Active Intellectual Life
4/26/22

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.

New: MS Program in Computational and Applied Mathematics
12/4/23
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.
Dedicated Teaching
8/30/23

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.

Faculty Research.
Faculty Research
4/25/22

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.

Algebra, Analysis, Calculus, Applied Mathematics, Geometry, Topology and more
4/26/22

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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  • Danielle Tear, Outstanding Senior 2025, Summa Cum Laude, Mathematics and Music
    4/29/25
    The Department of Mathematics is pleased to announce that Danielle Tear has been named Outstanding Senior 2025 by UB College of Arts. She graduates summa cum laude with a bachelor of arts in mathematics as a part of the UB Teach mathematics combined degree program. Tear is a UB Presidential Scholar and recipient of the Harry Merrill Geham Scholarship. She is a teaching assistant for the Department of Mathematics and played the cello in the UB Symphony Orchestra. In the fall, Tear will begin her student teaching residency in pursuit of a master's degree in mathematics education with a secondary certification in computer science. Dean Schulze will recognize the Outstanding Seniors at a reception in Slee Hall on May 5, at 3:00 pm: RSVP. All are invited to attend.
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  • Alexander Bivolcic, UB Math Graduate Student, Wins Excellence in Teaching Award
    5/2/25
    The Department of Mathematics is pleased to announce that Alexander Bivolcic has been awarded the University at Buffalo's 2025 Excellence in Teaching Award for Graduate Student Teaching Assistants.
  • Destiny Diaz wins NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Award
    11/19/24
    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. 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. 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.
  • Yanyan Li presents research poster at SUNY conference and at UB's Celebration of Academic Excellence
    2/19/25
    Congratulations to UB Mathematics major Yanyan Li on being selected to present a research poster at two major events showcasing UB's undergraduate research excellence. Yanyan is studying gene co-expression networks under the guidance of her faculty mentor, Dr. Naoki Masuda. 
  • Linda Alegria, UB Math Graduate Student, wins Excellence in Teaching Award
    4/25/22
    The Department of Mathematics is pleased to announce that Linda Alegria has been awarded the University at Buffalo's 2022 Excellence in Teaching Award for Graduate Student Teaching Assistants. The award was presented at a luncheon in April, with Satish Tripathi, UB President, and Robin Schulze, CAS Dean, in attendance.
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Summer Math Scholarship

  • Alia Spaker wins the 2025 Summer Math Scholarship
    5/2/25
    The UB Department of Mathematics is pleased to announce that Alia Spaker is the recipient of the 2025 Summer Math Scholarship. Together with faculty mentor Dr. Jakob Streipel, the research project aims to understand the Circle Method in analytic number theory, as well as it's application to Waring's problem, and to develop refined estimates for the number of expressions for a positive integer as a sum of kth powers.
  • Jack Mills wins the 2024 Summer Math Scholarship
    5/2/25
    The UB Department of Mathematics is pleased to congratulate the winner of the 2024 Summer Math Scholarship, Jack Mills. The award includes a stipend in the range of $4,000. Mills, together with faculty mentor Dr. Johanna Mangahas,  formulated an undergraduate research project aimed at understanding Mesa paths in the hyperbolic plane. 
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UB Math Notes

  • Daniel Sage explains the history of pi
    3/14/25
    In celebration of pi (Greek letter π), the mathematical constant and infinite number whose first three digits are 3.14, UBNow features a special Q&A with Daniel Sage, professor and chair of the Department of Mathematics.
  • Barbara Prinari, co-founder and deputy editor, Cambridge Journal of Nonlinear Waves
    9/9/24
    The UB Department of Mathematics is pleased to announce that Professor Barbara Prinari is co-founder and deputy editor of Cambridge Core's Journal of Nonlinear Waves. Prinari's research adds scope and depth to the journal's editorial board. Problems addressed by Prinari include the development of the Inverse Scattering Transform (IST) as a tool to solve the initial-value problem for scalar, vector and matrix continuous and discrete nonlinear Schrodinger (NLS) equations with both vanishing and nonvanishing boundary conditions at infinity; solitons and rogue wave solutions; vector soliton interactions, etc.  
  • Hanfeng Li named UB Distinguished Professor
    11/3/20
    Hanfeng Li has been named UB Distinguished Professor. His primary research interest is noncommutative geometry and dynamical systems, particularly connections between operator algebras and dynamical systems. A 2020 fellow of the American Mathematical Society (AMS), his recent work concentrates on actions of countable sofic groups and algebraic actions of general countable (amenable) groups. 
  • Badzioch wins SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching
    10/2/24
    Bernard Badzioch has won the 2024 SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching. The award will be presented October 24, 2024 at UB's Celebration of Academic Excellence.  Badzioch is recognized for consistently demonstrating superior teaching at the undergraduate and graduate level. As an innovative educator, students remark that Badzioch has the “rare skill, particularly amongst mathematicians,” to understand even their most incomprehensible questions and answer in a way that makes them feel good for having asked it. Read UBNow.
  • The power of stochastic differential equations
    5/8/24
    A new algorithm developed by Naoki Masuda, with co-athors Kazuyuki Aihara and Neil G. MacLaren, can identify the most predictive data points that a tipping point is near. Published in Nature Communications, this theoretical framework uses the power of stochastic differential equations to observe the fluctuation of data points, or nodes, and then determine which should be used to calculate an early warning signal. The algorithm is unique in that it fully incorporates network science into the process.
  • Alia Spaker wins the 2025 Summer Math Scholarship
    5/2/25
    The UB Department of Mathematics is pleased to announce that Alia Spaker is the recipient of the 2025 Summer Math Scholarship. Together with faculty mentor Dr. Jakob Streipel, the research project aims to understand the Circle Method in analytic number theory, as well as it's application to Waring's problem, and to develop refined estimates for the number of expressions for a positive integer as a sum of kth powers.
  • Jack Mills wins the 2024 Summer Math Scholarship
    5/2/25
    The UB Department of Mathematics is pleased to congratulate the winner of the 2024 Summer Math Scholarship, Jack Mills. The award includes a stipend in the range of $4,000. Mills, together with faculty mentor Dr. Johanna Mangahas,  formulated an undergraduate research project aimed at understanding Mesa paths in the hyperbolic plane. 
  • 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
    11/19/24
    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. 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. 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.
  • 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.