Associate Professor, PhD 2018, University of South Carolina
Office MP411 — Phone 410.455.2406
Email baek@umbc.edu
Research: Dimension reduction, semiparametrics, high-dimensional data analysis
Professor, PhD 2000, Indiana University
Office MP440 — Phone 410.455.3029
Email abiswas@umbc.edu
Research: Analysis of PDEs, mathematical fluid dynamics
Chang, Emily
Assistant Teaching Professor, PhD 2025, University of California – Davis
Office BIOL468
Email emily.chang@umbc.edu
Professor, PhD 2000, Indian Statistical Institute
Office MP418 — Phone 410.455.2235
Email snigchat@umbc.edu
Research: Foundations of data sciences, ethical AI, resampling, Bayesian and other conditional inference, small area statistics, digital twins and personalized healthcare, climate analytics
Recognition: Sinha Ennovate Chair of Statistics
Dean, Brian
Assistant Teaching Professor, PhD 2004, Johns Hopkins University
Office BIOL 458
Email bdean@umbc.edu
Professor and Department Chair, PhD 2004, University of Chicago
Office MP406 — Phone 410.455.2405
Email draga@umbc.edu
Research: Numerical analysis, multigrid methods for inverse problems, numerical methods for Hamiltonian differential equations
Assistant Teaching Professor, PhD 2008, Arizona State University
Office BIOL 467
Email jpfortne@umbc.edu
Professor, PhD 1996, Arizona State University
Office MP416 — Phone 410.455.2404
Email gobbert@umbc.edu
Research: Numerical analysis, scientific and parallel computing, industrial and computational mathematics
Recognition: University System of Maryland Board of Regents’ Award for Mentoring
Professor, PhD 1982, University of Wisconsin–Madison
Office MP431 — Phone 410.455.2431
Email gowda@umbc.edu
Research: Applied analysis, optimization
Recognition: UMBC Presidential Teaching Professor
Professor, PhD 1990, University of Chicago
Office MP428 — Phone 410.455.2421
Email guler@umbc.edu
Research: Convex programming, computational complexity, interior-point methods, mathematical programming
Professor and Associate Dean for Faculty Advancement, PhD 1997, University of Maryland, College Park
Office MP434 — Phone 410.455.2434
Email khoffman@umbc.edu
Research: Calculus of variations, differential equations, mathematical biology, singular perturbation theory
Recognition: University System of Maryland’s PROMISE AGEP Outstanding Faculty Mentor
Associate Professor, PhD 2007, Johns Hopkins University
Office MP409 — Phone 410.455.2422
Email yihuang@umbc.edu
Research: Average treatment/exposure effect evaluation, biostatistical methods and applications in biomedical, public health and policy research
Associate Professor, PhD 2008, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Office MP424 — Phone 410.455.2424
Email hwkang@umbc.edu
Research: Stochastic modeling, analysis, and simulation of biological systems
Associate Professor, PhD 2005, University of California, San Diego
Office MP403 — Phone 410.455.2433
Email wkang@umbc.edu
Research: Probability theory, stochastic processes, and their applications
Associate Professor, PhD 2013, University of Ghent, Belgium
Office MP426 — Phone 410.455.2972
Email yehenew@umbc.edu
Research: Time-to-event modeling, frailty models, clustered data modeling, and statistical meta-analysis
Assistant Professor, PhD 2021, University of Pittsburgh
Office 438 — Phone 410.455.2438
Email tongtong.li@umbc.edu
Research: Numerical Analysis, data assimilation, Bayesian inverse problems
Assistant Professor, PhD 2018, University of Michigan
Office MP432 — Phone 410.455.2432
Email kvalheim@umbc.edu
Research: Dynamical systems, control theory, differential topology
Mahawattege, Rasika
Assistant Teaching Professor, PhD 2022, University of Memphis
Office 422A — Phone 410.455.3785
Email rasikam1@umbc.edu
Research: Partial differential equations, control theory, numerical methods
Professor, PhD 2009, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Office MP421 — Phone 410.455.2968
Email yaakovm@umbc.edu
Research: Applied probability, statistics (recent research topics: optimal stopping, sequential selection, tournaments, group testing, stochastic ordering, combinatorial probability)
Professor, PhD 1983, Indian Statistical Institute
Office MP415 — Phone 410.455.2418
Email mathew@umbc.edu
Research: Inference in mixed models, multivariate analysis, exposure data analysis, tolerance regions, bioequivalence testing
Recognition: UMBC Presidential Research Professor
Assistant Professor, PhD 2024, Lehigh University
Office MP425 — Phone 410.455.2425
Email mhms379@umbc.edu
Research: Quantum computing, mathematical optimization, operations research
Nanes, Kalman
Associate Teaching Professor, PhD 2009, Northwestern University
Office MP439 — Phone 410.455.2439
Email knanes@umbc.edu
Research: Dynamical Systems, especially partial hyperbolicity; also the scholarship of teaching and learning
Professor, PhD 1986, Iowa State University
Office MP437 — Phone 410.455.2437
Email nagaraj@umbc.edu
Research: Time series analysis, overdispersion models, environmental statistics, data analysis
Recognition: University System of Maryland Board of Regents’ Award for Innovation
Nguyen, Thu
Assistant Professor, PhD 2014, Lille 1 University of Science and Technology, France; PhD 2020, Wayne State University
Office MP407 — Phone 410.455.2407
Email thu.nguyen@umbc.edu
Research: Stochastic Approximation, Monte Carlo Methods, Bayesian Estimation/Inference, Machine Learning, Stochastic Systems, Stochastic Processes, Stochastic Simulation, Dynamical Systems
Park, DoHwan
Associate Professor, PhD 2005, University of Missouri–Columbia
Office MP423 — Phone 410.455.2408
Email dhpark@umbc.edu
Research: Longitudinal data analysis, survival analysis, semiparametric and nonparametric methods, and biostatistics
Professor, PhD 2003, University of Utah
Office MP436 — Phone 410.455.2436
Email bpeercy@umbc.edu
Research: Mathematical biology, differential equations, bifurcation theory, perturbation theory
Professor, PhD 1997, California Institute of Technology
Office MP433 — Phone 410.455.2423
Email muruhan@umbc.edu
Research: Numerical approximation of stochastic dynamical systems, stochastic dynamics in biochemistry and financial markets, geometric nonlinear control theory
Professor, PhD 2003, Rice University
Office MP429 — Phone 410.455.2429
Email dreynolds@umbc.edu
Research: Scientific computation, numerical analysis, numerical methods for multi-rate and multi-physics applications
Recognition: Seidman Chair of Applied Mathematics
Professor, PhD 1977, Brown University
Office MP402 — Phone 410.455.2458
Email rostamian@umbc.edu
Research: Partial differential equations, mathematical modeling, fluid and solid mechanics, computational mathematics
Professor, PhD 1999, Iowa State University
Office MP435 — Phone 410.455.2435
Email anindya@umbc.edu
Research: Time series analysis, nonparametric Bayesian methods, high-dimensional estimation and inference, estimation and inference under geometric constraints, sequential design
Professor, PhD 2002, University of Michigan
Office MP417 — Phone 410.455.2402
Email shenj@umbc.edu
Research: Control theory, nonsmooth switching systems, continuous and dynamic optimization, nonlinear and geometric control theory
Associate Professor, PhD 2008, Czech Technical University in Prague; PhD 2010, University of Colorado Denver
Office MP427 — Phone 410.455.3298
Email sousedik@umbc.edu
Research: Computational mathematics, numerical analysis, scientific computing, uncertainty quantification, stochastic finite elements, domain decomposition, multigrid
Professor, PhD 2012, University of Virginia
Office MP430 — Phone 410.455.2183
Email websterj@umbc.edu
Research: Nonlinear evolution partial differential equations, dynamical systems, fluid-structure interactions, aeroelasticity
Postdocs
Postdoctoral Research Associate, PhD 2018, Michigan Technological University
Email maggul@umbc.edu
Research: Turbulence modeling, fluid-fluid interaction, high-performance computing
Postdoctoral Research Associate, PhD 2024, The University of Alabama
Email samihere@umbc.edu
Research: Poisson-Boltzmann solvers, numerical analysis, numerical PDEs, high performance computing
Postdoctoral Research Associate, PhD 2025, Colorado School of Mines
Email j.garrish@umbc.edu
Research: Mathematical biology, Bayesian inverse problems, kernel-based approximation
Hu, Yifan
Postdoctoral Research Associate, PhD 2025, Iowa State University
Email yifan.hu@umbc.edu
Research: Numerical analysis, partial differential equations, high performance computing, computational plasma physics
Postdoctoral Research Associate, PhD 2025, Penn State University
Email leearum9@umbc.edu
Research: PDEs, inverse problem, machine learning
Nandy, Siddhartha
Postdoctoral Research Associate, PhD 2016, Michigan State University
Email snandy@umbc.edu
Research: Spatial statistics, high-dimensional models, shrinkage estimation, variable selection, covariance estimation
Emeritus Faculty
Baradwaj, Raji
Principal Lecturer Emeritus, MS 1990, Texas A&M University, MS 1987, University of Madras
Email raji@umbc.edu
Recognition: 2013 Carl S. Weber Award for Excellence in Teaching
Professor Emeritus, PhD 1977, University of California, Los Angeles
Email jbell@umbc.edu
Research: Mathematical biology, mathematical finance, partial differential equations, applied mathematics
Professor Emeritus, PhD 1969, University of Southern California
Email jameslo@umbc.edu
Research: Computational intelligence, intelligent systems, neural networks approach to systems control and signal processing, stochastic systems
Pittenger, Arthur
Professor Emeritus, PhD 1967, Stanford University
Email pittenge@umbc.edu
Research: General Markov processes, probability theory, quantum computational algorithms
Recognition: Dean Emeritus of the College of Arts and Sciences
Potra, Florian
Professor Emeritus, PhD 1980, University of Bucharest
Email potra@umbc.edu
Research: Numerical optimization, simulation of multibody systems, numerical solution of nonlinear differential and integral equations, bioinformatics
Rukhin, Andrew
Professor Emeritus, PhD 1970, Steklov Institute of Mathematics
Email rukhin@math.umbc.edu
Research: Statistical decision theory, adaptation, admissibility, Bayesian analysis, change-point estimation
Professor Emeritus, PhD 1973, University of Calcutta
Email sinha@umbc.edu
Research: Multivariate analysis, statistical inference, linear models, decision theory, robustness and asymptotic theory
Recognition: UMBC Presidential Research Professor; and
University System of Maryland Board of Regents’ Award for Research
University System of Maryland Board of Regents’ Award for Research
Professor Emeritus, PhD 1983, Carnegie Mellon University
Email suri@umbc.edu
Research: Numerical analysis, partial differential equations
Recognition: UMBC Presidential Teaching Professor; and
Distinguished University Professor
Distinguished University Professor
In Memoriam
Richard C. Roberts
1926–2008
A. Kadir Aziz
1923–2016
Yen-Mow Lynn
1935–2023
Thomas I. Seidman
1935–2024
Nam P. Bhatia
1932–2024
Bonny Tighe
1949–2026
Thomas E. Armstrong
1946–2026
Wallace (Wally) Parr
1928–2026
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