
Edward Allen
Professor
Ph.D., Mathematics, University of California at San Diego, 1991
Manchester 134
336.758.4854
allene@wfu.edu
Research Interests: Algebraic Combinatorics, Bioinformatics.

Justin Allman
Associate Teaching Professor
PhD. Mathematics. University of North Carolina Chapel Hill. 2014
Manchester 380
allmanjm@wfu.edu
Research Interests: algebraic topology and geometry. representation theory.

Katie Betancourt
Visiting Assistant Professor
Manchester 387
betancc@wfu.edu
Research Interests: Mathematical fiber arts, math education, topological data analysis.

Abbey Bourdon
Associate Professor
Manchester 136
bourdoam@wfu.edu
Research Interests: Arithmetic Geometry
Web Page: http://users.wfu.edu/bourdoam/

Kyle Celano
Teacher Scholar Postdoctoral Fellow
PhD in Mathematics, University of Miami, 2023
Manchester 245
celanok@wfu.edu
Research Interests: Algebraic Combinatorics

Williams Chukwu
Visiting Assistant Professor
245 Manchester Hall
chukwucw@wfu.edu
Research Interests: Mathematical Biology, Optimal Control, Applied Mathematics, Epidemiology, and Disease Modeling
Jennifer Erway
Professor
Manchester 130
erwayjb@wfu.edu
Research interests: Numerical optimization, computational PDEs, numerical linear algebra, scientific computation
Web Page: http://www.wfu.edu/~erwayjb

Claudia Falcon
Assistant Professor
Ph.D., Applied Mathematics, 2016, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Manchester 381
falconc@wfu.edu
Research interests: Applied mathematics, fluid dynamics, partial differential equations, mathematical biology

John Gemmer
Associate Professor & Sterge Faculty Fellow
Ph.D. Applied Mathematics, University of Arizona, 2012
Manchester 388
gemmerj@wfu.edu
Research interests: Applied mathematics, calculus of variations, partial differential equations, optics, dynamical systems, stochastic differential equations.
Web Page: http://users.wfu.edu/gemmerj/

Hugh Howards
Professor
PhD UCSD ’97
Manchester 133
336.758.5352
howards@wfu.edu
Research interests: Topology and Geometry
Web Page: http://users.wfu.edu/howards/

Miaohua Jiang
Professor
PHD Pennsylvania State University, 1995
Manchester 335
336.758.5951
jiangm@wfu.edu
Research interests: Dynamical Systems and Smooth Ergodic Theory
Web Page: http://users.wfu.edu/jiangm/

Thomas Kindred
Teacher Scholar Postdoctoral Fellow
PhD (2018) in mathematics from the University of Iowa
Manchester 385
kindret@wfu.edu
Research interests: Geometric and combinatorial topology, mainly in dimensions 3 (classical knot theory, spanning surfaces, Khovanov homology) and 4 (knotted surfaces, trisections), but also in arbitrary dimension (multisections).
Web Page: https://thomaskindred.com/

Ellen Kirkman
Professor
PhD in Mathematics and M.S. in Statistics Michigan State University, 1975
Manchester 386
336.758.5351
kirkman@wfu.edu
Research interests: Noncommutative Algebra, Representation Theory, and Homological Algebra
Web Page: https://math.wfu.edu/dr-kirkman/

Leandro Lichtenfelz
Assistant Professor
PhD, University of Notre Dame, 2018
Manchester 132
lichtel@wfu.edu
Research interests: Differential Geometry, Global Analysis, Fluid Dynamics and General Relativity.

Sarah Mason
Professor
Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, 2006
Manchester 334
336.758.4358
masonsk@wfu.edu
Research interests: Algebraic Combinatorics, Representation Theory
Web Page: http://users.wfu.edu/masonsk/

Jacob Mayle
Teacher Scholar Postdoctoral Fellow
Ph.D. in Mathematics, University of Illinois Chicago
Manchester 382
maylej@wfu.edu
Research Interests: Number theory, arithmetic geometry, elliptic curves, Galois representations
Web Page: www.jacobmayle.com

Peter Merkx
Visiting Assistant Professor
PhD, Mathematics, UCSB, 2017
Building 29 Rm 007
merkx@wfu.edu
Research Interests: Algebraic geometry, algebraic topology, Calabi-Yau varieties, and related aspects of theoretical physics including string compactifications in F-theory and other stringy models
Website: https://peterrmerkx.com/

Pratyush Mishra
Visiting Assistant Professor
PhD in Mathematics, North Dakota State University, Fargo, 2023
Building 29 Rm 015
mishrap@wfu.edu
Research interest: My research interest lies at the intersection of geometric group theory, the group of homeomorphisms of small manifolds, dynamical systems, and lattices of Lie groups.
Web Page: https://sites.google.com/view/pratyush-mishra-webpage/

Frank Moore
Associate Professor
Ph.D. Mathematics, August 2008. University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Manchester 330
336.758.7441
moorewf@wfu.edu
Research interests: Commutative algebra. In particular, homological properties of commutative rings

Dylan Odessa
Teacher Scholar Postdoctoral Fellow
PhD in Mathematics, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, 2022
Manchester 245
odessajd@wfu.edu

Tolulope Oke
Teacher Scholar Postdoctoral Fellow
PhD, Mathematics at Texas A&M, 2021
Manchester 383
oket@wfu.edu
Research interests: Homological and noncommutative algebra, Hochschild cohomology and its associated Gerstenhaber algebra structure, Representation theory, invariant theory and deformation theory.
Web Page: https://tnoke2000.github.io/

Jason Parsley
Associate Professor
Ph.D., Mathematics, 2004, University of Pennsylania
Manchester 129
336.758.4369
parslerj@wfu.edu
Research interests: Differential Geometry, Geometric Analysis, Physical Knot Theory
Web Page: http://users.wfu.edu/parslerj/

Sarah Raynor
Professor
Ph.D., 2003, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
336.758.4466
raynorsg@wfu.edu
Research interests: Partial Differential Equations; Semilinear dispersive PDEs: questions of well-posedness and qualitative behavior; Free boundary problems: regularity of the solution and its interface. Semilinear elliptic PDEs: Existence of positive solutions.
Web Page: https://raynorsg.sites.wfu.edu/

Stephen Robinson
Professor & Department Chair
Ph.D. in Mathematics, University of California at Santa Cruz, 1991
Manchester 126
sbr@wfu.edu
Research interests: Ordinary and Partial Differential Equations; Nonlinear Analysis

Jeremy Rouse
Professor and Graduate Program Coordinator
Ph.D., Mathematics, 2007, University of Wisconsin
Manchester 128
336.758.4159
rouseja@wfu.edu
Research interests: Number Theory, Modular and Automorphic Forms, L-functions, Elliptic Curves, and Abelian Varieties.
Quadratic Forms.
Web Page: http://users.wfu.edu/rouseja/

Chee Han Tan
Visiting Assistant Professor
Manchester 245
tanch@wfu.edu
Research Interests: Applied mathematics, calculus of variations, eigenvalue problems, fluid dynamics, partial differential equations

Fan Yang
Assistant Professor
PhD in Mathematics, 2015, University of Southern California
Manchester 332
yangf@wfu.edu
Research Interests: Dynamical systems, ergodic theory, stochastic process
Website: https://sites.google.com/view/fan-yang-dynamical-systems

Lynne Yengulalp
Associate Teaching Professor and Director of the Math & Stats Center
PhD Mathematics, University of Kansas 2009
Manchester 135
yengull@wfu.edu
Research interests: Topology and set theory