Faculty

Listed below are the faculty of the Department of Mathematics.

Faculty
Contract Faculty
Visiting Faculty

Associated and Affiliated Faculty
Faculty Emeriti
Faculty In Memoriam

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Faculty name and office location	Phone extension	Academic title and research interests
Armstrong, Scott WWH 616	8-3148	Professor of Mathematics Partial differential equations, probability theory, and stochastic homogenization
Bakhtin, Yuri WWH 729	8-3106	Professor of Mathematics Random dynamics, probabilistic models of mathematical physics
Ben Arous, Gérard WWH 812	8-3108	Silver Professor of Mathematics Probability theory, stochastic processes, partial differential equations
Bogomolov, Fedor WWH 602	8-3243	Silver Professor of Mathematics Algebraic geometry and related problems in algebra, topology, number theory
Bourgade, Paul WWH 629	8-3090	Professor of Mathematics Probability, random matrices, statistical physics and stochastic processes
Bühler, Oliver WWH 1129	8-3265	Professor of Mathematics and Atmosphere/Ocean Science Geophysical fluid dynamics, interactions between waves and vortices, acoustics, statistical mechanics
Caflisch, Russel WWH 1303	8-3184	Professor of Mathematics; Director, Courant Institute Applied math, PDEs, fluid dynamics, plasma physics, materials science, Monte Carlo methods, computational finance
Cappell, Sylvain E. WWH 1112	8-3281	Silver Professor of Mathematics Algebraic and geometric topology, symplectic and algebraic geometry
Cerfon, Antoine		Associate Professor of Mathematics Magnetohydrodynamics in fusion and astrophysical plasmas, nonneutral plasmas, kinetic theory in plasmas and rarefied gases
Cheeger, Jeff WWH 802	8-3282	Silver Professor of Mathematics Differential geometry and its connections to analysis and topology
Chen, Yu WWH 1126	8-3285	Associate Professor of Mathematics Numerical scattering theory, ill-posed problems, scientific computing
Deift, Percy A. WWH 1028	8-3288	Silver Professor of Mathematics Spectral theory and inverse spectral theory, integrable systems, Riemann-Hilbert problems
De Philippis, Guido WWH 613		Professor of Mathematics
Donev, Aleksandar WWH 1016	2-7315	Professor of Mathematics Multi-scale (hybrid) methods; fluctuating hydrodynamics; coarse-grained particle methods; jamming and packing
Fernandez-Granda, Carlos	8-3289	Associate Professor of Mathematics
Galichon, Alfred		Professor of Economics and Mathematics Optimal transport, mathematical finance, economic equilibrium
Gerber, Edwin WWH 911	8-3269	Professor of Mathematics and Atmosphere/Ocean Science Atmospheric dynamics, climate variability, stochastic modeling
Germain, Pierre		Professor of Mathematics Nonlinear partial differential equations, harmonic analysis
Goodman, Jonathan B. WWH 529	8-3326	Professor of Mathematics Fluid dynamics, computational physics, computational finance
Greengard, Leslie WWH 1117	8-3306	Silver Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science Applied and computational math, partial differential equations, computational chemistry, mathematical biology
Gromov, Mikhael WWH 1130	8-3205	Jay Gould Professor of Mathematics Riemannian manifolds, symplectic manifolds, infinite groups, math models of biomolecular systems
Gunturk, C. Sinan WWH 829	8-3246	Professor of Mathematics Harmonic analysis, information theory, signal processing
Hang, Fengbo WWH 630	8-3221	Associate Professor of Mathematics Geometric analysis
Holden, Nina WWH 813		Associate Professor of Mathematics
Holland, David WWH 912	8-3245	Professor of Mathematics and Atmosphere/Ocean Science Ocean-ice studies, climate theory and modeling
Jacot, Arthur WWH 1011		Assistant Professor of Mathematics
Kleeman, Richard		Professor of Mathematics and Atmosphere/Ocean Science Climate dynamics, El Nino, predictability of weather and climate dynamical systems
Kleiner, Bruce WWH 817	8-3214	Silver Professor of Mathematics Geometric analysis, geometric group theory and geometric evolution equations
Lei, Qi		Assistant Professor of Mathematics and Data Science
Li, Chao WWH 503		Assistant Professor of Mathematics
Lin, Fang-Hua WWH 717	8-3137	Silver Professor of Mathematics Partial differential equations, geometric measure theory
Lubetzky, Eyal WWH 1012	8-3381	Professor of Mathematics; Chair, Mathematics Department Probability theory, statistical physics and stochastic processes
Masmoudi, Nader WWH 501	8-3211	Professor of Mathematics Nonlinear parallel differential equations
McLaughlin, David W. WWH 1113	8-3077	Silver Professor of Mathematics and Neural Science Applied mathematics, nonlinear wave equations, visual neural science
Mishra, Bhubaneswar WWH 405	8-3464	Professor of Computer Science, Mathematics, and Cell Biology Robotics, genomics, finance, mathematical and theoretical computer science
Mogilner, Alex WWH 903	2-7546	Professor of Mathematics and Biology Computational Biology, Cell Biophysics and Mathematical Biology
Niles-Weed, Jonathan WWH 1123	8-3475	Assistant Professor of Mathematics and Data Science Statistics, probability, mathematics of data science
O'Neil, Mike WWH 1119	8-3125	Associate Professor of Mathematics Electromagnetics, acoustics, fluid dynamics, fast algorithms, integral equations and computational statistics
Overton, Michael WWH 429	8-3121	Silver Professor of Computer Science and Mathematics Numerical linear algebra, optimization, linear and semi-definite programming
Pauluis, Olivier WWH 913	8-3170	Professor of Mathematics and Atmosphere/Ocean Science Climate and the general circulation of the atmosphere, moist convection, tropical meteorology, numerical modeling
Peskin, Charles S. WWH 917	8-3126	Silver Professor of Mathematics and Neural Science Applications of mathematics and computing to problems in medicine and biology, cardiac fluid dynamics, molecular machinery within biological cells, mathematical/computational neuroscience
Pirutka, Alena WWH 611	2-7537	Associate Professor of Mathematics Arithmetic and algebraic geometry, number theory
Rangan, Aaditya WWH 1101	8-3303	Associate Professor of Mathematics Computational biology, numerical analysis
Rinzel, John WWH 919	8-3308	Professor of Neural Science and Mathematics Computational neuroscience, nonlinear dynamics of neurons and neural circuits, sensory processing
Ristroph, Leif WWH 1127	8-3317	Associate Professor of Mathematics Fluid dynamics, non-linear dynamics, experimental physics, biophysics, and geophysics
Serfaty, Sylvia WWH 612	8-3213	Silver Professor of Mathematics Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations, Ginzburg-Landau equations, and variational problems from material science
Shatah, Jalal M. I. WWH 712	8-3328	Silver Professor of Mathematics Partial differential equations, analysis
Shelley, Michael J. WWH 1102	8-3284	Professor of Mathematics, Neural Science, and Mechanical Engineering, and the Lilian and George Lyttle Professor of Applied Mathematics Applied math and modeling, visual neuroscience, fluid dynamics, computational physics and neuroscience
Smith, K. Shafer WWH 916	8-3176	Professor of Mathematics and Atmosphere/Ocean Science Geophysical fluid dynamics, physical oceanography and climate
Sreenivasan, Katepalli R.	2-7914	Professor of Physics and Mathematics; Executive Vice Provost for Engineering and Applied Sciences, NYU Turbulence, complex fluids, cryogenic helium and nonlinear dynamics
Stadler, Georg WWH 1111	8-3111	Professor of Mathematics & Computer Science Parallel scientific computing, inverse problems, PDE-constrained optimization, variational inequalities, computational earth sciences
Stein, Daniel WWH 811	8-3178	Professor of Mathematics and Physics Theoretical condensed matter physics, statistical mechanics, and mathematical physics
Tabak, Esteban G. WWH 1017	8-3088	Professor of Mathematics Dynamics of the atmosphere and ocean, energy transfer in systems with many degrees of freedom
Tosatti, Valentino WWH 1001		Professor of Mathematics Complex and differential geometry, geometric analysis and PDEs, and their connections to algebraic geometry and dynamical systems
Tschinkel, Yuri WWH 617	8-3145	Professor of Mathematics Algebraic geometry, number theory, automorphic forms
Vanden-Eijnden, Eric WWH 1002	8-3154	Professor of Mathematics Stochastic partial differential equations, statistical mechanics, turbulence theory
Varadhan, S. R. Srinivasa WWH 1313	8-3334	Professor of Mathematics and the Frank Jay Gould Professor of Science Probability theory, stochastic processes, partial differential equations
Vicol, Vlad WWH 902		Professor of Mathematics Partial differential equations, fluid dynamics
Weare, Jonathan WWH 1103		Professor of Mathematics Applied probability, numerical analysis
Yang, Deane 2MTC 864	7-3540	Professor of Mathematics Convex geometric analysis, Riemannian geometry, Partial differential equations
Yang, Yisong 2MTC 850	7-3427	Professor of Mathematics Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations, Mathematical Physics, Applied Mathematics
Young, Lai-Sang WWH 702	8-3286	Silver Professor of Mathematics and the Henry & Lucy Moses Professor of Science Dynamical systems and ergodic theory
Young, Robert WWH 601	8-3156	Professor of Mathematics Geometric group theory, metric geometry, and quantitative geometry
Zanna, Laure WWH 1116	8 3180	Professor of Mathematics and Atmosphere/Ocean Science
Zeitouni, Ofer WWH 812	8-3311	Global Distinguished Professor of Mathematics
Zhang, Gaoyong 2MTC 852	7-3695	Professor of Mathematics Convex geometry, Geometric analysis
Zhang, Jun WWH 1118		Professor of Physics and Mathematics Fluid dynamics, biophysics, complex systems
Zorin, Denis 60 5th Ave 306	8-3494	Silver Professor of Computer Science and Mathematics Computer graphics; geometric modeling; subdivision surfaces; multiresolution surface representations; fluid and solid simulation; perceptually based methods for computer graphics

Contract Faculty

Faculty name and office location	Phone extension	Academic title and research interests
Cereste, Ken 2MTC 857	7-3570	Lecturer of Mathematics
Chikhany, Ralph		Clinical Assistant Professor of Mathematics
Damarackas, Julius WWH 721		Clinical Assistant Professor
Diaz-Alban, Jose 2MTC 878	7-3850	Clinical Assistant Professor of Mathematics
Espinosa, Sylvia WWH 724		Clinical Assistant Professor
Esposito, Joseph 2MTC 878	7-4076	Clinical Assistant Professor of Mathematics
Foster, Joseph WWH 730		Clinical Assistant Professor of Mathematics
Gbedemah, Amakoe 2MTC 857	7-3294	Lecturer of Mathematics
Kalaycioglu, Selin WWH 723	8-3155	Clinical Associate Professor of Mathematics Computational group theory, representation theory of finite groups, mathematics education
Kolm, Petter N. WWH 520	8-4855	Clinical Professor of Mathematics Data science, econometrics, financial mathematics, machine learning, market making, optimization, portfolio optimization, quantitative & systematic trading, risk management, robo advisory & investing, smart beta strategies, stochastic optimal control, transaction costs, and tax-aware investing.
Leingang, Matthew WWH 718	8-3107	Clinical Professor of Mathematics Mathematics Education, Web Pedagogies, Differential Geometry
Liu, Shizhu WWH 720		Clinical Assistant Professor of Mathematics Convex Geometry, Information Theory, Analytic Inequalities, Probability
Majmudar, Trushant WWH 719	8-3096	Clinical Assistant Professor of Mathematics Bio-fluid Dynamics, bio-locomotion, soft condensed matter
Medina, Luciano 2MTC 880	7-3039	Lecturer, Courant Tandon
Oveys, Hesam WWH 722	8-3229	Clinical Assistant Professor of Mathematics Stochastic processes, branching processes, mathematical biology, mathematical finance, and partial differential equations
Patel, Jigarkumar WWH 719		Clinical Assistant Professor of Mathematics
Qian, Jinghua 2MTC 882	7-3747	Senior Lecturer, Courant Tandon; Director of Freshman Mathematics for Tandon Probability and stochastic processes, statistics, analysis
Shum, Fan Ny WWH 725	8-3375	Clinical Assistant Professor of Mathematics Stochastic differential equations, partial differential equations, geometric control theory, and Lie theory
Sia, Jia Min Charmaine WWH 706		Clinical Assistant Professor of Mathematics
Stepp, Elizabeth 2MTC 856	7-3666	Clinical Associate Professor of Mathematics
Van Wagenen, Lindsey 2MTC 884	7-3737	Senior Lecturer, Courant Tandon; Director of Sophomore Mathematics for Tandon Dynamical systems, stochastic processes, nonlinear optics
Zhao, Fang 2MTC 874	7-3191	Lecturer, Courant Tandon; Director of Precalculus Mathematics for Tandon

Visiting Faculty

Faculty name and office location	Phone extension	Academic title and research interests
Francfort, Gilles WWH 1122	8-3296	Visiting Professor of Mathematics (Spring 2019)
Pang, Liming WWH 720		Visiting Assistant Professor of Mathematics

Associated & Affiliated Faculty

Faculty name and office location	Phone extension	Academic title and research interests
Fine, Kit		Silver Professor of Philosophy and Mathematics Logic, metaphysics, philosophy of language
Horn, Paul M.		Distinguished Scientist in Residence
Huang, Jinzi Mac		Assistant Professor Faculty Fellow of Mathematics, NYU Shanghai
Jones, Alexander		Professor of the History of the Exact Sciences in Antiquity and Mathematics
Ok, Efe A.		Professor of Economics and Mathematics Decision theory, order theory, applied functional analysis
Schlick, Tamar		Professor of Chemistry, Mathematics, and Computer Science Mathematical biology; numerical analysis; computational chemistry
Shapley, Bob		Professor of Neural Science and Mathematics Visual physiology, perception
Simoncelli, Eero P.		Professor of Neural Science and Mathematics Representation and processing of visual information in machines and humans
Sodickson, Daniel		Associate Professor of Radiology, Physiology, and Neuroscience
Sokal, Alan		Professor of Physics and Mathematics Mathematical Physics; quantum field theory; statistical physics; computational physics
Tarrès, Pierre		Professor of Mathematics, NYU Shanghai
Tuckerman, Mark E.		Associate Professor of Chemistry and Mathematics Statistical mechanics; algorithms for molecular dynamics and electronic structure; computational chemistry
Wu, Wei		Associate Professor of Mathematics, NYU Shanghai

Faculty Emeriti

Faculty name and office location	Phone extension	Academic title and research interests
Berger, Marsha		Silver Professor of Computer Science and Mathematics Computational fluid dynamics, adaptive methods for partial differential equations, parallel computing
Berman, Simeon M.		Professor Emeritus of Mathematics
Childress, Stephen WWH 1306	8-3135	Professor Emeritus of Mathematics
Greenleaf, Frederick P. WWH 521		Professor Emeritus of Mathematics Noncommutative harmonic analysis, Lie groups and group representations, invariant partial differential operators
Hoppensteadt, Frank		Professor Emeritus of Mathematics
Karal, Frank C.		Professor Emeritus of Mathematics
Kohn, Robert V. WWH 502	8-3217	Silver Professor of Mathematics Nonlinear partial differential equations, materials science, mathematical finance
Lax, Peter D. WWH 810		Professor Emeritus of Mathematics
Lutwak, Erwin 2MTC 866	7-3366	Professor Emeritus of Mathematics Convex geometry, geometric and analytic inequalities
McKean, Henry P. WWH 1004	8-3252	Professor Emeritus of Mathematics Probability, partial differential equations, complex function theory
Miller, Edward 2MTC 870	7-3386	Professor of Mathematics Differential topology
Newman, Charles M. WWH 810	8-3309	Silver Professor of Mathematics Probability theory, statistical physics, stochastic models
Novikoff, Albert B. J. WWH 730		Professor Emeritus of Mathematics
Spencer, Joel H.		Professor Emeritus of Mathematics and Computer Science Theoretical computer science; discrete mathematics.
Ting, Lu WWH 509		Professor Emeritus of Mathematics
Weitzner, Harold WWH 1027		Professor Emeritus of Mathematics
Widlund, Olof WWH 511	8-3110	Professor Emeritus of Computer Science and Mathematics Numerical analysis, partial differential equations, parallel computing
Wright, Margaret H. WWH 430	8-3056	Silver Professor of Computer Science and Mathematics Optimization; scientific computing; linear algebra

Faculty In Memoriam

Faculty name and office location	Phone extension	Academic title and research interests
Avellaneda, Marco		Professor of Mathematics Applied mathematics, mathematical modeling in finance, probability
Bazer, Jack
Burrow, Martin D.		Professor of Mathematics
Cai, David		Professor of Mathematics and Neural Science Nonlinear stochastic behavior in physical and biological systems
Edwards, Harold M.		Professor Emeritus of Mathematics
Garabedian, Paul R.		Professor of Mathematics Complex analysis, computational fluid dynamics, plasma physics
Hameiri, Eliezer		Professor of Mathematics Magneto-fluid dynamics; plasma physics; applied mathematics
Hausner, Melvin		Professor Emeritus of Mathematics
Karp, Samuel N.
Majda, Andrew J.		Professor Emeritus of Mathematics Modern applied mathematics, atmosphere/ocean science, partial differential equations
Morawetz, Cathleen S.		Professor Emeritus of Mathematics
Nirenberg, Louis		Professor Emeritus of Mathematics
Percus, Jerome K.		Professor of Mathematics and Physics
Pollack, Richard		Professor Emeritus of Mathematics
Shapiro, Harold N.