Math Department and Institute Faculty - by Rank

* = on leave, Spring 2012   

Professor Michael Anderson (anderson at math.sunysb.edu) Arrived at Stony Brook in 1988 ; Ph.D. in 1981 from University of California, Berkeley Interests: Differential geometry, geometrical analysis, mathematical physics 4-110 Math Tower, (631) 632-8269 1994 Invited Adtress, International Congress of Mathematicians, 1984-86 NSF Postdoctoral Fellow, 1990 AMS Centennial Research Fellow Christopher Bishop (bishop at math.sunysb.edu), Associate Chairman Arrived at Stony Brook in 1991 ; Ph.D. in 1987 from University of Chicago Interests: Complex analysis. 4-112 Math Tower, (631) 632-8274 1992 A. P. Sloan Foundation Fellow, 1993 NSF Presidential Young Investigators Award Xiu-Xiong Chen (xiu at math.sunysb.edu) Arrived at Stony Brook in 2009 Interests: Differential geometry, complex differential geometry 2-112 Math Tower, (631) 632-4464 2002 Invited Adtress, International Congress of Mathematicians Mark Andrea de Cataldo (mde at math.sunysb.edu), Associate Graduate Director Arrived at Stony Brook in 1999; Ph.D. in 1995 from the University of Notre Dame Interests: Algebraic geometry. 3-115 Math Tower, (631) 632-8262 1998 American Mathematical Society Centennial Fellowship David Ebin (ebin at math.sunysb.edu) Arrived at Stony Brook in 1969 ; Ph.D. in 1967 from Massachusetts Institute of Technology Interests: Global analysis, mathematics of continuum mechanics, partial differential equations. 5-107 Math Tower, (631) 632-8283 1970 Invited Adtress, International Congress of Mathematicians; 1967/68 NSF Post-doctoral Fellow James Glimm (glimm at ams.sunysb.edu) Distinguished Professor, arrived at Stony Brook in 1988; Ph.D. in 1959 from Columbia University Interests: Applied mathematics; numerical analysis; Mathematical physics. P-138A Math Tower, (631) 632-8355 1979 New York Academy of Science Award in the Physical and Mathematical Sciences; 1980 Dannie Heineman prize for Mathematical Physics; 1984 National Academy of Sciences; 1993 Steele Prize for a paper of fundamental importance, American Mathematical Society C. Denson Hill (Dhill at math.sunysb.edu) Arrived at Stony Brook in 1973 ; Ph.D. in 1966 from New York University Interests: Partial differential equations; several complex variables, CR-manifolds. 2-113 Math Tower, (631) 632-8251 1970 NATO Fellow; 1972/76 A. P. Sloan Fellowship; 1979 National Research Council of Italy Fellowship Lowell Jones (lejones at math.sunysb.edu) Arrived at Stony Brook in 1975 ; Ph.D. in 1970 from Yale University Interests: Topology; geometry. 2-111 Math Tower, (631) 632-8248 H. Blaine Lawson Jr. (blaine at math.sunysb.edu) Distinguished Professor; arrived at Stony Brook in 1978; Ph.D. in 1968 from Stanford University Interests: Differential geometry, topology; geometric measure theory; several complex variables; algebraic geometry. 5-109 Math Tower, (631) 632-8285 1970-73 A. P. Sloan Foundation Fellow; 1973 Leroy P. Steele Prize of the A.M.S.; 1983-84 Guggenheim Fellow; 1974 and 1994 Invited Adtress: International Congress of Mathematicians; 1995 National Academy of Sciences; 1997 Vice President A.M.S.; 1999 Brazilian Academy of Sciences Claude LeBrun (claude at math.sunysb.edu), Graduate Director Arrived at Stony Brook in 1980 ; D. Phil in 1980 from University of Oxford, England Interests: Differential geometry, algebraic geometry, differential topology, complex analysis, mathematical physics. 3-108 Math Tower, (631) 632-8254 1994 Invited Adtress, International Congress of Mathematicians Mikhail Lyubich (mlyubich at math.sunysb.edu) Arrived at Stony Brook in 1990 ; Ph.D. in 1984 from Tashkent State University, former Soviet Union Interests: Dynamical systems. 3-110 Math Tower, (631) 632-8256 1991/1993 A. P. Sloan Foundation Fellow; 1994 Invited Adtress, International Congress of Mathematics; 2002 - 2004 Guggenheim Fellowship; 2009 Jeffery-Williams Prize, Canadian Mathematical Society. * Marie-Louise Michelsohn (mlm at math.sunysb.edu) Arrived at Stony Brook in 1978 ; Ph.D. in 1974 from University of Chicago Interests: Differential geometry. 5-113 Math Tower, (631) 632-8258 John Milnor (jack at math.sunysb.edu) Distinguished Professor, arrived at Stony Brook in 1988 ; Ph.D. in 1954 from Princeton University Interests: Dynamical systems. 5D-148 Math Tower, (631) 632-7307 1962 Fields Medal, International Mathematical Union, Stockholm; 1963 National Academy of Sciences; 1965 Hon. D. Sci, Syracuse University; 1966 National Medal of Science; 1967 Hon. D. Sci, University of Chicago; 1982 Steele Prize for Seminal Contribution to Research, American Mathematical Society; 1989 Wolf Prize, Israel; 2004 Steele Prize for Mathematical Exposition; 2011 Steele Prize for Lifetime Achievement; 2011 Abel Prize John Morgan (jmorgan at math.sunysb.edu) Professor; Director, Simons Center for Mathematics and Physics; arrived at Stony Brook in 2010 ; Ph.D. in 1969 from Rice University Interests: Topology, differential geometry. 413 Simons Center for Geometry and Physics, (631) 632-2824 2010 National Academy of Sciences Anthony Phillips (tony at math.sunysb.edu) Arrived at Stony Brook in 1968 ; Ph.D. in 1966 from Princeton University Interests: Topology, applications to mathematical physics. 3-113 Math Tower, (631) 632-8259 Dennis Sullivan (dennis at math.sunysb.edu) Distinguished Professor, arrived at Stony Brook in 1996 ; Ph.D. in 1965 from Princeton University Interests: Manifolds, triangulations, algebraic topology, differential forms and homotopy theory, foliations, laminations and low dimensional dynamical systems, Riemann surfaces and kleinian groups, geometric analysis, fluid evolution and computation, string topology, homotopical algebra, perturbative quantum field theory and low dimensional topology. 5-114 Math Tower, (631) 632-8290 Honorary awards or degrees: University of Warwick 1982 , École Normale de Lyons 2000 and Rice University 1988. 1971 Veblen Prize; 1981 Elie Cartan Prize, French Academy of Sciences; 1983 National Academy of Sciences; 1984 Brazilian Academy of Sciences (Gold Medal, 1996); 1988 American Academy of Arts and Sciences; 1994 King Faisal International Prize of Science; 2004 National Medal of Science; 2006 Steele Prize for Lifetime Achievement; 2010 Wolf Prize in Mathematics Leon Takhtajan (leontak at math.sunysb.edu), Chairman Arrived at Stony Brook in 1992; Ph.D. in 1975 from Leningrad Branch of the Steklov Mathematical Institute. Interests: Mathematical physics. 5-116 Math Tower, (631) 632-8290 1983 Invited Adtress, International Congress of Mathematicians; 1984 Best Paper, Mathematics Section of Academy of Sciences USSR; 1987 Annual Prize, Mathematics Section of Academy of Sciences USSR; 1993 Plenary Address, Annual Meeting of American Mathematical Society Oleg Viro (oleg at math.sunysb.edu) Arrived at Stony Brook in 2007; Ph.D. from Leningrad University in 1974 Interests: Geometry and Topology, especially low dimensional topology, topology of real algebraic varieties and tropical geometry. 5-110 Math Tower , (631) 632-8286 1983 Invited Adtress, International Congress of Mathematicians, Warsaw; 2000 Invited Adtress, European Congress of Mathematics, Barcelona Research Professor James Simons 5-115 Math Tower Associate Professor Samuel Grushevsky (sam at math.sunysb.edu) Arrived at Stony Brook in 2009 ; Ph.D. in 2002 from Harvard University Interests: Geometry 3-109 Math Tower, (631) 632-8255 Alexander Kirillov, Jr. (kirillov at math.sunysb.edu), Undergraduate Director Arrived at Stony Brook in 1998 ; Ph.D. in 1995 from Yale University Interests: Algebra, representation theory 3-112 Math Tower, (631) 632-8289 Marco Martens (marco at math.sunysb.edu) Arrived at Stony Brook in 2006; Ph.D. in 1990 from Delft University Interests: Dynamics 4-113 Math Tower, (631) 632-4893 Michael Movshev (mmovshev at math.sunysb.edu) Arrived at Stony Brook in 2007; Ph.D. from University of Pennsylvania in 1997 Interests: Algebra Math Tower 4-109 , (631) 632-8271 Jason Starr (jstarr at math.sunysb.edu), Associate Undergraduate Director Arrived at Stony Brook in 2006; Ph.D. in 2000 from Harvard University Interests: Algebraic geometry 4-108 Math Tower, (631) 632-8270 2005 A. P. Sloan Foundation Fellow Scott Sutherland (scott at math.sunysb.edu) Arrived at Stony Brook in 1989 ; Ph.D. in 1989 from Boston University Interests: Dynamical systems; Root finding algorithms; Computing. 5-122 Math Tower, (631) 632-7306 * Dror Varolin (dror at math.sunysb.edu) Arrived at Stony Brook in 2005; Interests: Several complex variables, Algebraic geometry, Complex geometry, Dynamical systems 4-117 Math Tower * Aleksey Zinger (azinger at math.sunysb.edu) Arrived at Stony Brook in 2005; Ph.D. in 2002 from Massachusetts Institute of Technology Interests: Symplectic topology, enumerative algebraic geometry 3-111 Math Tower, (631) 632-8288 2006 A. P. Sloan Foundation Fellow Assistant Professor Lisa Berger (lbrgr at math.sunysb.edu) Arrived at Stony Brook in 2007; Ph.D. from University of Arizona in 2007 Interests: Number theory, mathematics education of teachers   Math Tower 4-105 , (631) 632-8278 Moira Chas (moira at math.sunysb.edu) Assistant Professor, arrived at Stony Brook in 2002; Ph.D. in 1998 from the Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona Interests: Geometric topology, dynamical systems, low-dimensional topology. 3-119 Math Tower, (631) 632-8622 Nadia Kennedy (nadia at math.sunysb.edu) Arrived at Stony Brook in 2006; Ed.D. in 2005 from Montclair State University Interests: Mathematics education 4-104 Math Tower, (631) 632-8267 Marcus Khuri (khuri at math.sunysb.edu) Arrived at Stony Brook in 2006; Ph.D. in 2003 from University of Pennsylvania Interests: Differential geometry, partial differential equations, general relativity 4-119 Math Tower, (631) 632-8358 2009-10 A. P. Sloan Fellow Radu Laza (rlaza at math.sunysb.edu) Arrived at Stony Brook in 2009 ; Ph.D. in 2006 from Columbia University Interests: Algebraic geometry, several complex variables 4-121 Math Tower, (631) 632-4506 2010 A. P. Sloan Foundation Fellow Olga Plamenevskaya (olga at math.sunysb.edu) Arrived at Stony Brook in 2006; Ph.D in 2004 from Harvard University Interests: Contact and symplectic geometry, low-dimensional topology 3-107 Math Tower, (631) 632-8328 Raanan Schul (schul at math.sunysb.edu) Arrived at Stony Brook in 2009 ; Ph.D. in 2005 from Yale University Interests: Real analysis, geometric measure theory 4-102 Math Tower, (631) 632-8265 2010 A. P. Sloan Foundation Fellow   Professor Emeritus William Barcus (wbarcus at math.sunysb.edu) Professor Emeritus, arrived at Stony Brook in 1961; D. Phil in 1955 from University of Oxford, England Interests: Algebraic topology. S-240A Math Tower, (631) 632-9845 Anthony Knapp (aknapp at math.sunysb.edu) Professor Emeritus, arrived at Stony Brook in 1986 ; Ph.D. in 1965 from Princeton University Interests: Lie groups; representation theory. 4-100A Math Tower, (631) 632-8272 1974 Invited adtress, International Congress of Mathematicians, Vancouver; 1982-83 John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship; 1996 Professional and Scholarly Publishing Award "Mathematics 1995", Association of American Publishers; 1997 Leroy P. Steele Prize for Mathematical Exposition, American Mathematical Society Irwin Kra (irwin at math.sunsyb.edu) Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus, arrived at Stony Brook in 1968 ; Ph.D. in 1966 from Columbia University Interests: Complex analysis; Kleinian groups. 4-100A Math Tower, (631) 632-8272 Guggenheim Fellowship 1972; Fellow of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science 1985; Advisory Professor, Fudan University, 1987; Lady Davis Visiting Professor, Hebrew University, 1989 William Lister Professor Emeritus, Ph.D. in 1951 from Yale University Interests: Algebra Bernard Maskit (bernie at math.sunysb.edu) Professor Emeritus, arrived at Stony Brook in 1971 ; Ph.D. in 1964 from New York University Interests: Complex analysis; Riemann surfaces; Kleinian groups and deformation spaces; Computational Psycholinguistics 5-112 Math Tower, (631) 632-8257 1969/1971 A. P. Sloan Foundation Fellow, 1972 Invited Adtress, International Congress of Mathematicians Dusa McDuff (dusa at math.sunysb.edu) Distinguished Professor Emerita, arrived at Stony Brook in 1978; Ph.D. in 1971 from Cambridge University, England Interests: Geometry; Symplectic topology. 4-100A Math Tower, (631) 632-8272 1991-Satter Prize, American Mathematical Society; 1991-UUP excellence award; 1994 Fellow, Royal Society; 1995 Member, American Academy of Arts & Sciences, 1999 National Academy of Sciences. Joel Pincus (jpincus at math.sunysb.edu) Professor Emeritus, arrived at Stony Brook in 1968 ; Ph.D. in 1959 from New York University Interests: Operator theory, integral equations. 4-100A Math Tower, (631) 632-8272 James H. Simons Instructor Matthew Badger (badger at math.sunysb.edu) Arrived at Stony Brook in 2011; Ph. D. in 2011 from University of Washington Interests: geometric measure theory, harmonic analysis (analysis/pde) 4-117 Math Tower, (631) 632-8995 Eugene Gorsky (egorsky at math.sunysb.edu) Arrived at Stony Brook in 2010; Interests: 3-121 Math Tower, (631) 632-8264 Ljudmila Kamenova Arrived at Stony Brook in 2006; Ph.D. in 2006 from MIT Interests: Complex geometry 3-115 Math Tower, (631) 632-8262 David Jensen (djensen at math.sunysb.edu)  Arrived at Stony Brook in 2010; Interests: Math Tower 4-120 , (631) 632-4005 Nathan Sunukjian (nsunukjian at math.sunysb.edu) Arrived at Stony Brook in 2010 ; Ph.D. in 2010 from Michigan State University Interests: 4-114 Math Tower, (631) 632-8276 Dmitry Zakharov (zakharov at math.sunysb.edu) Arrived at Stony Brook in 2010; Interests: 4-101b Math Tower, (631) 632-8351 Post-doctoral Fellow, Institute for Mathematical Sciences Joshua Bowman (bowman at math.sunysb.edu) Arrived at Stony Brook in 2009 ; Ph.D. in 2009 from Cornell University Interests: Flat surfaces, Teichmüller theory, Beech groups, hyperbolic geometry. 3-114 Math Tower, (631) 632-8261 Shimon Brooks (sbrooks at math.sunysb.edu) Arrived at Stony Brook in 2009 ; Ph.D. in 2009 from Princeton University Interests: Quantum chaos, dynamical systems, ergodic theory, number theory, automorphic forms. 5D-148 Math Tower, (631) 632-8257 Tanya Firsova (tanya at math.sunysb.edu) Arrived at Stony Brook in 2010 ; Interests: Dynamical Systems. 5D-148 Math Tower, (631) 632-7308 Mikhail Mazin (mmazin at math.sunysb.edu) Arrived at Stony Brook in 2010 ; Interests: 4-103 Math Tower, (631) 632-8266 Nikita Selinger (nikita at math.sunysb.edu) Arrived at Stony Brook in 2011 ; Interests: Dynamical Systems. 4-115 Math Tower, (631) 632-8277 Fulbright Scholars Akhtam Dzhalilov (adzhalilov at math.sunysb.edu) Arrived at Stony Brook in 2011 ; Interests: Dynamical systems and ergodic theory 3-117 Math Tower, (631)632-8351 Lecturers Robert Andersen (randersen at math.sunysb.edu) Lecturer Interests: Mathematics Education 5-125b Math Tower, (631)632-9781 William Bernhard (bill at math.sunysb.edu) Lecturer Interests: Mathematics Education Chair Mathematics Department, Ward Melville High School 5-125b Math Tower, (631) 632-9781 Barbara Biondo (bbiondo at math.sunysb.edu) Lecturer Interests: Mathematics Education 4-107 Math Tower, (631)632-8275 Julia Viro (julia at math.sunysb.edu) Lecturer; arrived at Stony Brook in 2007; Ph.D. from Leningrad University in 1991 Interests: Low-dimensional topology and knot theory; links in projective space; rigid isotopy of projective configurations; algebraic links; Vassiliev invariants.  5-125b Math Tower, (631) 632-9781 Adjunct Professors and Visitors Araceli Bonifant (bonifant at math.sunysb.edu) Visiting Associate Professor, arrived at Stony Brook in 2011; Ph.D. in 2001 from University of Michigan Interests: Dynamical Systems; several complex variables. Associate Professor, University of Rhode Island  5D-148 Math Tower, (631) 632-8257 Alexander Retakh (retakh at math.sunysb.edu) Adjunct Professor, arrived at Stony Brook in 2006; Ph.D. in 2002 from Yale University Interests: Algebra, mathematical physics. Assistant Professor, US Merchant Marine Academy

Last Updated: February 3, 2012