Faculty and Staff Directory
"Mathematics is like cooking, it requires confident guesswork and improvisation, experimentation
and substitution, dealing with failure and uncertainty in a creative way."
—Paraphrased from "Sir Vidia's Shadow" by Paul Theroux
—Paraphrased from "Sir Vidia's Shadow" by Paul Theroux
Stefaan De Winter
- Associate Professor, Mathematical Sciences
- 906-487-2105
- sgdewint@mtu.edu
- Fisher 207
Links of Interest
Areas of Expertise
- Projective geometry
- Algebraic and geometric combinatorics
- Groups acting on geometries and graphs
Jianping Dong
- Professor, Mathematical Sciences
- 906-487-2928
- jdong@mtu.edu
- Fisher 308
Areas of Expertise
- Statistical Genetics
- Statistics, especially smoothing techniques, analysis of contingency tables, and density estimation
Kathleen A. Feigl
- Professor, Mathematical Sciences
- Associate Editor, Physics of Fluids
- 906-487-2221
- feigl@mtu.edu
- Fisher 211
Areas of Expertise
- Computational fluid dynamics
- Simulation and modeling of multi-phase and viscoelastic fluids
- Drop dynamics in emulsions and sprays
Mark S. Gockenbach
- Department Chair, Mathematical Sciences
- Professor, Mathematical Sciences
- 906-487-2068
- msgocken@mtu.edu
- Fisher 302
Links of Interest
Areas of Expertise
- Inverse problems in partial differential equations
- Numerical optimization
- Mathematical software
Jason Gregersen
- Senior Lecturer, Mathematical Sciences
- Director of Math Lab
- 906-487-3408
- jdgreger@mtu.edu
- Fisher 317
John Gruver
- Assistant Professor, Mathematical Sciences
- 906-487-2793
- jgruver@mtu.edu
- Fisher 233C
Research Interests
- Students' Learning Experiences in Classrooms
- Discourse Analysis
- Teacher Education
Ann M. Humes
- Principal Lecturer, Mathematical Sciences
- Director, First-Year Mathematics
- 906-487-2938
- amhumes@mtu.edu
- Fisher 205B
Areas of Expertise
- First-Year College Mathematics
- Mathematics Education
Renfang Jiang
- Professor, Mathematical Sciences
- 906-487-2694
- rjiang@mtu.edu
- Fisher 314
Areas of Expertise
- Statistical genetics, especially wavelet-based methods
- Combinatorial group theory
- Low dimensional topology
William J. Keith
- Assistant Professor, Mathematical Sciences
- 906-487-2884
- wjkeith@mtu.edu
- Fisher 316
Links of Interest
Areas of Expertise
- Combinatorics, partition theory, q-series, generating function identities
"How can we tell the difference between what we would like to be true and what is
actually true? The answer is science."
—Michael Shermer
—Michael Shermer
Philip N. Kendall
- Senior Lecturer, Mathematical Sciences
- 906-487-2095
- kendall@mtu.edu
- Fisher 206
Areas of Expertise
- Probability and Statistics
Melissa S. Keranen
- Associate Professor, Mathematical Sciences
- 906-487-2908
- msjukuri@mtu.edu
- Fisher 233B
Areas of Expertise
- Combinatorial designs
- Graph decompositions
- Graph colorings
Todd R. King
- Associate Professor, Mathematical Sciences
- 906-487-1990
- trking@mtu.edu
- Fisher 210
Areas of Expertise
- Applied mathematics
- Online and hybrid (online/classroom) education
Donald L. Kreher
- Professor, Mathematical Sciences
- 906-487-3542
- kreher@mtu.edu
- Fisher 233A
Links of Interest
Areas of Expertise
- Design theory
- Combinatorial algorithms
Alexander E. Labovsky
- Associate Professor, Mathematical Sciences
- 906-487-3543
- aelabovs@mtu.edu
- Fisher 303
Links of Interest
Areas of Expertise
- Turbulence Modeling, Computational Fluid dynamics
- High-accuracy numerical methods for PDEs
- Uncertainty Quantification, high-dimensional integration
Jeanne Meyers
- Budget Coordinator/Office Manager
- 906-487-1490
- jemeyers@mtu.edu
- Fisher 302
David A. Olson
- Senior Lecturer, Mathematical Sciences
- Director of Undergraduate Studies, Mathematical Sciences
- 906-487-2101
- daolson@mtu.edu
- Fisher 220
Areas of Expertise
- Applied Mathematics
- Fluid Flow
- Evolutionary Ecology
- Finance
- PDEs
Tamara R. Olson
- Associate Professor, Mathematical Sciences
- 906-487-2191
- trolson@mtu.edu
- Fisher 208
Links of Interest
Areas of Expertise
- Composites Modeling
Benjamin W. Ong
- Assistant Professor, Mathematical Sciences
- 906-487-3367
- ongbw@mtu.edu
- Fisher 217
Links of Interest
Areas of Expertise
- Scientific computing
- Numerical PDEs
- Parallel Computing
- Plasma modeling and simulation
- Dimension Reduction
Margaret L. Perander
- Administrative Aide
- 906-487-1495
- mlperand@mtu.edu
- Fisher 311
Iosif Pinelis
- Professor, Mathematical Sciences
- 906-487-2108
- ipinelis@mtu.edu
- Fisher 304
Areas of Expertise
- Probability, including exact inequalities and limit theorems
- Mathematical statistics
- Optimization
- Evolutionary modeling
- Operations research
Cécile M. Piret
- Assistant Professor, Mathematical Sciences
- 906-487-2069
- cmpiret@mtu.edu
- Fisher 318
Links of Interest
Specialties
- Numerical Analysis and Scientific Computing
- Numerical PDEs
- Radial Basis Functions Method
- Fractional Differential Equations
Elizabeth J. Reed
- Senior Lecturer, Mathematical Sciences
- Assistant to the Chair, Mathematical Sciences
- 906-487-2287
- ejreed@mtu.edu
- Fisher 205A
Areas of Expertise
- Statistics
- Forest Biometrics
Yeonwoo Rho
- Assistant Professor, Mathematical Sciences
- 906-487-2220
- yrho@mtu.edu
- Fisher 226C
Areas of Expertise
- Time Series Analysis
- Econometrics
- Bootstrap/Resampling
Research Interests
- Unit Root Testing
- Censored Data
- Mixed Frequency Data
Qiuying Sha
- Professor, Mathematical Sciences
- Portage Health Foundation Endowed Professor of Population Health
- 906-487-2146
- qsha@mtu.edu
- Fisher 307
Areas of Expertise
- Statistical Genetics
- Applied Statistics
Shari L. Stockero
- Professor, Mathematical Sciences
- Director of Teacher Education, Cognitive and Learning Sciences
- 906-487-1126
- stockero@mtu.edu
- Meese Center 103
Areas of Expertise
- Preservice Mathematics Teacher Education
- Teacher Professional Development
- Teacher Noticing
- Teacher Learning
- Use of Video Cases in Teacher Education
"Far and away the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to work hard at
work worth doing."
—Theodore Roosevelt
—Theodore Roosevelt
Allan A. Struthers
- Professor, Mathematical Sciences
- 906-487-3541
- struther@mtu.edu
- Fisher 212
Links of Interest
Areas of Expertise
- Algorithms that can be parallelized on GPUs
- Applications of differential equations to science and engineering
Jie Sun
- Assistant Professor, Mathematical Sciences
- 906-487-2211
- sjie@mtu.edu
- Fisher 216
Links of Interest
Areas of Expertise
- Lie Theory
- Algebraic Geometry
- Representation Theory
Jiguang Sun
- Professor, Mathematical Sciences
- 906-487-3172
- jiguangs@mtu.edu
- Fisher 313
Links of Interest
Area of Expertise
- Numerical Methods for PDEs
- Inverse Problems
- Scientific Computing
- EM methods in Geophysics
Franz X. Tanner
- Professor, Mathematical Sciences
- 906-487-2190
- tanner@mtu.edu
- Fisher 209
Links of Interest
Areas of Expertise
- Computational fluid dynamics, especially the modeling of sprays and multiphase flows
Vladimir D. Tonchev
- Professor, Mathematical Sciences
- 906-487-3360
- tonchev@mtu.edu
- Fisher 309
Links of Interest
Areas of Expertise
- Discrete Mathematics
- Coding Theory
- Combinatorics
- Finite Geometry
Min Wang
- Research Associate Professor, Mathematical Sciences
Zeying Wang
- Assistant Professor, Mathematical Sciences
- 906-487-2443
- zeying@mtu.edu
- Fisher 305
Areas of Expertise
- Combinatorial Design Theory
- Algebraic Coding Theory
- Partial difference sets and strongly regular Cayley graphs
"We are doing excellent job in describing how an individual gene functions, but not
how life functions. Systems biology is to fill this gap."
Hairong Wei
- Associate Professor, SFRES
- Affiliated Associate Professor, Mathematical Sciences
- Affiliated Associate Professor, Computer Science
- 906-487-1473
- hairong@mtu.edu
- Noblet Building 176
Areas of Expertise
- Identification of genes regulating complex traits via systems biology approaches
- Gene expression data analysis
- Gene network construction and decomposition
- Developing software for mining large-scale biological data
- Genomics of wood formation
Teresa M. Woods
- Lecturer, Mathematical Sciences
- Director, Math Learning Center
- 906-487-1031
- tmthomps@mtu.edu
- Fisher Hall 214
Zhengfu Xu
- Associate Professor, Mathematical Sciences
- 906-487-3332
- zhengfux@mtu.edu
- Fisher 306
Areas of Expertise
- Numerical PDE, Scientific computing
- Computational modeling of Nafion material
- Mathematical image processing, inverse problems, nonlinear optics
Yang Yang
- Associate Professor, Mathematical Sciences
- 906-487-3039
- yyang7@mtu.edu
- Fisher 312
Specialties
- Superconvergence of discontinuous Galerkin methods
- Numerical cosmology
- Numerical methods for two-phase flow in porous media
- Numerical methods for partial differential equations with blow-up solutions
"A's hire A's; B's hire C's."
Fabrizio Zanello
- Professor, Mathematical Sciences
- 906-487-1480
- zanello@mtu.edu
- Fisher 226B
Links of Interest
Areas of Expertise
- Algebraic and Enumerative Combinatorics
- Combinatorial Commutative Algebra
- Partition Theory
Kui Zhang
- Dave House Endowed Professor, Mathematical Sciences
- 906-487-2918
- kuiz@mtu.edu
- Fisher 310
Links of Interest
Areas of Expertise
- Statistical Genetics and Genomics
- Bioinformatics
- Biostatistics
- Applied Statistics
Shuanglin Zhang
- Professor, Mathematical Sciences
- Endowed Henes Professorship
- 906-487-2146
- shuzhang@mtu.edu
- Fisher 307
Links of Interest
Areas of Expertise
- Statistical genetics
- Bioinformatics
- Theoretical Statistics
Xiao Zhang
- Assistant Professor, Mathematical Sciences
- 906-487-3362
- Cell: (205) 218-1178
- xzhang35@mtu.edu
- Fisher 215