Mathematics
Faculty & Staff
Below is a directory of all faculty and staff of the Department of Mathematics as of January 2013.
Scroll to: Faculty, Emeritus Faculty, Staff.
See also the listing of recent visitors to the department, mailing groups for convenient distribution of emails, departmental photographs (mostly historical), and the mathematical genealogy of the faculty.
Although we do our best to keep the directory up to date, if you run into problems, try the DU directory.
Faculty
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Alvaro Arias
Professor and Math Center Coordinator
PhD 1989 (Texas A&M)
Office: JGH 208
Email: aarias@math.du.edu
Website
Phone: 303-871-3559
Research interest: Functional analysis. -
Sharon Bütz
Lecturer
M.S. 1976 (Denver)
Office: JGH 212
Email: sbutz@math.du.edu
Website
Phone: 303-871-2802
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Ray Curran
Lecturer
PhD 2005 (Massachusetts)
Office: JGH 202C
Email: raymond.curran@du.edu
Phone: 303-871-4213
Research interest: Algebraic geometry. -
Natasha Dobrinen
Associate Professor
PhD 2001 (Minnesota)
Office: JGH 209
Email: ndobrine@du.edu
Website
Phone: 303-871-2120
Research interest: Set theory, Boolean algebras, mathematical logic, foundations of mathematics. -
Jeff Farmer
Research Professor
PhD 1992 (Texas A&M)
Email: jdfarmer89@hotmail.com
Research interest: Mathematical education, functional analysis. -
Nikolaos Galatos
Associate Professor and Graduate Coordinator
PhD 2003 (Vanderbilt)
Office: JGH 213
Email: ngalatos@du.edu
Website
Phone: 303-871-3581
Research interest: Lattice theory, ordered algebras, mathematical logic. -
John Griesmer
Lecturer
PhD (Ohio State)
Office: JGH 202D
Email: John.Griesmer@du.edu
Phone: 303-871-3834
Research interest: Ergodic theory, additive combinatorics and harmonic analysis. -
James N. Hagler
Professor
PhD 1972 (Berkley)
Office: JGH 203B
Email: jhagler@math.du.edu
Website
Phone: 303-871-3310
Research interest: Functional analysis, topological dynamics, hereditarily indecomposable continua. -
Abby Johnson
Lecturer
M.S. (Massachusetts)
Office: JGH 308
Email:
Phone: -
Michael K. Kinyon
Professor
PhD 1991 (Utah)
Office: JGH 204
Email: mkinyon@math.du.edu
Website
Phone: 303-871-3288
Research interest: Nonassociative structures, loops, quasigroups, history of mathematics. -
Lisa Korf
Lecturer
PhD 1998 (University of California Davis)
Office: JGH 214
Email: lisa.korf@du.edu
Research interest: Stochastic optimization, non-classical logics, quantum structures. -
Frédéric Latrémolière
Associate Professor and Undergraduate Coordinator
PhD 2004 (Berkeley)
Office: JGH 215
Email: frederic@math.du.edu
Website
Phone: 303-871-2911
Research interest: Functional analysis, C*-algebras, noncommutative geometry, C*-dynamics. -
Zhe Liu
Postdoctoral scholar
PhD 2010 (New Hampshire)
Office: JGH 211
Email: zhe.liu@du.edu
Website
Research interest: Functional analysis, operator algebras, unbounded operators, mathematical physics.
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Mario A. Lopez
John Evans Professor
PhD 1991 (Minnesota)
Office: JGH 321
Email: mlopez@cs.du.edu
Website
Phone: 303-871-3287
Research interest: Computational geometry, algorithms, geographic information systems. -
Nicholas Ormes
Associate Professor
PhD 1997 (Maryland)
Office: JGH 303
Email: normes@math.du.edu
Website
Phone: 303-871-3325
Research interest: Dynamical systems, ergodic theory, topology. -
Ronnie Pavlov
Assistant Professor
PhD 2007 (Ohio State)
Office: JGH 304
Email: rpavlov@du.edu
Website
Phone: 303-871-4001
Research interest: Dynamical systems, ergodic theory, symbolic dynamics. -
Allegra Reiber
Lecturer
M.S. 2006 (Notre Dame)
Office: JGH 202A
Email: areiber@du.edu
Phone: 303-871-2807
Research interest: Algebraic topology. -
Frank Schroeck
Research Professor
PhD 1971 (Rochester)
Office: JGH 202B
Email: fschroec@du.edu
Phone: 303-871-3064
Research interest: Group theory, functional analysis, mathematical physics, foundations of quantum mechanics, quantum mechanics on phase space, quantum structures. -
Florian Sobieczky
Lecturer
PhD 2004 (University of Gottingen, Germany)
Office: JGH 214
Email: florian.sobieczky@du.edu
Website
Research interest: Heat kernel estimates, random walks, percolation, structure theory of graphs, random graphs, stationary determinental processes, queueing theory. -
Petr Vojtěchovský
Professor and Interim Chair
PhD 2001 (Iowa State), PhD 2003 (Charles Univ. Prague)
Office: JGH 203B
Email: petr@math.du.edu
Website
Phone: 303-871-3314
Research interest: Loops, quasigroups, latin squares, nonassociative algebra, computational algebra, computational geometry.
Emeritus Faculty
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Richard N. Ball
Professor Emeritus
PhD 1974 (Wisconsin)
Office: JGH 215
Email: rball@du.edu
Website
Phone: 303-871-3294
Research interest: Algebra and topology, combinatorics, topological dynamics, stability and complexity. -
Joel S. Cohen
Professor Emeritus
PhD 1970 (Maryland)
Office: JGH 319
Email: jscohen@du.edu
Website
Phone: 303-871-3292
Research interest: Computer algebra and symbolic computation, mathematics and music, history of mathematics. -
William S. Dorn
Professor Emeritus
PhD 1955 (Carnegie Inst. of Technology)
Office: SGM 130
Email: wdorn@cs.du.edu
Research interest: Mathematics for humanities and social science students, preparing science student for entrance into the 'real world', writing in mathematics/computing courses, simplifying web site design, handicapped access to web sites. -
Stanley Gudder
John Evans Professor Emeritus
PhD 1964 (Illinois)
Email: sgudder@math.du.edu
Website
Research interest: Functional analysis, mathematical physics, foundations of quantum mechanics, probability theory. -
Jean-Paul Marchand
Professor Emeritus
PhD (Institute of Theoretical Physics, Geneva) -
Alayne Parson
Professor Emerita
PhD (Illinois at Chicago)
Email: alayne.parson@gmail.com
Research interest: Automorphic functions, complex analysis, number theory. -
Ottis W. Rechard
Professor Emeritus
PhD 1948 (Wisconsin)
Email: orechard@cs.du.edu
Research interest: Computer systems, algorithms, numerical analysis.
Staff
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Liane Beights
Assistant to the Chair
Office: JGH 203A
Email: lbeights@math.du.edu
Phone: 303-871-3344 -
Jason Myers
Faculty/Staff Support Specialist & Operations Coordinator
Office: JGH 207
Email: jason.myers@du.edu
Phone: 303-871-3072