Department of Mathematics  
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Sergey Belov

G.C. Evans Instructor. Ph.D. (2008) Duke University. Integrable systems, nonlinear waves, Riemann-Hilbert problems.
belov, x3660.


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Michael Boshernitzan

Professor. B.A. (1971) Moscow University (U.S.S.R); M.A. (1974) Hebrew Univ. of Jerusalem (Israel); Ph.D. (1981) The Weizmann Institute of Science (Israel). Hardy fields, ergodic theory.
michael, x5209.


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Alexander Bufetov

Assistant Professor. Ph.D. (2005) Princeton University. Ergodic theory, Teichmüller theory.
aib1, x3965.


Evan Bullock

VIGRE-Lovett Instructor. Ph.D.(2009) Harvard University. Algebraic geometry, algebraic curves, solutions of polynomials.
evanmb, x2372.


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Tim Cochran

Professor. B.S.(1977) Massachusetts Institute of Technology, M.A. (1979), Ph.D. (1982) University of California at Berkeley. Topology of 3 and 4-dimensional manifolds, knot theory, (infinite) group theory, modules over noncommutative rings.
cochran, x5265.


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David Damanik

Professor. Ph.D. (1998) Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität. Analysis, mathematical physics, spectral theory.
damanik, x3273.


Danijela Damjanovic

Assistant Professor.  Ph.D. (2004) Pennsylvania State University. Dynamical Systems and Ergodic Theory.
x4921.


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Robin Forman

Professor and Dean of Undergraduates. B.A. (1981), M.A. (1981) Univ. of Pennsylvania. Ph.D. (1985) Harvard University. Relationships between topology and analysis, with an emphasis on ideas from mathematical physics.
forman, x4996.


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Zhiyong Gao

Associate Professor. Ph.D. (1984) State Univ. of New York - Stony Brook. Differential Geometry.
gao, x3281.


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Robert Hardt

W. L. Moody Professor. B.S.(1967) Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Ph.D. (1971) Brown University. Geometric measure theory, partial differential equations, continuum mechanics.
hardt, x3280.


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F. Reese Harvey

Professor Emeritus of Mathematics. B.S., M.A. (1963) Carnegie Mellon University, Ph.D. (1966) Stanford. Several complex variables, partial differential equations, differential geometry.
harvey, (409)-698-3188.


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Shelly Harvey

Associate Professor. B.S. (1997) California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, Ph.D. (2002) Rice University. Low-dimensional topology and geometry, group theory, non-commutative algebra.
shelly, x3659.


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Brendan Hassett

Professor and Chair. B.A. (1992) Yale University, M.A. (1994) Harvard University, Ph.D. (1996) Harvard University. Algebraic Geometry.
hassett, x5261.


Prudence Heck

VIGRE-Lovett Instructor.  Ph.D. (2009) Indiana University. Low dimensional topology, 3- and 4- manifolds, knot theory, TQFT’s and homological algebra.
x3283.


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John Hempel

Milton B. Porter Professor of Mathematics. B. S. (1957) University of Utah, M.S. (1959), Ph.D. (1962) University of Wisconsin. Topology of manifolds and associated algebraic problems, primarily in group theory.
hempel, x5126.


Raymond Johnson

W. L. Moody, Jr. Visiting Professor in Mathematics. BA (1963) University of Texas, Austin.  PhD (1970) Rice University. Harmonic Analysis.
rlj2, x4053.


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Frank Jones

Noah Harding Professor of Mathematics. B.A. (1958) Rice Institute, Ph.D. (1961) Rice University. Partial differential equations, real analysis.
fjones, x5266.


Sevak Mkrtchyan

G.C. Evans Instructor. Ph.D. (2009) University of California, Berkeley.  Statistical mechanics, ergodic theory, dynamical systems.
sevak.mkrtchyan, x5319


Danielle O'Donnol

Danielle O'Donnol

G.C. Evans Instructor. Ph.D. (2008) University of California, Los Angeles.
Spatial graphs, knot theory, low dimensional topology.
danielle.s.odonnol, x2385.


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Elena Pavelescu

G.C. Evans Instructor. Ph.D. (2008) University of Pennsylvania.
Geometric topology, contact geometry.
elena.pavelescu, x4585.


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John C. Polking

Professor Emeritus of Mathematics. B.S. (1958) Notre Dame, MS. (1961), Ph.D. (1966) Univ. Chicago. Partial differential equations, several complex variables.
polking, x4841.


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Leobardo Rosales

VIGRE Lovett Postdoc. Ph.D. (2007) Stanford University. Geometric measure theory.
leobardo.rosales, x4896.


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Rolf Ryham

Lecturer. Ph.D. (2006) Pennsylvania State University. Mathematical biology, partial differential equations.
ryham.


Stephen Semmes

Noah Harding Professor of Mathematics. B.S (1980) Armstrong State College, Ph.D. (1983) Washington Univ. Harmonic analysis, complex variables, partial differential equations, differential geometry.
semmes, x3271.


Anthony
Varilly-Alvarado

G.C. Evans Instructor. Ph.D. (2009) ) University of California, Berkeley. Algebraic geometry, higher-dimensional arithmetic algebraic geometry, Brauer-Manin obstructions.
av15, x4597


William Veech

Edgar Odell Lovett Professor. B.A. (1960) Dartmouth College, Ph.D. (1963) Princeton University. Analysis.
veech, x4881.


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Mike Wolf

Professor. B.S. (1981) Yale University, M.S. (1983), Ph.D. (1986), Stanford University. Teichmüller theory, minimal surfaces, harmonic maps.
mwolf, x6293.


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