Mathematics Faculty
Ghidewon Abay-Asmerom
Ghidewon@vcu.edu
Associate Professor and Assistant Chair
2034-A Oliver Hall
804-828-6240
Mathematical Research Interests:
Topological and Algebraic Graph Theory. Interested in Graph products and covering graph embeddings, in particular in minimal (genus) and isogonal embeddings of the tensor (direct), strong tensor, and augmented tensor products. The embedding techniques involve voltage graphs and surgery. Distance in graph products, total perfect codes of graph products and enumerative combinatorics are other interests.
Moa Apagodu
mapagodu@vcu.edu
Assistant Professor
2072 Oliver Hall
804-828-5984
Mathematical Research Interests:
Algebraic and Enumerative Combinatorics, Computer Algebra/Algorithmic Proof Method, and Experimantal Mathematics
Kevin Beanland
kbeanland@vcu.edu
Assistant Professor,
2046 Oliver Hall
804-828-4832
Mathematical Research Interests:
Functional Analysis, in particular the geometry of infinite dimensional Banach spaces.The "scalar-plus compact" problem and Hereditarily Indecomposable Banach spaces.
John F. Berglund
jfberglu@vcu.edu
Professor, Director Graduate Studies
2036-B Oliver Hall
804-828-5675
Mathematical Research Interests:
Topological Algebra and Harmonic Analysis; functional analytic and dynamical theory of continuous representations of semitopological semigroups by way of translation operators in the C*-algebra of bounded, continuous complex-valued functions on the semigroup. The closure of the representation in various operator topologies often yields a compactification, which then admits information of algebraic and topological interest. and study of compact semigroups independently of any analysis consideration.
Danail Bonchev
dgbonchev@vcu.edu
Professor, Director of Research on Bioinformatics
300 Trani Center
(804) 827-7375
Mathematical Research Interests:
Applied graph theory and applied information theory -- quantitative characterization of molecular structures and biochemical networks, their connectivity, metric, subgraphs and cliques, centrality and complexity patterns. Editor of "Complexity in Chemistry, Biology, and Ecology" , and section editor for "Complexity in Computational Chemistry" in the 10-volume Springer' s "Encyclopedia of Complexity and Systems Science" (in preparation). Organizer of symposium on networks in biology (Crete, Greece, October 17-November 1, 2006).
Wes Cain
jwcain@vcu.edu
Assistant Professor
2076 Oliver Hall
804-828-5948
Mathematical Research Interests:
Ordinary and partial differential equations, difference equations, numerical analysis, asymptotic and perturbation methods, and control theory with applications to problems in cardiac electrophysiology.
David Chan
dmchan@vcu.edu
Assistant Professor
2078 Oliver Hall
804-828-5917
Mathematical Research Interests:
Applied Mathematics, Dynamical Systems, and Mathematical Biology. Asymptotic dynamics of dynamical systems particularly in the context of systems that model biological phenomena. Modeling the gene/pollen flow in plant species as well as wave propagation in excitable biological media.
James K. Deveney
jdeveney@atlas.vcu.edu
Professor
2047 Oliver Hall
804-828-4704
Mathematical Research Interests:
Commutative Algebra
Aimee J. Ellington
ajellington@vcu.edu
Assistant Professor
2066 Oliver Hall
804-828-5521
Mathematical Research Interests:
Mathematics Education
Richard Hammack
rhammack@vcu.edu
Associate Professor
2070 Oliver Hall
804-828-6237
Mathematical Research Interests:
Graph Theory, particularly product graphs and cycle structures in graphs.
William E. Haver
wehaver@vcu.edu
Professor
3010 Oliver Hall
804-828-1302
Mathematical Research Interests:
Infinite dimensional topology. Work focused on determining situations in which homeomorphisms could be continuously approximated by piecewise linear homeomorphisms. In recent years directed projects to improve instruction and student learning of mathematics from kindergarten through college. Particularly interested in the impact of Mathematics Specialists or coaches on the improvement of mathematics instruction at the elementary school level. Direct two grant supported projects totaling eight million dollars and involving faculty and researchers at University of Virginia, Norfolk State University, University of Maryland, Virginia Tech, and other universities. The purpose of these projects is to develop programs to prepare Mathematics Specialists and to determine their impact.
Candace Kent
cmkent@vcu.edu
Associate Professor
2063 Oliver Hall
804-828-5585
Mathematical Research Interests:
Difference Equations and Applications to Biology: Current research in cardiology (in particular, analysis of a model for ventricular tachyarrhythmias) and mathematical neuroscience.
Andrew Lewis
amlewis2@mail1.vcu.edu
Associate Professor and Chair
2034-C Oliver Hall
804-828-7055
Mathematical Research Interests:
Set theory, model theory, descriptive set theory, recursion theory, and large cardinals and determinacy
Lon Mitchell
@vcu.edu
Assistant Professor
2071 Oliver Hall
804-828-5974
Mathematical Research Interests:
Functional Analysis, Graph Theory, Linear Algebra.
Norma Ortiz
nlortiz@vcu.edu
Assistant Professor
2074 Oliver Hall
804-828-5953
Mathematical Research Interests:
Time Delay, Calculus of Variations, Dynamical Systems Nonsmooth, Analysis, Optimal Control, Stability, Nonsmooth dynamical systems and optimal control with time delay. More specifically existence and necessary conditions of optimal solutions to the generalized problem of Bolza and more recently conditions for viability properties of differential inclusions with delay and solutions to differential inclusions with time delay as well as strong invariance properties of these.
Hassan Sedaghat
hsedagha@vcu.edu
Professor
2036-C Oliver Hall
804-828-5806
Mathematical Research Interests:
Discrete dynamical systems (topological dynamics) and nonlinear difference equations with applications to the construction and analysis of mathematical models in science, especially in biology and economics. A recent research project has involved interdisciplinary collaboration with physicians in modeling cardiac arrhythmia using difference equations on a finite network.
Rebecca Segal
rasegal@vcu.edu
Assistant Professor
2045 Oliver Hall
804-828-4756
Mathematical Research Interests:
Mathematical modeling of biological systems using fluid dynamics and computational methods, Airflow in the respiratory tract to quantify the uptake of gases and particles within the nasal and pulmonary airways with applications to toxicology and pharmaceutical development, Effects of age/gender/race/health on nasal morphology and its impact on flow patterns to evaluate the extent of intra-subject variability.
John F. Schmeelk
jschmeel@atlas.vcu.edu
Professor
VCU Qatar Campus
Mathematical Research Interests:
Applied Mathematics
Dewey Taylor
dttaylor2@vcu.edu
Assistant Professor
2065 Oliver Hall
804-828-5569
Mathematical Research Interests:
Algebra
William J. Terrell
wterrell@atlas.vcu.edu
Associate Professor
2044 Oliver Hall
804-828-4836
Mathematical Research Interests:
Differential equations; systems and control theory (mathematical control theory); analysis of implicit differential equations, differential-algebraic equations (DAEs), and their applications; controllability, observability, stability and stabilization, system representations; mathematical expositions.
Joy W. Whitenack
jwwhitenack@vcu.edu
Associate Professor
2077 Oliver Hall
804-828-5901
Mathematical Research Interests:
Mathematics education
Faculty Emeriti
Reuben W. Farley
rfarley@atlas.vcu.edu
Professor
3011 Oliver Hall
804-828-1319
Mathematical Research Interests:
Topological Algebra
C.Michael Lohr
mlohr@vcu.edu
Associate Professor Emeritus
Mathematics Education
2083 Oliver Hall
804-828-3192
J. Richard Morris
rmorris@saturn.vcu.edu
Associate Professor Emeritus
Topology
2083-A Oliver Hall
804-828-3191
P.N. Raychowdhury
praychow@saturn.vcu.edu
Professor Emeritus
Applied Mathematics and Mathematical Physics
2067 Oliver Hall
804-828-5230
James A. Wood
jwood@atlas.vcu.edu
Professor, Emeritus
Functional Analysis
2077 Oliver Hall
804-828-3174
