New: MS Program in Computational and Applied Mathematics
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The demand for a professional labor force skilled in data analysis and statistical methods, alongside scientific computation and other applied mathematics techniques, and has grown tremendously over the last decade, and all indications are that such growth will further accelerate in the near future.
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Mathematics is a broad discipline with many diverse applications in physical sciences, life sciences, and engineering as well as social and managerial sciences. The Department of Mathematics provides a variety of concentrations leading to Baccalaureate, Masters, and PhD degrees.

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The Department of Mathematics is proud of its excellent teaching and active research programs. Several of our faculty members are recipients of the SUNY Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching. A strong tradition of mentorship attracts the most promising individuals and supports their development.

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Our faculty-student ratio is high compared to many universities. We teach students to develop skill-sets in computation, analysis, research, communication, practical problem solving, and mathematical modeling.

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Each year  about one-third of our faculty hold external research grants from agencies such as the U.S. Department of Defense, the National Security Agency, and the National Science Foundation. Faculty research enhances our intellectual and technological environment to support exceptionally creative science and education.

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Our students take advantage of free, in-person sessions  for math tutoring, advice, and resources to help them succeed in courses for MTH 121, 122, 131, 141, 142, 241, 306, 309, and more.  Learn more.

Our students

  • Three students win the 2022 Harriet F. Montague Awards
    12/16/22
    The Harriet F. Montague Award was established to commemorate the career of Dr. Dr.  Montague, who was one of the early graduates the UB mathematics program, and who returned to chair the department for many years. It is given each year to one or more mathematics majors who have demonstrated intellectual and creative promise in mathematics. In 2022, the UB Mathematics Department recognizes three winners: Sarah Brown, Sahojar Khan, and, Mahdi Rahman.
  • Julia Shapiro wins 2022 SUNY Chancellor's Award for Student Excellence
    3/31/22
    The University at Buffalo Department of Mathematics is pleased to announce that Julia Shapiro, winner of the 2022 SUNY Chancellor's Award for Student Excellence. Shapiro will graduate with a bachelor of science in mathematics, and her accomplishments as an undergraduate student include: University Honors College Scholar,  winner of the 2021 Harriet F. Montague Award, and President of the UB Undergraduate Math Club. Shapiro has completed research on Markov Chains through a nationally recognized program at the University of Connecticut, has been a Peer Mentor in the Honors College,  has served as an Ambassador of both the Honors College and the College of Arts and Sciences, and has served as an Undergraduate Teaching Assistant in three separate departments — Mathematics, Biostatistics, and Computer Science. 
  • Our students win Doctoral Dissertation Fellowships for Spring 2022
    11/18/21
    The University Department of Mathematics is pleased to announce that Elohim Fonseca dos Reis and  Asela Abeya are each recipients of the Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship for the Spring Semester 2022. The award recognizes outstanding research by our graduate students.
  • Mengyuan (Jason) Sun presents research poster at UB's 2021 Celebration of Academic Excellence
    1/11/22
    Congratulations to UB Mathematics major Mengyuan (Jason) Sun on being selected to present a research poster in the 2021 Celebration of Student Academic Excellence Poster Presentations". His work is titled "Synthesis of Doped 2d Transition Metal Chalcogenide". Sun will deliver an 8-minute oral presentation via Zoom, Wednesday, April 21. Everyone is welcome to attend the virtual event. UB Mathematics students who may be interested in doing their own research project or presentation in the future are particularly encouraged to attend. Learn more about the Celebration of Student Academic Excellence, and see messages from President Tripathi and Provost Weber, here.  See the full schedule of the poster sessions, here.
  • Jeremy Kazimer wins the 2020 Math Summer Scholarship
    1/11/22
    The UB Department of Mathematics is pleased to announce that Jeremy Kazimer, a junior majoring in Applied Mathematics and Computational Physics, is the winner of the 2020 Math Summer Scholarship. Jeremy is studying network models for complex systems and high-dimensional data under the guidance his faculty mentor, Dr. Dane Taylor.  Specifically, the 2020 scholarship supported Jeremy's interest in extending information-theoretic techniques to quantify the structural complexity of social networks and biological systems.
  • UB Actuarial student Mousa Sunnoqrot featured by AdvisorSmith
    3/23/20

    Mousa Sunnoqrot is a senior at the State University of New York at Buffalo in Amherst, New York, where he is majoring in Mathematics and minoring in Economics and Statistics, with a concentration on Actuarial Science. Mousa is the professional chair for University at Buffalo’s student-run Society of Future Actuaries, and he interned this past summer at Healthfirst in New York City. Mousa is featured in a Q&A by AdvisorSmith, a provider of comprehensive research and advanced tools to better understand insurance for business professionals.

  • Destiny Diaz wins NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Award
    8/22/20
    The University at Buffalo Department of Mathematics is pleased to announce that Destiny Diaz has won the National Science Foundation’s Graduate Research Fellowship Award. The prestigious award is one of the most competitive and respected scientific fellowships in the U.S.  Diaz is completing a BS in mathematics with a minor in Spanish. Recently, Diaz received 2019 SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Student Excellence. A Buffalo native, she is a member of the University Honors College and a Prosperity Fellow. In Fall 2019, the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship will support her pursuit of graduate study in biostatistics at UB. The award provides three years of financial support within a five-year fellowship period, which amounts to a $34,000 annual stipend and $12,000 cost-of-education allowance to the graduate institution.
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UB Math Spotlight

  • Giacomo Scilla wins the 2023 Summer Math Scholarship
    3/16/23
    The UB Department of Mathematics is pleased to announce that Giacomo Scilla is the recipient of the 2023 Summer Math Scholarship. Together with faculty mentor Dr. Gino Biondini, Scilla formulated an undergraduate research project aimed at understanding the classification of two-dimensional wave patterns governed by the solutions of the Kadomtsev-Petviashvili equation, with the ultimate goal of deriving efficient methods to generate large ensembles of such solutions.
  • Mahdi Rahman wins the 2022 Summer Math Scholarship
    3/13/23
    The UB Department of Mathematics is pleased to announce that Mahdi Rahman is the recipient of the 2022 Summer Math Scholarship. Under the guidance faculty mentor, Dr. James Faran, Mahdi designed a special Undergraduate Research project that involved studying methods of voting, for a situation when more than one winner is to be selected, and, the criteria determining when two a priori different voting methods reliably produce identical results.
  • Tyler Glover wins the 2021 Math Summer Scholarship
    1/11/22
    The UB Department of Mathematics is pleased to announce that Tyler Glover, a junior majoring in Mathematics, is the recipient of the 2021 Math Summer Scholarship. Under the guidance faculty mentor, Dr. Joseph Hundley, Tyler designed a special Undergraduate Research project that involved studying methods of geometric construction beyond the standard straight edge and compass, as well as their limitations and the number systems associated with them. For example, a classic result of abstract algebra states that if a segment of length x can be constructed, given a straight edge, a compass, and a segment of length 1, then x must be a root of an irreducible polynomial with integer coefficients and degree equal to a power of two.
  • Robert Busch wins Milton Plesur Excellence in Teaching Award
    5/24/22
    The Department of Mathematics is pleased to announce that Robert Busch, clinical assistant professor, is the winner of the coveted Milton Plesur Excellence in Teaching Award, 2019-2020. Busch was recognized by the undergraduate Student Association for his commitment and dedication to students. He was nominated for the award by his students. Upon news of the award, Busch's first thought was to acknowledge his students: “To all my students, over all the years, and in all the classes…for giving me the privilege of being your instructor, for making me into a better teacher, communicator, and human being, for the pleasure of watching you learn and succeed, and for the thrill of seeing you graduate and step into your dreams…from the bottom of my heart…THANK YOU.”
  • Destiny Diaz wins NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Award
    8/22/20
    The University at Buffalo Department of Mathematics is pleased to announce that Destiny Diaz has won the National Science Foundation’s Graduate Research Fellowship Award. The prestigious award is one of the most competitive and respected scientific fellowships in the U.S.  Diaz is completing a BS in mathematics with a minor in Spanish. Recently, Diaz received 2019 SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Student Excellence. A Buffalo native, she is a member of the University Honors College and a Prosperity Fellow. In Fall 2019, the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship will support her pursuit of graduate study in biostatistics at UB. The award provides three years of financial support within a five-year fellowship period, which amounts to a $34,000 annual stipend and $12,000 cost-of-education allowance to the graduate institution.
  • Mengyuan (Jason) Sun presents research poster at UB's 2021 Celebration of Academic Excellence
    1/11/22
    Congratulations to UB Mathematics major Mengyuan (Jason) Sun on being selected to present a research poster in the 2021 Celebration of Student Academic Excellence Poster Presentations". His work is titled "Synthesis of Doped 2d Transition Metal Chalcogenide". Sun will deliver an 8-minute oral presentation via Zoom, Wednesday, April 21. Everyone is welcome to attend the virtual event. UB Mathematics students who may be interested in doing their own research project or presentation in the future are particularly encouraged to attend. Learn more about the Celebration of Student Academic Excellence, and see messages from President Tripathi and Provost Weber, here.  See the full schedule of the poster sessions, here.
  • UB Math Grads win NSF Graduate Research Fellowships
    6/4/16
    The National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) named a record number of winners from UB this year, one more than all the awards given to students in the rest of the SUNY system. For the 2016 competition, NSF received close to 17,000 applications, and made 2,000 award offers.
  • Professor Naoki Masuda wins JSPS Prize
    2/26/20
    The University at Buffalo Department of Mathematics is pleased to announce that Dr. Naoki Masuda, Associate Professor, is the winner of the JSPS (Japan Society for Promotion of Science) Prize 2020. The national award recognizes his work, “Pioneering Research on Theory and Data-Analysis Methods for Temporal Networks”. Dr. Masuda attended the JSPS Awards Ceremony in February, 2020, accompanied by his daughter, Ami Masuda. The JSPS 2020 Award included full funding of their travel to Japan. While there, Dr. Masuda and Ami participated in an exclusive audience with the Japanese Royal Family.