- Faculty are available to help plan students' academic programs and
answer questions about the mathematics program. Unless otherwise noted, the
faculty member listed will be available in the Undergraduate Office at the
times listed below (subject to change).
In addition, some faculty members and graduate students hold
hours in the Math Learning Center,
where they are available for advice and help with mathematics problems, as
well as regular office hours.
The Undergraduate Office of the Mathematics Department is in room P-143 of the Mathematics Tower.
Alaa Abd-el-Hafez
Director of Field Experience and Clinical Practice
Director of Field Experience and Clinical Practice
| Senior Lecturer Ed.D in 2016 from Long Island University Arrived at Stony Brook in 2015 Office: Math Tower 4-102 Phone: (631) 632-8275 Email: alaa.abdelhafez@stonybrook.edu Courses: ∙ MAE 312 S01 - F 12:30 - 1:50pm ∙ MAE 447 S01 - F 11:00 - 11:55am ∙ MAE 454 S01 - W 3:30 - 6:20pm ∙ MAE 530 S01 - F 11:00 - 11:55am ∙ MAE 540 S01 - F 12:30 - 1:50pm ∙ MAE 554 S01 - W 3:30 - 6:20pm Office Hours: ∙ M 6:00pm-7:00pm  ∙ Tu 6:00pm-7:00pm ∙ also by appointment Undergraduate Advising Hours: ∙ F 10:00am-11:00am
Research Interests: Mathematics Education |
John Anderson
| Assistant Professor Ph.D in 2021 from Princeton University Arrived at Stony Brook in 2024 Office: Math Tower 4-117 Email: john.r.anderson@stonybrook.edu Courses: ∙ MAT 487 T01 ∙ MAT 495 T01 ∙ MAT 632 L01 - MW 2:00 - 3:20pm ∙ MAT 699 T06 Office Hours: ∙ Tu 9:30am-11:30am ∙ also by appointment Undergraduate Advising Hours: ∙ W 1:00pm-2:00pm Research Interests: Partial Differential Equations; Mathematical Physics; general relativity PhD Students: ∙ Jiasheng Huang |
Lisa BergerMathematics Education Program Director
| Associate Professor Ph.D. in 2007 from University of Arizona Arrived at Stony Brook in 2007 Mathematics Genealogy Office: Math Tower 4-100A Email: lbrgr@math.stonybrook.edu Home Page Courses: ∙ MAE 301 L01 - TR 12:30 - 1:50pm ∙ MAE 401 T13 ∙ MAE 501 L01 - TR 12:30 - 1:50pm ∙ MAT 364 L01 - TR 9:30 - 10:50am ∙ MAT 529 L02 - TR 9:30 - 10:50am Office Hours: ∙ Tu 11:30am-12:30pm ∙ Th 3:30pm-4:30pm ∙ also by appointment Undergraduate Advising Hours: ∙ Tu 2:00pm-3:00pm Research Interests: Number theory; mathematics education of teachers |
Paula Burkhardt-Guim
| Assistant Professor Ph.D. in 2021 from UC Berkeley Arrived at Stony Brook in 2024 Office: Math Tower 3-119 Email: paula.burkhardt-guim@stonybrook.edu Courses: ∙ MAT 568 L01 - TR 9:30 - 10:50am Office Hours: ∙ Tu 1:00pm-3:00pm Undergraduate Advising Hours: ∙ Tu 11:00am-12:00pm Research Interests: Differential geometry; Global analysis; Partial Differential equations PhD Students: ∙ Nathanael Ong |
Moira Chas
(on leave) | Professor Ph.D. in 1998 from the Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona Arrived at Stony Brook in 2002 Mathematics Genealogy Office: Math Tower 3-113 Phone: (631) 632-8622 Email: moira.chas@stonybrook.edu Home Page Courses: ∙ MAT 336 L02 - TR 9:30 - 10:50am Office Hours: ∙ Tu 11:00am-1:00pm ∙ also by appointment Undergraduate Advising Hours: ∙ Th 11:00am-12:00pm Research Interests: Low-dimensional topology Awards: 2017 College of Arts and Sciences Teaching Excellence Award |
Mark Andrea De Cataldo
| Distinguished Professor Ph.D. in 1995 from the University of Notre Dame Arrived at Stony Brook in 1999 Mathematics Genealogy Office: Math Tower 5-108 Phone: (631) 632-8284 Email: mark.decataldo@stonybrook.edu Home Page Courses: ∙ MAT 545 L02 - MW 9:30 - 10:50am Office Hours: ∙ M 2:00pm-4:00pm ∙ also by appointment Undergraduate Advising Hours: ∙ M 4:00pm-5:00pm Research Interests: Algebraic geometry Awards: 1990-1994 CNR Fellowship; 1994 CNR Fellowship prize; 1998-1999 CNR Fellowship; 1998 AMS Centennial Fellowship; 2011 Gehring Visiting Professor of Mathematics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor; 2014 Simons Fellow in Mathematics; 2017 Oberwolfach Leibnitz Fellow; 2017 Marie S. Curie FCFP Fellow; 2019 Fellow of the American Mathematical Society; 2020 Simons Fellow in Mathematics |
Ljudmila Kamenova
| Research Associate Professor Ph.D. in 2006 from MIT Arrived at Stony Brook in 2006 Mathematics Genealogy Office: Math Tower 3-115 Phone: (631) 632-8262 Email: kamenova@math.stonybrook.edu Home Page Courses: ∙ MAT 315 L01 - MW 9:30 - 10:50am ∙ MAT 682 L01 - MW 11:00 - 12:20pm ∙ MAT 699 T25 Office Hours: ∙ M 1:30pm-2:30pm ∙ W 1:30pm-2:30pm ∙ also by appointment Undergraduate Advising Hours: ∙ M 12:30pm-1:30pm Research Interests: Complex geometry PhD Students: ∙ Alessandro Pilastro |
Deb Krieg
| Senior Lecturer EdD in 2026 from Nova Southeastern University Arrived at Stony Brook in 2009 Office: Math Tower 2-121 Email: debra.krieg@stonybrook.edu Home Page Courses: ∙ MAP 103 L09 - MW 9:30 - 10:50am ∙ MAT 130 L01 - MW 8:00 - 9:20am ∙ MAT 131 L02 - MW 3:30 - 4:50pm ∙ MAT 131 R113 - MW 11:00 - 11:55am ∙ MAT 131 R213 - MW 11:00 - 11:55am Office Hours: ∙ M 12:00pm-2:00pm ∙ also by appointment Undergraduate Advising Hours: ∙ M 2:00pm-3:00pm |
Hongtao Liao
System Administrator
Arrived in 2025
Email: hongtao.liao@stonybrook.edu
Office: Math Tower 4-122
Phone: (631) 632-4505
Arrived in 2025
Email: hongtao.liao@stonybrook.edu
Office: Math Tower 4-122
Phone: (631) 632-4505
Mark McLean
| Professor Ph.D. in 2008 from Cambridge University, England Arrived at Stony Brook in 2013 Mathematics Genealogy Office: Math Tower 3-112 Phone: (631) 632-8351 Email: markmclean@math.stonybrook.edu Home Page Courses: ∙ MAT 122 L01 - TR 2:00 - 3:20pm ∙ MAT 541 L01 - TR 9:30 - 10:50am ∙ MAT 699 T23 Office Hours: ∙ Tu 11:00am-12:00pm ∙ Th 11:00am-12:00pm Undergraduate Advising Hours: ∙ Tu 12:00pm-1:00pm Research Interests: Algebraic Geometry; Differential Geometry; Symplectic Topology Awards: 2022 ICM Invited Lecture PhD Students: ∙ Jiaji Cai ∙ Shuhao Li ∙ Joao Pering |
Evita Nestoridi
| Associate Professor Ph.D in 2016 from Stanford University Arrived at Stony Brook in 2022 Office: Math Tower 4-119 Email: evrydiki.nestoridi@stonybrook.edu Home Page Courses: ∙ MAT 126 L02 - TR 9:30 - 10:50am ∙ MAT 200 L02 - TR 2:00 - 3:20pm ∙ MAT 699 T07 Office Hours: ∙ W 10:00am-12:00pm ∙ Tu 11:00am-12:00pm ∙ also by appointment Undergraduate Advising Hours: ∙ Th 12:00pm-1:00pm Research Interests: Analysis; Probability PhD Students: ∙ Samira Arfaee ∙ Peter Francis ∙ Sohini Mukherjee |
Thomas Rico
| Lecturer M.A. In 2016 from Stony Brook University Arrived at Stony Brook in 2016 Office: Math Tower 2-120 Email: thomas.rico@stonybrook.edu Courses: ∙ MAT 123 L01 - MW 9:30 - 10:50am Course Coordinator ∙ MAT 123 L02 - MW 3:30 - 4:50pm ∙ MAT 123 R114 - M 11:00 - 11:55am ∙ MAT 123 R214 - M 11:00 - 11:55am ∙ MAT 123 R314 - M 11:00 - 11:55am ∙ MAT 123 R414 - M 11:00 - 11:55am ∙ MAT 123 R134 - W 11:00 - 11:55am ∙ MAT 123 R234 - W 11:00 - 11:55am ∙ MAT 123 R334 - W 11:00 - 11:55am ∙ MAT 123 R434 - W 11:00 - 11:55am ∙ MAT 132 R115 - MW 2:00 - 2:55pm ∙ MAT 132 R215 - MW 2:00 - 2:55pm ∙ MAT 132 R118 - MW 5:00 - 5:55pm ∙ MAT 132 R218 - MW 5:00 - 5:55pm Office Hours: ∙ M 12:00pm-2:00pm Undergraduate Advising Hours: ∙ W 12:00pm-1:00pm Research Interests: Mathematics Education |
Christian Schnell
| Professor Ph.D. in 2008 from The Ohio State University Arrived at Stony Brook in 2012 Mathematics Genealogy Office: Math Tower 4-110 Email: cschnell@math.stonybrook.edu Home Page Courses: ∙ MAT 331 L01 - TR 3:30 - 4:50pm ∙ MAT 495 T08 ∙ MAT 546 L01 - TR 11:00 - 12:20pm ∙ MAT 699 T08 Office Hours: ∙ F 9:00am-11:00am ∙ also by appointment Undergraduate Advising Hours: ∙ F 11:00am-12:00pm Research Interests: Algebraic geometry; D-modules Awards: 2015 AMS Centennial Fellowship; 2016 NSF CAREER Award; 2021 Simons Fellowship; 2024 Fellow of the AMS PhD Students: ∙ Zhengze Xin ∙ Ze Yun |
Raanan SchulGraduate Director
| Professor Ph.D. in 2005 from Yale University Arrived at Stony Brook in 2009 Mathematics Genealogy Office: Math Tower 3-121 Phone: (631) 632-8995 Email: raanan.schul@stonybrook.edu Home Page Courses: ∙ MAT 324 L01 - TR 12:30 - 1:50pm ∙ MAT 522 L01 - TR 12:30 - 1:50pm ∙ MAT 699 T34 Office Hours: ∙ W 11:30am-12:30pm ∙ Th 2:00pm-3:00pm Undergraduate Advising Hours: ∙ W 2:00pm-3:00pm Research Interests: Real analysis; geometric measure theory Awards: 2005 NSF Postdoctoral Fellow; 2010 A. P. Sloan Foundation Fellow PhD Students: ∙ Yiheng Dong ∙ Amad Khan |
Jason StarrUndergraduate Director
| Professor Ph.D. in 2000 from Harvard University Arrived at Stony Brook in 2006 Mathematics Genealogy Office: Math Tower 4-108 Phone: (631) 632-8270 Email: jstarr@math.stonybrook.edu Home Page Courses: ∙ MAT 131 L01 - TR 11:00 - 12:20pm Course Coordinator ∙ MAT 401 S02 - TR 2:00 - 3:20pm ∙ MAT 487 T29 ∙ MAT 699 T29 Office Hours: ∙ Tu 1:00pm-2:00pm ∙ Th 10:00am-11:00am ∙ also by appointment Undergraduate Advising Hours: ∙ Th 1:00pm-2:00pm Research Interests: Algebraic geometry Awards: 2005 A. P. Sloan Foundation Research Fellow; 2009 NSF CAREER Award; 2013 Simons Fellow in Mathematics; 2017 Fellow of the American Mathematical Society PhD Students: ∙ Spencer Gao ∙ Connor Lehmacher ∙ Nate Tausik |
Scott SutherlandProfessor
| Professor Ph.D. in 1989 from Boston University Arrived at Stony Brook in 1989 Mathematics Genealogy Office: Math Tower 5-116 Phone: (631) 632-7306 Email: scott@math.stonybrook.edu Home Page Courses: ∙ MAT 125 L01 - MW 3:30 - 4:50pm Course Coordinator ∙ MAT 125 L04 - MW 9:30 - 10:50am ∙ MAT 698 T31 Office Hours: ∙ M 11:00am-12:00pm ∙ W 2:00pm-3:00pm ∙ also by appointment Undergraduate Advising Hours: ∙ W 11:00am-12:00pm Research Interests: Dynamical systems; Root finding algorithms; Computing; mathematics education Awards: 2005 Chancellor's award in faculty service; 2008 Student life award; 2014 National Academies Education Fellow |
Aleksey Zinger
| Professor Ph.D. in 2002 from Massachusetts Institute of Technology Arrived at Stony Brook in 2005 Mathematics Genealogy Office: Math Tower 3-111 Email: azinger@math.stonybrook.edu Home Page Courses: ∙ MAT 562 L01 - MW 11:00 - 12:20pm ∙ MAT 699 T33 Office Hours: ∙ M 4:00pm-6:00pm Undergraduate Advising Hours: ∙ M 3:00pm-4:00pm Research Interests: Symplectic topology; enumerative algebraic geometry Awards: 2002-2005 NSF Posdoctoral Fellow; 2006 A. P. Sloan Foundation Fellow; 2009 NSF CAREER Award; 2011-2012 IAS von Neumann Fellow; 2020 Simons Fellow in Mathematics PhD Students: ∙ Dino Zavattini |
| Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | |
| 9:00am | |||||
| 9:30am | |||||
| 10:00am | Alaa Abd-el-Hafez
Hongtao Liao (in Math Tower 4-122) | ||||
| 10:30am | Alaa Abd-el-Hafez
Hongtao Liao (in Math Tower 4-122) | ||||
| 11:00am | Paula Burkhardt-Guim
(in Math Tower 3-119) | Scott Sutherland
(in Math Tower 5-116) | Moira Chas
(in Math Tower 3-113) | Christian Schnell
(in Math Tower 4-110) | |
| 11:30am | Paula Burkhardt-Guim
(in Math Tower 3-119) | Scott Sutherland
(in Math Tower 5-116) | Moira Chas
(in Math Tower 3-113) | Christian Schnell
(in Math Tower 4-110) | |
| 12:00pm | Mark McLean
(in Math Tower 3-112) | Thomas Rico
(in Math Tower 2-120) | Evita Nestoridi
(in Math Tower 4-119) | ||
| 12:30pm | Ljudmila Kamenova
(in Math Tower 3-115) | Mark McLean
(in Math Tower 3-112) | Thomas Rico
(in Math Tower 2-120) | Evita Nestoridi
(in Math Tower 4-119) | |
| 1:00pm | Ljudmila Kamenova
(in Math Tower 3-115) | John Anderson
(in Math Tower 4-117) | Jason Starr
(in Math Tower 4-108) | ||
| 1:30pm | John Anderson
(in Math Tower 4-117) | Jason Starr
(in Math Tower 4-108) | |||
| 2:00pm | Deb Krieg
(in Math Tower 2-121) | Lisa Berger
(in Math Tower 4-100A) | Raanan Schul
(in Math Tower 3-121) | ||
| 2:30pm | Deb Krieg
(in Math Tower 2-121) | Lisa Berger
(in Math Tower 4-100A) | Raanan Schul
(in Math Tower 3-121) | ||
| 3:00pm | Aleksey Zinger
(in Math Tower 3-111) | ||||
| 3:30pm | Aleksey Zinger
(in Math Tower 3-111) | ||||
| 4:00pm | Mark Andrea De Cataldo
(in Math Tower 5-108) | ||||
| 4:30pm | Mark Andrea De Cataldo
(in Math Tower 5-108) | ||||
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