ETH Zürich, Switzerland, 1997
Office: C215 WH
Phone: (517) 353-8499
Email: abbas@math.msu.edu
Research: Symplectic and contact geometry, Hamiltonian dynamics
Akbulut, Selman, Professor of Mathematics
Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 1975
Office: C335 WH
Phone: (517) 353-7997
Email: akbulut@math.msu.edu
Research: Geometric topology, topology of real algebraic varieties
Allen, Susan F, Instructor
M.S., Western Michigan University, 1987
Office: C319 WH
Phone: (517) 353-8494
Email: allen@math.msu.edu
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Bao, Gang, Professor of Mathematics
Ph.D., Rice University, 1991
Office: D318 WH
Phone: (517) 432-7743
Email: bao@math.msu.edu
Research: Applied mathematics, numerical analysis, inverse & optimal design problems,optics & electromagnetics
Bates, Peter, Professor of Mathematics
Ph.D., University of Utah, 1976
Office: D211 WH
Phone: (517) 353-4875
Email: bates@math.msu.edu
Research: Infinite-dimensional dynamical systems, nonlinear elliptic and parabolic PDE, phase transitions
Bell, Robert W, Assistant Professor of Mathematics
Ph.D., The Ohio State University, 2003
Office: C305 WH
Phone: (517) 353-4485
Email: rbell@math.msu.edu
Research: Geometric Group Theory
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Chadwick, Brian, Advising Specialist
MA, Michigan State University, 2004
Office: C223 WH
Phone: (517) 3535019
Email: bchadwick@math.msu.edu
Chen, Tianran, Research Instructor
Ph.D., Michigan State University, 2012
Office: C119 WH
Phone: (517) 884-1452
Email: chentia1@msu.edu
Cheng, Yingda, Assistant Professor of Mathematics
Ph.D., Brown University, 2007
Office: C337 WH
Phone: (517) 353-6332
Email: ycheng@math.msu.edu
Research: Numerical analysis, scientific computing, applied mathematics
Chiu, Chichia, Associate Professor of Mathematics
Ph.D., Carnegie-Mellon University, 1987
Office: C205 WH
Phone: (517) 432-1618
Email: chiu@math.msu.edu
Research: Mathematical biology
Christlieb, Andrew, Associate Professor of Mathematics
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2001
Office: D304 WH
Phone: (517) 353-3831
Email: christlieb@math.msu.edu
Research: Numerical Analysis, Scientific Computing and Transport Theory
Cioni, Julie E, Instructor
M.S., Michigan State University, 2000
Office: C235 WH
Phone: (517) 353-1915
Email: cionijul@msu.edu
Cohen, Albert, Teaching Specialist
Ph.D., Carnegie Mellon University, 2007
Office: C336 WH
Phone: (517) 355-4592
Email: albert@math.msu.edu
Research: Application of Probability to PDE's. Grain Growth. Optimal Stopping and Stochastic control
Courtney, John A, Assistant to the Chair of Mathematics
Ph.D., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1993
Office: D203 WH
Phone: (517) 355-5277
Email: courtney@math.msu.edu
Research: Finite difference, finite element, Monte Carlo methods for transport equations
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Drachman, Alec, Assistant Instructor of Mathematics
Office: C131 WH
Phone: (517) 353-0844
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Fintushel, Ronald, University Distinguished Professor of Mathematics
Ph.D., State University of New York, Binghamton, 1975
Office: D218 WH
Phone: (517) 353-8146
Email: ronfint@math.msu.edu
Research: 4-dimensional manifolds, gauge theory
Francsics, Gabor, Associate Professor of Mathematics
Ph.D., Rutgers University, 1992
Office: D310 WH
Phone: (517) 353-7962
Email: francsics@math.msu.edu
Research: Partial Differential Equations, Several Complex Variables, Complex Hyperbolic Spaces, Financial Math
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Gerhardt, Teena M, Assistant Professor of Mathematics
Ph.D., MIT, 2007
Office: C218 WH
Phone: (517) 353-8482
Email: teena@math.msu.edu
Research: Algebraic Topology and Algebraic K-theory
Griffin, Sharon V, Teaching Specialist
M.S., Clemson University, 1989
Office: C545 WH
Phone: (517) 353-7821
Email: griffin@math.msu.edu
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Hall, Jonathan I., Professor of Mathematics
D.Phil., University of Oxford, England, 1974
Office: D219 WH
Phone: (517) 353-4653
Email: jhall@math.msu.edu
Research: Group theory, combinatorics, incidence geometry, algebraic coding theory
Hedden, Matthew, Assistant Professor of Mathematics
Ph.D., Columbia University, 2005
Office: D325 WH
Phone: (517) 353-0881
Email: mhedden@math.msu.edu
Research: Floer homology, low-dimensional manifolds, knot theory, gauge theory, symplectic geometry
Hensh, R, Assistant to the Chair of Mathematics
M.S., Michigan State University, 1989
Office: D201 WH
Phone: (517) 432-3591
Email: hensh@math.msu.edu
Hill, Richard O., Professor of Mathematics
Ph.D., Northwestern University, 1968
Office: C302 WH
Phone: (517) 353-4651
Email: hill@math.msu.edu
Research: Numerical linear algebra; high school to college transition
Hu, Huyi, Associate Professor of Mathematics
Ph.D., University of Arizona, 1993
Office: D307 WH
Phone: (517) 353-8497
Email: hu@math.msu.edu
Research: Dynamical systems and ergodic theory
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Ivanov, Nikolai, Professor of Mathematics
Doctor of Sci., Steklov Mathematical Institute, Moscow, 1988
Office: D220 WH
Phone: (517) 432-3585
Email: ivanov@math.msu.edu
Research: Low dimensional topology, Algebraic topology, Riemann surfaces, Hyperbolic geometry
Iwen, Mark, Assistant Professor of Mathematics
Phone: (517) 353-0844
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Kadyrova, Irina, Teaching Specialist
Ph.D., Institute of Mathematics of National Academy of Science of Ukraine, 1978
Office: C333 WH
Phone: (517) 353-4680
Email: kadyrova@math.msu.edu
Research: Differential Equations with random functions
Kalfagianni, Efstratia, Professor of Mathematics
Ph.D., Columbia University, 1995
Office: D323 WH
Phone: (517) 353-6333
Email: kalfagia@math.msu.edu
Research: Low dimensional topology; knot theory, 3-manifolds
Keller, Brin, Associate Professor of Mathematics
Ph.D., Western Michigan University, 1993
Office: D215 WH
Phone: (517) 353-8490
Email: brin@math.msu.edu
Research: Curriculum, Technology, Algebra and Symbols, Integrated Mathematics and Science
King, Daniel Richard, Instructor, Manager of the Math Learning Center
B.A., Michigan State University, 2010
Office: C130 WH
Phone: (517) 432-0762
Email: kingdani@msu.edu
Kulkarni, Rajesh, Associate Professor of Mathematics
Ph.D., Indiana University, Bloomington, 1999
Office: D303 WH
Phone: (517) 353-8145
Email: kulkarni@math.msu.edu
Research: Algebra, algebraic geometry, number theory
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Lamm, Patricia, Professor of Mathematics
Ph.D., Brown University, 1981
Office: D324 WH
Phone: (517) 353-3746
Email: lamm@math.msu.edu
Research: Inverse and ill-posed problems
Lappan, Glenda, University Distinguished Professor of Mathematics, Connected Math Project
Ed.D., University of Georgia, Athens, 1965
Office: C718 WH
Phone: (517) 353-4657
Email: glappan@math.msu.edu
Research: Teaching, student learning, and curriculum
Leefers, Rebecca M., Instructor
M.S., Michigan State University, 1981
Office: C233 WH
Phone: (517) 355-5278
Email: leefers@math.msu.edu
Levin, Aaron, Assistant Professor of Mathematics
Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 2005
Office: C308 WH
Phone: (517) 353-0693
Email: adlevin@math.msu.edu
Research: Diophantine approximation and geometry, value distribution theory
Li, Tien-Yien, University Distinguished Professor of Mathematics
Ph.D., University of Maryland, 1974
Office: C324 WH
Phone: (517) 353-3836
Email: li@math.msu.edu
Research: Dynamical systems, numerical analysis
Liu, Di, Associate Professor of Mathematics
Ph.D., Princeton University, 2003
Office: D217 WH
Phone: (517) 353-8143
Email: richardl@math.msu.edu
Research: Stochastic analysis, Partial Differential Equations, Numerical methods
Ludden, Gerald D., Professor of Mathematics
Ph.D., University of Notre Dame, 1965
Office: D302 WH
Phone: (517) 353-6335
Email: ludden@math.msu.edu
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Magyar, Peter, Associate Professor of Mathematics
Ph.D., Harvard University, 1993
Office: D326 WH
Phone: (517) 353-6330
Email: magyar@math.msu.edu
Research: Combinatorics of Lie groups and their representations, flag and Schubert varieties
Mccarthy, John D., Professor of Mathematics
Ph.D., Columbia University, 1983
Office: C228 WH
Phone: (517) 353-7996
Email: mccarthy@math.msu.edu
Research: surface mapping class groups, symplectic topology
Mccollum, Thomas C, Instructor
Office: C236 WH
Phone: (517) 353-0844
Email: mccoll31@math.msu.edu
Meierfrankenfeld, Ulrich, Professor of Mathematics
Ph.D., University of Bielefeld, Germany, 1986
Office: C206 WH
Phone: (517) 353-4487
Email: meier@math.msu.edu
Research: Group theory
Miklavcic, Milan, Associate Professor of Mathematics
Ph.D., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1981
Office: C231 WH
Phone: (517) 353-5086
Email: milan@math.msu.edu
Research: PDE, applied mathematics, numerical analysis
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Nelson, Nancy L, Instructor
M.A., MSU, 1977
Office: C223 WH
Phone: (517) 353-5019
Email: nelson@math.msu.edu
Newhouse, Sheldon E., Professor of Mathematics
Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 1969
Office: D311 WH
Phone: (517) 355-9684
Email: newhouse@math.msu.edu
Research: Orbit structure of vector fields and diffeomorphims of manifolds
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Pappas, George, Professor of Mathematics
Ph.D., Columbia University, New York, 1992
Office: D306 WH
Phone: (517) 353-4655
Email: pappas@math.msu.edu
Research: Arithmetic algebraic geometry, number theory
Parker, Thomas, Professor of Mathematics
Ph.D., Stanford University, 1980
Office: C346 WH
Phone: (517) 353-8493
Email: parker@math.msu.edu
Research: Geometric analysis
Pearlstein, Gregory, Assistant Professor of Mathematics
Ph.D., University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 1999
Office: C310 WH
Phone: (517) 353-9690
Email: gpearl@math.msu.edu
Research: Hodge Theory & Algebraic Geometry
Pearlstein, Rosanna, Instructor
Ph.D., University of Massachusetts at Amherst, 1998
Office: C217 WH
Phone: (517) 353-2929
Email: rosannap@math.msu.edu
Research: Geometry
Peller, Elena, Instructor
Ph.D., Rostov State University, 1998
Office: C331 WH
Phone: (517) 353-0844
Email: epeller@math.msu.edu
Peller, Vladimir, Professor of Mathematics
D. Sci, Steklov Inst. of Mathematics, Leningrad, 1985
Office: C203 WH
Phone: (517) 353-8144
Email: peller@math.msu.edu
Research: Hankel and Toeplitz operators, noncommutative analysis, Schur multipliers, stationary processes
Phillips, Elizabeth A., Senior Teaching Specialist, Connected Math Project
Office: C717 WH
Phone: (517) 353-3835
Email: ephillip@math.msu.edu
Powers, Jennifer Sue, Instructor
M.S., Western Michigan University, 1998
Office: C232 WH
Phone: (517) 432-8432
Email: powers@math.msu.edu
Powers, Ronald, Assistant to the Director of UG Studies
Office: C222 WH
Phone: (517) 432-1007
Email: rpowers@math.msu.edu
Promislow, Keith S., Professor of Mathematics
Ph.D., Indiana University, 1991
Office: D212 WH
Phone: (517) 432-7135
Email: kpromisl@math.msu.edu
Research: Nonlinear PDE and Material Science
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Qian, Jianliang, Associate Professor of Mathematics
Ph.D., Rice University, 2000
Office: C306 WH
Phone: (517) 353-6334
Email: qian@math.msu.edu
Research: Applied math, scientific computing, numerical analysis
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Rotthaus, Christel, Professor of Mathematics
Ph.D., University of Muenster, Germany, 1975
Office: D321 WH
Phone: (517) 353-8498
Email: rotthaus@math.msu.edu
Research: Commutative algebra, algebraic geometry
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Sagan, Bruce, Professor of Mathematics
Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1979
Office: C312 WH
Phone: (517) 355-8329
Email: sagan@math.msu.edu
Research: Enumerative & algebraic combinatorics, representation theory, graphs
Schenker, Jeffrey, Associate Professor of Mathematics
Ph.D., Princeton, 2002
Office: D221 WH
Phone: (517) 432-3590
Email: jeffrey@math.msu.edu
Research: Mathematical Physics
Schmidt, Benjamin, Assistant Professor of Mathematics
Ph.D., University of Michigan, 2006
Office: D214 WH
Phone: (517) 432-8429
Email: schmidt@math.msu.edu
Research: Locally symmetric spaces, geodesics, dynamics, rigidity.
Schwab, Russell, Assistant Professor of Mathematics
Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin, 2009
Office: C334 WH
Phone: (517) 353-4486
Email: rschwab@math.msu.edu
Research: Partial Differential Equations
Senk, Sharon, Professor of Mathematics
Ph.D., University of Chicago, 1983
Office: D320 WH
Phone: (517) 353-4691
Email: senk@math.msu.edu
Research: Curriculum, instruction & assessment in secondary schools; mathematics teacher education
Shapiro, Michael, Associate Professor of Mathematics
Ph.D., Moscow State University, 1993
Office: D226 WH
Phone: (517) 353-9248
Email: mshapiro@math.msu.edu
Research: Moduli spaces, cluster algebras, total positivity and real algebraic geometry
Sikorskii, Pavel, Senior Teaching Specialist, Executive Associate Director of the UG Program
M.S., Michigan State University, 1996
Office: C220 WH
Phone: (517) 353-3072
Email: sikorskii@math.msu.edu
Sreedharan, V P, Professor of Mathematics
Ph.D., Carnegie Institute of Technology, 1961
Office: D315 WH
Phone: (517) 353-8142
Email: sreed@math.msu.edu
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Tang, Moxun, Associate Professor of Mathematics
Ph.D., University of Alberta, Canada, 1996
Office: C230 WH
Phone: (517) 353-8488
Email: tang@math.msu.edu
Research: Nonlinear elliptic equations, reaction-diffusion systems, and mathematical biology
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Uriarte-Tuero, Ignacio, Associate Professor of Mathematics
Ph.D., Yale University, 2004
Office: D317 WH
Phone: (517) 353-4672
Email: ignacio@math.msu.edu
Research: Quasiconformal maps, harmonic and complex analysis, singular integrals, geometric measure theory
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Vaninsky, Kirill, Associate Professor of Mathematics
Ph.D., New York University, 1993
Office: C314 WH
Phone: (517) 353-8495
Email: vaninsky@math.msu.edu
Research: Mathematical Physics
Volberg, Alexander, University Distinguished Professor of Mathematics
Ph.D., Leningrad University, Russia, 1982
Office: D314 WH
Phone: (517) 353-6884
Email: volberg@math.msu.edu
Research: Harmonic analysis, singular integrals, operator theory
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Wald, Jeanne, Professor of Mathematics, Associate Chair for the Undergraduate Program
Ph.D., University of California, San Diego, 1979
Office: D313 WH
Phone: (517) 355-9695
Email: wald@math.msu.edu
Research: Noncommutative ring theory
Wang, Chang Yi, Professor of Mathematics
Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1966
Office: C322 WH
Phone: (517) 353-3837
Email: cywang@math.msu.edu
Research: Fluid mechanics, perturbation theory, biomathematics
Wang, Xiaodong, Associate Professor of Mathematics (On leave)
Ph.D., Stanford University, 2001
Office: D202 WH
Phone: (517) 353-5414
Email: xwang@math.msu.edu
Research: Differential Geometry and Geometric Analysis
Wang, Yang, Professor of Mathematics, Chair of the Department of Mathematics
Ph.D., Harvard University, 1990
Office: D207 WH
Phone: (517) 355-9680
Email: ywang@math.msu.edu
Wang, Zhenqi, Assistant Professor of Mathematics
Phone: (517) 353-0844
Email: wangzq@math.msu.edu
Wei, Guowei, Professor of Mathematics
Ph.D., University of British Columbia, 1996
Office: D301 WH
Phone: (517) 353-4689
Email: wei@math.msu.edu
Research: Mathematical biology, Applied mathematics, Numerical analysis
Weiss, Michael K, Assistant Professor (TE)
Office: 223 NKL
Phone: (517) 353-0844
Email: mweiss@msu.edu
Wolfson, Jon, Professor of Mathematics
Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 1982
Office: D213 WH
Phone: (517) 353-5172
Email: wolfson@math.msu.edu
Research: Geometric analysis, pde, variational problems
Wu, Peiru, Director of PSM in Industrial Mathematics
Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1991
Office: C328 WH
Phone: (517) 353-3839
Email: peiruw@math.msu.edu
Research: Mathematical modeling, CFD, bioinformatics, industrial mathematics
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Yan, Baisheng, Professor of Mathematics
Ph.D., University of Minnesota, 1993
Office: D308 WH
Phone: (517) 353-9692
Email: yan@math.msu.edu
Research: Calculus of variations, partial differential equations, nonlinear elasticity, and applications
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Zeidan, Vera M., Professor of Mathematics
Ph.D., University of British Columbia, Canada, 1982
Office: D312 WH
Phone: (517) 353-0857
Email: zeidan@math.msu.edu
Research: Calculus of variations and optimal control
Zhan, Dapeng, Associate Professor of Mathematics
Ph.D., California Institute of Technology, 2004
Office: C327 WH
Phone: (517) 353-3838
Email: zhan@math.msu.edu
Research: Probability, Statistical lattice models, SLE
Zhou, Zhengfang, Professor of Mathematics
Ph.D., New York University, 1986
Office: D210 WH
Phone: (517) 353-6744
Email: zfzhou@math.msu.edu
Research: Partial differential equations and mathematical physics
Zimmerman, Jane, Teaching Specialist
MS, Ferris State University, 2009
Office: C126 WH
Phone: (517) 353-0844
Email: zimmerman@math.msu.edu
