
Kathleen Burke
- Administrative Aide 8
- kjburke@mtu.edu
- 906-487-1495
- Fisher Hall 302
Specialties/Areas of Responsibility
- Graduate & Undergraduate Assistant
- General Department Operations

Chelsie Carne
- Budget Coordinator/Office Manager
- cjcarne@mtu.edu
- 906-487-1490
- Fisher 302A
Specialties
- Budget Manager
- General Department Operations
- Administrative Support to the Chair
Fan Dai
- Assistant Professor, Mathematical Sciences
- fand@mtu.edu
- 906-487-2211
- Fisher 216
Research Interests:
- High-dimensional Data Inference
- Directional Data
- Matrix-free Methods
Area of Expertise:
- Statistical Computing & Graphics
- Spatial Statistics
- Bayesian Statistics
- Statistical Consulting
Jason Gregersen
- Associate Teaching Professor, Mathematical Sciences
- Director of Math Lab
- jdgreger@mtu.edu
- 906-487-3408
- Fisher 331/301
John Gruver
- Assistant Professor, Mathematical Sciences
- jgruver@mtu.edu
- 906-487-2793
- Fisher 233C
Research Interests
- Students' Learning Experiences in Classrooms
- Discourse Analysis
- Teacher Education
David Hemmer
- Dean, College of Sciences and Arts
- Professor, Mathematical Sciences
- djhemmer@mtu.edu
- 906-487-2156
- WAHC 201
Department of Mathematics Office
- 906-487-2905
Fisher 312
Links of Interest
Ann M. Humes
- Teaching Professor, Mathematical Sciences
- Director, First-Year Mathematics
- amhumes@mtu.edu
- 906-487-2938
- Fisher 205B
Areas of Expertise
- First-Year College Mathematics
- Mathematics Education

Glenn Ierley
- Adjunct Professor, Mathematical Sciences
William J. Keith
- Associate Professor, Mathematical Sciences
- wjkeith@mtu.edu
- 906-487-2884
- Fisher 314
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
- Associate Teaching Professor, Mathematical Sciences
- kendall@mtu.edu
- 906-487-2095
- Fisher 206
Areas of Expertise
- Probability and Statistics
Melissa S. Keranen
- Professor, Mathematical Sciences
- Graduate Program Director
- msjukuri@mtu.edu
- 906-487-2908
- Fisher 233B
Areas of Expertise
- Combinatorial designs
- Graph decompositions
- Graph colorings
- bkim1@mtu.edu
- 906-487-2694
- Fisher Hall 316
Areas of Expertise
- Multivariate data analysis
- Semiparametric regression for functional estimation
- Variable selection
Research Interests
- Covariance matrix estimation and graphical modeling
- Kernel regression in machine learning
- High-dimensional data analysis
- Statistical inference with measurement error in covariates
Todd R. King
- Associate Professor, Mathematical Sciences
- trking@mtu.edu
- 906-487-1990
- Fisher 210
Areas of Expertise
- Applied mathematics
- Online and hybrid (online/classroom) education
Sarah Kitchen
- Research Engineer/Scientist, Michigan Tech Research Institute (MTRI)
- Research Assistant Professor, Mathematics
- snkitche@mtu.edu
- 734-994-7236
- Ann Arbor, Michigan
Areas of Expertise
- Algebraic Geometry
- Representation Theory
Research Interests
- Algebraic Structures Underlying Optimization Problems and Applications of Emerging Statistical Tools to Signal Processing and Source Separation Problems
- Multi-Agent Autonomy
Alexander E. Labovsky
- Associate Professor, Mathematical Sciences
- aelabovs@mtu.edu
- 906-487-3543
- Fisher 303
Links of Interest
Areas of Expertise
- Turbulence Modeling, Computational Fluid dynamics
- High-accuracy numerical methods for PDEs
- Uncertainty Quantification, high-dimensional integration
Joseph Lindgren
- Research Engineer/Scientist, Michigan Tech Research Institute (MTRI)
- Research Assistant Professor, Mathematics
- jblindgr@mtu.edu
- 734-994-7231
- Ann Arbor, Michigan
Areas of Expertise
- Mathematical Physics/PDE
- Lyapunov Stability of Nonlinear Dynamical Systems
- Optimization
Research Interests
- Reinforcement Machine Learning
- Knowledge Graph Reasoning
- Optimal Control
Hassan Masoud
- Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering—Engineering Mechanics
- Affiliated Assistant Professor, Mathematical Sciences
- hmasoud@mtu.edu
- 906-487-3025
- MEEM 824
Links of Interest
Areas of Expertise
- Fluid Mechanics
- Transport Phenomena
- Applied Mathematics
- Scientific Computing
Research Interests
- Interfacial and Multiphase Flows
- Fluid-Structure Interaction
- Mechanics of Soft Matter
- Biological and Bio-Inspired Fluid Mechanics
- Flow Through Porous Media
- Micro and Nano Fluidics

Patrick McFall
- Instructor, Mathematical Sciences
- Math Learning Center Director, Mathematical Sciences
- pdmcfall@mtu.edu
- Fisher 311

Ray Molzon
- Assistant Teaching Professor, Mathematical Sciences
- remolzon@mtu.edu
- 906-487-0386
- Fisher 213
David A. Olson
- Associate Teaching Professor, Mathematical Sciences
- Director of Undergraduate Studies, Mathematical Sciences
- daolson@mtu.edu
- 906-487-2101
- Fisher 220
Areas of Expertise
- Applied Mathematics
- Fluid Flow
- Evolutionary Ecology
- Finance
- PDEs
Tamara R. Olson
- Associate Professor, Mathematical Sciences
- trolson@mtu.edu
- 906-487-2191
- Fisher 233A
Links of Interest
Areas of Expertise
- Composites Modeling
Benjamin W. Ong
- Associate Professor, Mathematical Sciences
- Undergraduate Advisor (Business Analytics, Math + CS)
- ongbw@mtu.edu
- 906-487-3367
- Fisher 217
Links of Interest
Areas of Expertise
- Scientific computing
- Numerical PDEs
- Parallel Computing
- Randomized Numerical Linear Algebra
- Dimension Reduction
Iosif Pinelis
- Professor, Mathematical Sciences
- ipinelis@mtu.edu
- 906-487-2108
- Fisher 304
Areas of Expertise
- Probability, including exact inequalities and limit theorems
- Mathematical statistics
- Optimization
- Evolutionary modeling
- Operations research
Cécile M. Piret
- Associate Professor, Mathematical Sciences
- cmpiret@mtu.edu
- 906-487-2069
- Fisher 318
Links of Interest
Specialties
- Numerical Analysis and Scientific Computing
- Numerical PDEs
- Radial Basis Functions Method
- Fractional Differential Equations
Yeonwoo Rho
- Associate Professor, Mathematical Sciences
- yrho@mtu.edu
- 906-487-2220
- Fisher 226C
Areas of Expertise
- Time Series Analysis
- Econometrics
- Bootstrap/Resampling
Research Interests
- Unit Root Testing
- Mixed Frequency Data
- Clustering using Penalized Regression
Qiuying Sha
- Professor, Mathematical Sciences
- qsha@mtu.edu
- 906-487-2146
- Fisher 307
Areas of Expertise
- Statistical Genetics
- Applied Statistics

"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
- struther@mtu.edu
- 906-487-3541
- 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
- Adjunct Assistant Professor, Mathematical Sciences
Areas of Expertise
- Lie Theory
- Algebraic Geometry
- Representation Theory
Jiguang Sun
- Department Chair, Mathematical Sciences
- Professor, Mathematical Sciences
- jiguangs@mtu.edu
- 906-487-3172
- Fisher 313
Links of Interest
Area of Expertise
- Numerical Methods for PDEs
- Inverse Problems
- Scientific Computing
- EM methods in Geophysics
Vladimir D. Tonchev
- Distinguished Professor, Mathematical Sciences
- tonchev@mtu.edu
- 906-487-3360
- Fisher 309
Links of Interest
Areas of Expertise
- Discrete Mathematics
- Coding Theory
- Combinatorics
- Finite Geometry

Tim Wagner
- Instructor, Mathematical Sciences
- tjwagner@mtu.edu
- 906-487-3542
- Fisher 214

"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
- Professor
- Editor-in-Chief, Forestry Research (ForRes): http://www.maxapress.com/journal/forres
- Affiliated Professor, Department of Computer Science & Department of Mathematics
- hairong@mtu.edu
- 906-487-1473
- Noblet Building 176
Links of Interest
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
- Associate Teaching Professor, Mathematical Sciences
- Assistant to the Chair, Mathematical Sciences
- tmthomps@mtu.edu
- 906-487-1031
- Fisher 205A
Zhengfu Xu
- Professor, Mathematical Sciences
- zhengfux@mtu.edu
- 906-487-3332
- Fisher 306
Link of Interest
Areas of Expertise
- Numerical PDE, Scientific computing
- Computational modeling of Nafion material
- Mathematical image processing, inverse problems, nonlinear optics
Yang Yang
- Professor, Mathematical Sciences
Specialties
- Superconvergence of discontinuous Galerkin methods
- Numerical cosmology
- Single and multi-phase flows in (fractured) porous media
- Discrete fracture model
- Numerical methods for partial differential equations with blow-up solutions
- Numerical simulations for gaseous detonation
Fabrizio Zanello
- Professor, Mathematical Sciences
- zanello@mtu.edu
- 906-487-1480
- Fisher 226B
Links of Interest
Areas of Expertise
- Algebraic and Enumerative Combinatorics
- Commutative Algebra
- Partition Theory
Kui Zhang
- Dave House Endowed Professor, Mathematical Sciences
- kuiz@mtu.edu
- 906-487-2918
- Fisher 211
Links of Interest
Areas of Expertise
- Statistical Genetics and Genomics
- Bioinformatics
- Biostatistics
- Applied Statistics
Qian Zhang
- Assistant Professor
- qzhang15@mtu.edu
- 906-487-3542
- Fisher Hall 208
Areas of Expertise
- The Finite Elements Methods
- Finite Element Exterior Calculus
- Numerical Methods for High-order Problems
- The Quad-curl Problem
Shuanglin Zhang
- Professor, Mathematical Sciences
- Endowed Henes Professorship
- shuzhang@mtu.edu
- 906-487-2146
- Fisher 307
Links of Interest
Areas of Expertise
- Statistical genetics
- Bioinformatics
- Theoretical Statistics
Xiao Zhang
- Assistant Professor, Mathematical Sciences
- xzhang35@mtu.edu
- 906-487-3362
- Fisher 215
Areas of Expertise
- Bayesian computation
- Missing data analysis
- Longitudinal and multivariate data analysis
- Survival analysis
- Multi-state modeling
- Statistical genetics