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 1983, Carnegie Mellon University
Office MP419 — Phone 410.455.2311
Email suri@umbc.edu
Research: Numerical analysis, partial differential equations
Recognition: UMBC Presidential Teaching Professor; and
Distinguished University Professor
Distinguished University Professor
Associate 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
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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