Faculty by Position

Professor

Rafail Abramov	PhD 2002, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. advised by Andrew Majda, Gregor Kovacic
Gerard Awanou	PhD 2003, University of Georgia. Energy methods in 3D spline approximations of Navier-Stokes equations advised by Ming-Jun Lai
Alison Castro Superfine	PhD 2006, University of Michigan. Planning for mathematics instruction: A study of the teacher guide as a resource. advised by Edward Silver
Alina Carmen Cojocaru	PhD 2002, Queen's University. advised by M. Ram Murty
Izzet Coskun	PhD 2004, Harvard University. Degenerations of scrolls and Del Pezzo surfaces and applications to enumerative geometry advised by Joe Harris
Mimi Dai	PhD 2012, University of California - Santa Cruz. Properties of solutions to Liquid Crystal stystems and Magneto-hydrodynamic systems advised by Maria Schonbek
Emily Dumas	PhD 2004, Harvard University. Complex Projective Structures, Grafting, and Teichmuller Theory advised by Curt McMullen
Lawrence Ein	PhD 1981, University of California, Berkeley. Vector bundles on pn advised by Robin Hartshorne
James Freitag	PhD 2012, University of Illinois at Chicago. Model Theory and Differential Algebraic Geometry advised by David Marker
Alexander Furman	PhD 1996, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Ergodic actions of groups advised by Benjamin Weiss
Michael Greenblatt	PhD 1998, Princeton University. A method for providing boundedness of singular Radon transforms in codimension 1 advised by Elias M. Stein
Daniel Groves	PhD 2000, University of Oxford. Problems in Lie Rings and Groups advised by Michal Vaughan-Lee
Danny Martin	PhD 1997, University of California, Berkeley.
Dhruv Mubayi	PhD 1998, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Extremal Problems in Graph Theory: Degree Sequences, Distance, Colorings, and Labellings advised by Douglas West
Irina Nenciu	PhD 2005, California Institute of Technology. Lax pairs for the Ablowitz-Ladik system via orthogonal polynomials on the unit circle advised by B. Simion
David Nicholls	PhD 1998, Brown University. Traveling Gravity Water Waves in Two and Three Dimensions advised by Walter Craig
Cheng Ouyang	PhD 2009, Northwestern University. Asymptotics of Implied Volatility in Local Volatility Models advised by Elton Hsu
Lev Reyzin	PhD 2009, Yale University. Active Learning of Interaction Networks advised by Dana Angluin
Julius Ross	PhD 2004, Imperial College, London. Instability of Polarised Algebraic Varieties advised by Simon Donaldson and Richard Thomas
Laura Schaposnik	PhD 2013, University of Oxford. Spectral data for G-Higgs bundles advised by Nigel Hitchin
Brooke Shipley	PhD 1995, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Convergence of the homology spectral sequence of a cosimplicial space advised by Haynes R. Miller
Roman Shvydkoy	PhD 2001, University of Missouri, Columbia. Operators and integrals in Banach spaces advised by N. Kalton and Y. Latushkin
Christof Sparber	PhD 2004, University of Vienna. Rigorous results in nonlinear quantum dynamics advised by Peter Markowich
Ramin Takloo-Bighash	PhD 2001, Johns Hopkins University. The integral of Novodvorsky and local p-adic factors of the spinor L functions for GSp(4) advised by Joseph A. Shalika
Kevin Tucker	PhD 2010, University of Michigan. Jumping Numbers and Multiplier Ideals on Algebraic Surfaces advised by Karen E. Smith
Jan Verschelde	PhD 1996, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium. Homotopy continuation methods for solving polynomial systems advised by Ann Haegemans; Hugo Van de Vel
Jing Wang	PhD 2006, Michigan State University. Polynomial spline smoothing: confidence band and additive model advised by Lijian Yang
Kevin Whyte	PhD 1998, University of Chicago. The geometry of discrete metric spaces advised by Shmuel Weinberger
Yichao Wu	PhD 2006, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Probability Approximation with Application in Computational Finance and Computational Biology advised by Harry Heard, Chuanshu Ji
Jie Yang	PhD 2006, University of Chicago. I. Infinite Exchangeability & Partitions; II. Permanent Processes & Classification Models advised by Peter McCullagh
Min Yang	PhD 2002, University of Illinois at Chicago. Universal optimality in crossover design and statistical methods in assessing agreement. advised by Samad Hedayat
Wenliang Zhang	PhD 2008, University of Minnesota. Lyubeznik numbers advised by Gennady Lyubeznik
Ping-Shou Zhong	PhD 2011, Iowa State University. Topics in high dimensional statistical inference and ANOVA for longitudinal data advised by Song Xi Chen

Associate Professor

Gabriel Conant	PhD 2015, University of Illinois at Chicago. Model Theory and Combinatorics of Homogeneous Metric Spaces advised by David Marker
Philip Engel	PhD 2015, Columbia University. A Proof of Looijenga's Conjecture via Integral-affine Geometry advised by Robert David Friedman
Kyunghee Han	PhD 2017, Seoul National University. Smooth backfitting in errors-in-variables additive models advised by Byeong Uk Pak
Matthew Harrison-Trainor	PhD 2017, University of California, Berkeley. The Complexity of Countable Structures advised by Antonio Montalban
Vishesh Jain	PhD 2020, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Quantitative invertibility of random matrices: a combinatorial perspective advised by Elchanan Mossel
Osama Khalil	PhD 2019, The Ohio State University. On the Dimension of Certain Divergent Trajectories on Homogeneous Spaces and Diophantine Approximation advised by Nimish Shah
Mara Martinez	PhD 2008, Tufts University. Mathematics Education advised by Barbara Brizuela
Ronnie Nagloo	PhD 2014, University of Leeds. Model theory, Algebra and Differential Equations advised by Anand Pillay
Caroline Terry	PhD 2016, University of Illinois at Chicago. Model Theory and Extremal Combinatorics: Structure, Enumeration, and 0-1 laws advised by David Marker and Dhruv Mubayi
Wouter Van Limbeek	PhD 2015, University of Chicago. Discrete and continuous aspects of local symmetry advised by Benson Farb

Associate Professor

Gabriel Conant	PhD 2015, University of Illinois at Chicago. Model Theory and Combinatorics of Homogeneous Metric Spaces advised by David Marker
Philip Engel	PhD 2015, Columbia University. A Proof of Looijenga's Conjecture via Integral-affine Geometry advised by Robert David Friedman
Kyunghee Han	PhD 2017, Seoul National University. Smooth backfitting in errors-in-variables additive models advised by Byeong Uk Pak
Matthew Harrison-Trainor	PhD 2017, University of California, Berkeley. The Complexity of Countable Structures advised by Antonio Montalban
Vishesh Jain	PhD 2020, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Quantitative invertibility of random matrices: a combinatorial perspective advised by Elchanan Mossel
Osama Khalil	PhD 2019, The Ohio State University. On the Dimension of Certain Divergent Trajectories on Homogeneous Spaces and Diophantine Approximation advised by Nimish Shah
Mara Martinez	PhD 2008, Tufts University. Mathematics Education advised by Barbara Brizuela
Ronnie Nagloo	PhD 2014, University of Leeds. Model theory, Algebra and Differential Equations advised by Anand Pillay
Caroline Terry	PhD 2016, University of Illinois at Chicago. Model Theory and Extremal Combinatorics: Structure, Enumeration, and 0-1 laws advised by David Marker and Dhruv Mubayi
Wouter Van Limbeek	PhD 2015, University of Chicago. Discrete and continuous aspects of local symmetry advised by Benson Farb

Assistant Professor

Phi Nguyen

PhD 2023, University of Missouri-Columbia. Where are the boundaries of mathematics education (policy)?: Comparing two school districts and their subject-matter contexts advised by Charles Munter

Research Professor

Nathan Jones

PhD 2005, University of California - Los Angeles. Almost All Elliptic Curves Are Serre Curves. advised by William Duke

Research Associate Professor

Olga Kashcheyeva

PhD 2003, University of Missouri, Columbia. Monomialization of strongly prepared morphisms to surfaces advised by S. D. Cutkosky

Research Assistant Professor

Maya Banks	PhD 2024, University of Wisconsin - Madison. Differenetial Modules in Communative Algebra advised by Daniel Erman and Autumn Kent
Fred Drueck	PhD 2012, University of Illinois at Chicago. Limit Models, Superlimit Models, and Two Cardinal Problems in Abstract Elementary Classes advised by John Baldwin
Christine Eagles	PhD 2026, University of Waterloo. Contributions to the model theory of algebraic differential equations advised by Rahim Moosa
Haoran Luo	PhD 2025, University of Illinois - Urbana Champaign. Extremal problems on hypergraphs and set families advised by Jozsef Balogh
Alex Maldague	PhD 2026, Rice University. Superrigidity of Rich Representations advised by David Fisher
Scott Mutchnik	PhD 2023, University of California, Berkeley. On the classification of unstable first-order theories advised by Thomas Scanlon

Postdoctoral Research Associate

Senior Lecturer

Will Ash
Shavila Devi	PhD 2019, Illinois Institute of Technology. Mathematics Identity and Self Advocacy advised by Norman Letterman
Dale Embers	PhD 1999, University of California, Los Angeles. Admissibility of Finite Groups over Specializations of a Rational function field advised by Murray Schacher
Evangelos Kobotis
Anita Kursell
Alycia McNamara
Victor Protsak	PhD 2000, Yale University. A Notion for Rank for Enveloping Algebras and Local Theta Correspondence advised by Roger Howe
Erin Schubert
Andrew Shulman	PhD 2011, University of Illinois at Chicago. Elementary Divisors of Reductions of Generic Drinfeld Modules advised by Alina Cojocaru
Anthony Woldeit

Lecturer

Tabes Bridges	PhD 2018, University of Illinois at Chicago. Effective Divisors on Kontsevich Moduli Spaces advised by Izzet Coskun
Andrew Cousino	PhD 2013, Kansas State University. Using Bayesian Learning to Classify College Algebra Students by Understanding in Real-time advised by Andrew Bennett
Vi Diep
Duha Hamed	PhD 2016, Central Michigan University. T-Pareto Family of Distributions: Properties and Applications advised by K. Felix Famoye and Carl Moun-Shen Lee
Daniel Ingebretson	PhD 2018, University of Illinois at Chicago. Hausdorff Dimension of Kuperberg Minimal Sets advised by Steve Hurder
Alexa Lee-Hassan
McKinley Meyer	PhD 2021, University of Illinois at Chicago. Twin Prime Questions for Elliptic Curves advised by Alina Cojocaru
Gilberto Simpson
John Steenbergen	PhD 2013, Duke University. Towards a Spectral Theory for Simplicial Complexes advised by Sayan Mukherjee
Gregory Taylor	PhD 2023, University of Illinois at Chicago. Singularities, secants, and syzygies advised by Kevin Tucker

Clinical Professor

Martina Bode

PhD 1996, Brandeis University. Homogeneous vector bundles on symplectic Grassmannians advised by Marc Levine

Clinical Associate Professor

Danko Adrovic	PhD 2012, University of Illinois at Chicago. Solving Polynomial Systems with Tropical Methods advised by Jan Verschelde
Billy Jackson	PhD 2007, Baylor University. A General Linear Systems Theory on Time Scales: Transforms, Stability, and Control advised by John M. Davis
Jennifer Pajda-De La O	PhD 2016, University of Illinois at Chicago. On the Law of Iterated Logarithms for Brownian Motion on Compact Manifolds advised by Cheng Ouyang

Clinical Assistant Professor

Visiting Lecturer

Danny Bragg

PhD 2018, University of Washington. Twistor spaces for supersingular K3 surfaces advised by Max Lieblich

Visiting Scholar

Viswanath Devanarayan	PhD 1996, North Carolina State University. Simulation Extrapolation for Heteroscedastic Measurement Error Models advised by Leonard Stefanski
Peter Erdos	PhD 1982, Eotvos L. University. advised by G.O.H. Katona
Morton Harris	PhD 1960, Harvard University. Finite Group Theory advised by Professor R. Brauer

Adjunct Professor

George Karabatsos	PhD 1998, University of Chicago. Analyzing Conjoint Measurement Structures advised by Ben Wright
Lawrence Lin	PhD 1979, University of Iowa. The Effect of Non-Normality on Multiple Group Discrimination and Estimation of the Logistic Risk-Function When Data is Heavy-Tailed with Clumping at Zero advised by Peter A. Lachenbrack
William Zhao	PhD 1989, University of Illinois at Chicago. On optimal repeated measurements designs advised by Samad Hedayat