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Mathematics Faculty News and Notes

  • Adam Sikora Promotes Quantum Topology Worldwide
    10/21/25
    Professor Adam Sikora is helping advance and popularize the growing field of quantum topology, which connects topology and geometry with quantum physics through surprising cross-fertilization of ideas. Sikora co-organized three international conferences and a summer school devoted to this area. The first three NSF-supported events were held at Vietnam Institute for Advanced Study in Mathematics and at the Centre International de Rencontres Mathématiques (CIRM) in Marseille, France, in summer 2025. Another meeting, exploring connections with Number Theory, will take place at the Mathematisches Forschungsinstitut Oberwolfach in Germany.
  • Biondini co-authors "Mach Reflection and Expansion of Two-Dimensional Dispersive Shock Waves"
    8/14/25
    New research by University at Buffalo and University of Colorado Boulder mathematicians has uncovered and characterized novel two-dimensional wave patterns — waves that propagate along two directions — whether they are in water or other settings like plasmas and condensed matter. The new study, published Aug. 5 in Physical Review Letters, uses numerical simulations to obtain solutions in two dimensions, describing what gives rise to patterns like the matrix tide.
  • "Switch-like gene expression modulates disease" study co-authored by UB faculty and students in Mathematics and Biological Sciences
    9/8/25
    Published by Nature Communications, the study "Switch-like gene expression modulates disease" is the first systematic analysis of switch-like genes across multiple tissues. The study is co-authored by UB faculty and students in Mathematics and Biological Sciences.
  • 2024 Myhill Lecture Series features Tomasz Mrowka (MIT)
    4/11/24
    April 23, 24 and 25, 2024: Join us for the Myhill Lecture Series: Forty Years of Four Manifolds, featuring Tomasz Mrowka (MIT). Since the twin breakthroughs in 1982-83 by Freedman and Donaldson the study of four manifolds has been developing rapidly. Freedman’s work showed that the homeomorphism problem for 4-dimensional manifolds was largely under control provided the fundamental group of the 4-manifold was not too complicated. Donaldson’s surprising applications of the Yang-Mills equations hinted that the situation for smooth structures was more complicated and that the tools for studying 4-manifolds would come from diverse parts of mathematics. These three lectures will survey a number of the developments that occurred in the ensuing 40 years.

Mathematics Student News and Notes

CONGRATULATIONS CLASS OF 2025
The faculty and staff of the UB Department of Mathematics congratulate the Class of 2025. We are pleased to announce that Danielle Tear​​​​​​​ has won the 2025 Outstanding Senior Award. Most commencement ceremonies and University-Wide Celebrations are recorded and available for viewing. Access: UB Commencement LiveStream

  • 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.
  • Danielle Tear, Outstanding Senior 2025, Summa Cum Laude, Mathematics and Music
    5/20/25
    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. 
  • Graduate students and staff gather for group photo
    5/15/25
    Recently, some of our graduate students took a moment to have a group photo with staff. The Department of Mathematics is proud of our graduate students for their dedication and hard work. We wish them all the best in their future endeavors.
  • 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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