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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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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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  • Hakan Doga and Dustin Deutsch win the 2021 UB Mathematics Graduate Student Teaching Award
    4/27/21
    The University Department of Mathematics is pleased to announce that  Dustin Deutsch and Hakan Doga are the winners of our 2021 Graduate Student Teaching Award. The honor recognizes outstanding performance in teaching by the graduate student recipient.
  • Hanfeng Li named to AMS 2021 Class of Fellows
    11/3/20
    The University at Buffalo Department of Mathematics is pleased to announce that the American Mathematical Society has named Professor Hangfeng Li a member of the 2021 Class of Fellows. The international honor places Professor Li among the world's outstanding mathematicians for his contributions to algebraic dynamics and operator algebras. He joined UB Mathematics in 2005, and is currently teaching MTH 424/524, “Survey of Fourier Series Methods”. His main research interest is on noncommutative geometry and dynamical systems, especially connections between operator algebras and dynamical systems. Professor Li's recent work concentrates on actions of countable sofic groups and algebraic actions of general countable (amenable) groups. Read the article by Charlotte Hsu.
  • Robert Busch wins 2020 Milton Plesur Excellence in Teaching Award
    8/22/20
    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.”
  • Popular Mechanics: Crafty combinatorics solved by Johanna Mangahas
    2/4/20

    According to Popular Mechanics, there’s nothing quite like a maddening math problem, mind-bending optical illusion, or twisty logic puzzle to halt all productivity in the magazine's office. We’re curious people by nature, but we also collectively share a stubborn insistence that we’re right, and so we tend to throw work by the wayside whenever we come upon a problem with several seemingly possible solutions. Mathematicians such as Dr. Johanna Mangahas reveal the real answer. How many triangles can you find in this viral math problem?

  • Dana Foundation News: Muldoon’s research probes questions about individual differences in brain activity
    8/22/20
    New research from the University of Buffalo, using computational models of individual people’s connectomes, shed light into individual differences in brain activation patterns, as well as how those patterns may change over time. Since 2009, scientists around the globe have worked to create the Human Connectome, a structural blueprint of the various neural pathways and connections that underlie thought, reason, emotion, and behavior in the brain. Thanks to those pioneering efforts, we now understand that different regions of the brain work together in concert, forming specific networks that facilitate movement, or learning, or our interactions with others—the cognitive skills that allow us to survive and thrive in our daily lives. Yet despite these advances, it’s still not entirely clear how these networks may differ from person to person. Sarah Muldoon, a mathematician at the University of Buffalo, has long been interested in understanding individual differences in the brain.

2021 MYHILL LECTURE SERIES

2021 MYHILL LECTURE SERIES.
Gigliola Staffilani

UB Mathematics is pleased to announce that Gigliola Staffilani  will deliver the 2021 edition of the Myhill Lecture Series. Staffilani is an analyst whose research is on dispersive nonlinear PDEs. Serveing as the Abby Rockefeller Mauze Professor of Mathematics, Staffilani received MS and PhD degrees from the University of Chicago in 1991 and 1995 respectively. Following a Szegö Assistant Professorship at Stanford, she held faculty appointments at Stanford, Princeton and Brown, joining MIT in 2002. As a member of the MIT Math Department’s edX group, Gigliola won the inaugural MITx Prize for Teaching and Learning in MOOCs, awarded by the MIT Office of Digital Learning. In 2018, MIT's Presidential Task Force on the Undergraduate Educational Commons presented Gigliola with the Earll M. Murman Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Advising. Learn more about UB's Myhill Lecture Series.

Our students

  • Makenzie Cosgrove, UB Mathematics PhD Student, wins the 2021 Science, Mathematics and Research for Transformation (SMART) Scholarship
    4/29/21
    Congratulations to Makenzie Cosgrove, UB Mathematics PhD student, on being awarded the 2021 Science, Mathematics and Research for Transformation (SMART) Scholarship. This national award has been established by the Department of Defense (DoD) to support undergraduate and graduate students pursuing degrees in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) disciplines. The program aims to increase the number of civilian scientists and engineers working at DoD laboratories. Cosgrove was named recipient of the scholarship at the UB Celebration of Student Academic Excellence. Learn more, here.
  • Mengyuan (Jason) Sun presents research poster at UB's 2021 Celebration of Academic Excellence
    4/21/21
    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.
  • Kazimer wins the 2020 Math Summer Scholarship
    1/22/21
    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 the 2019 SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Student Excellence
    4/30/19
    Congratulations to Destiny Diaz, winner of the 2019 SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Student Excellence. Diaz will graduate with a bachelor of science in mathematics and a minor in Spanish. Her accomplishments as an undergraduate student include: University Honors College Scholar; Ambassador for the College of Arts and Sciences; Western New York Prosperity Fellow; Volunteer, Dominican Republic Alternative Spring Break; and more. Diaz has completed research on how to increase STEM enrollment, and works at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center as a research apprentice. See the award announcement in UB Now.
  • 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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