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Scott Armstrong
Scott Armstrong
Professor of Mathematics
Office:
WWH 616
Ext:
8-3148
Research Interests:
Partial differential equations, probability theory, and stochastic homogenization
Yuri Bakhtin
Yuri Bakhtin
Professor of Mathematics
Office:
WWH 729
Ext:
8-3106
Research Interests:
Random dynamics, probabilistic models of mathematical physics
Roland Bauerschmidt
Roland Bauerschmidt
Professor of Mathematics
Office:
WWH 1013
Gérard Ben Arous
Gérard Ben Arous
Silver Professor of Mathematics
Office:
WWH 812
Ext:
8-3108
Research Interests:
Probability theory, stochastic processes, partial differential equations
Fedor Bogomolov
Fedor Bogomolov
Silver Professor of Mathematics
Office:
WWH 602
Ext:
8-3243
Research Interests:
Algebraic geometry and related problems in algebra, topology, number theory
Paul Bourgade
Paul Bourgade
Professor of Mathematics
Office:
WWH 629
Ext:
8-3090
Research Interests:
Probability, random matrices, statistical physics and stochastic processes
Tristan Buckmaster
Tristan Buckmaster
Professor of Mathematics
Office:
WWH 713
Oliver Bühler
Oliver Bühler
Professor of Mathematics and Atmosphere/Ocean Science
Office:
WWH 1129
Ext:
8-3265
Research Interests:
Geophysical fluid dynamics, interactions between waves and vortices, acoustics, statistical mechanics
Russel Caflisch
Russel Caflisch
Professor of Mathematics; Director, Courant Institute
Office:
WWH 1303
Ext:
8-3184
Research Interests:
Applied math, PDEs, fluid dynamics, plasma physics, materials science, Monte Carlo methods, computational finance
Sylvain E. Cappell
Sylvain E. Cappell
Silver Professor of Mathematics
Office:
WWH 1112
Ext:
8-3281
Research Interests:
Algebraic and geometric topology, symplectic and algebraic geometry
Jeff Cheeger
Jeff Cheeger
Silver Professor of Mathematics
Office:
WWH 802
Ext:
8-3282
Research Interests:
Differential geometry and its connections to analysis and topology
Yu Chen
Yu Chen
Associate Professor of Mathematics
Office:
WWH 1126
Ext:
8-3285
Research Interests:
Numerical scattering theory, ill-posed problems, scientific computing
Percy A. Deift
Percy A. Deift
Silver Professor of Mathematics
Office:
WWH 1028
Ext:
8-3288
Research Interests:
Spectral theory and inverse spectral theory, integrable systems, Riemann-Hilbert problems
Guido De Philippis
Guido De Philippis
Professor of Mathematics
Office:
WWH 613
Carlos Fernandez-Granda
Carlos Fernandez-Granda
Associate Professor of Mathematics and Data Science
Office:
WWH 1123
Ext:
8-3289
Alfred Galichon
Alfred Galichon
Professor of Economics and Mathematics
Research Interests:
Optimal transport, mathematical finance, economic equilibrium
Edwin Gerber
Edwin Gerber
Professor of Mathematics and Atmosphere/Ocean Science
Office:
WWH 911
Ext:
8-3269
Research Interests:
Atmospheric dynamics, climate variability, stochastic modeling
Jonathan B. Goodman
Jonathan B. Goodman
Professor of Mathematics
Office:
WWH 529
Ext:
8-3326
Research Interests:
Fluid dynamics, computational physics, computational finance
Leslie Greengard
Leslie Greengard
Silver Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science
Office:
WWH 1117
Ext:
8-3306
Research Interests:
Applied and computational math, partial differential equations, computational chemistry, mathematical biology
Mikhael Gromov
Mikhael Gromov
Jay Gould Professor of Mathematics
Office:
WWH 1130
Ext:
8-3205
Research Interests:
Riemannian manifolds, symplectic manifolds, infinite groups, math models of biomolecular systems
C. Sinan Gunturk
C. Sinan Gunturk
Professor of Mathematics
Office:
WWH 829
Ext:
8-3246
Research Interests:
Harmonic analysis, information theory, signal processing
Yanjun Han
Yanjun Han
Assistant Professor of Mathematics and Data Science
Office:
WWH 1110
Fengbo Hang
Fengbo Hang
Associate Professor of Mathematics
Office:
WWH 630
Ext:
8-3221
Research Interests:
Geometric analysis
Nina Holden
Nina Holden
Associate Professor of Mathematics
Office:
WWH 813
David Holland
David Holland
Professor of Mathematics and Atmosphere/Ocean Science
Office:
WWH 912
Ext:
8-3245
Research Interests:
Ocean-ice studies, climate theory and modeling
Arthur Jacot
Arthur Jacot
Assistant Professor of Mathematics
Office:
WWH 1011
Alan Kaptanoglu
Alan Kaptanoglu
Assistant Professor of Mathematics
Office:
WWH 1108
Bruce Kleiner
Bruce Kleiner
Silver Professor of Mathematics
Office:
WWH 817
Ext:
8-3214
Research Interests:
Geometric analysis, geometric group theory and geometric evolution equations
Qi Lei
Qi Lei
Assistant Professor of Mathematics and Data Science
Office:
WWH 1123
Chao Li
Chao Li
Assistant Professor of Mathematics
Office:
WWH 503
Fang-Hua Lin
Fang-Hua Lin
Silver Professor of Mathematics
Office:
WWH 717
Ext:
8-3137
Research Interests:
Partial differential equations, geometric measure theory
Eyal Lubetzky
Eyal Lubetzky
Professor of Mathematics; Chair, Mathematics Department
Office:
WWH 1012
Ext:
8-3381
Research Interests:
Probability theory, statistical physics and stochastic processes
Nader Masmoudi
Nader Masmoudi
Professor of Mathematics
Office:
WWH 501
Ext:
8-3211
Research Interests:
Nonlinear parallel differential equations
David W. McLaughlin
David W. McLaughlin
Silver Professor of Mathematics and Neural Science
Office:
WWH 1113
Ext:
8-3077
Research Interests:
Applied mathematics, nonlinear wave equations, visual neural science
Alex Mogilner
Alex Mogilner
Professor of Mathematics and Biology
Office:
WWH 903
Ext:
2-7546
Research Interests:
Computational Biology, Cell Biophysics and Mathematical Biology
Jonathan Niles-Weed
Jonathan Niles-Weed
Associate Professor of Mathematics and Data Science
Office:
WWH 1123
Ext:
8-3475
Research Interests:
Statistics, probability, mathematics of data science
Mike O'Neil
Mike O'Neil
Associate Professor of Mathematics
Office:
WWH 1119
Ext:
8-3125
Research Interests:
Electromagnetics, acoustics, fluid dynamics, fast algorithms, integral equations and computational statistics
Jinyoung Park
Jinyoung Park
Assistant Professor of Mathematics
Office:
WWH 603
Olivier Pauluis
Olivier Pauluis
Professor of Mathematics and Atmosphere/Ocean Science
Office:
WWH 913
Ext:
8-3170
Research Interests:
Climate and the general circulation of the atmosphere, moist convection, tropical meteorology, numerical modeling
Charles S. Peskin
Charles S. Peskin
Silver Professor of Mathematics and Neural Science
Office:
WWH 917
Ext:
8-3126
Research Interests:
Applications of mathematics and computing to problems in medicine and biology, cardiac fluid dynamics, molecular machinery within biological cells, mathematical/computational neuroscience
Alena Pirutka
Alena Pirutka
Professor of Mathematics
Office:
WWH 611
Ext:
2-7537
Research Interests:
Arithmetic and algebraic geometry, number theory
Aaditya Rangan
Aaditya Rangan
Associate Professor of Mathematics
Office:
WWH 1101
Ext:
8-3303
Research Interests:
Computational biology, numerical analysis
Leif Ristroph
Leif Ristroph
Associate Professor of Mathematics
Office:
WWH 1127
Ext:
8-3317
Research Interests:
Fluid dynamics, non-linear dynamics, experimental physics, biophysics, and geophysics
Sylvia Serfaty
Sylvia Serfaty
Silver Professor of Mathematics
Office:
WWH 612
Ext:
8-3213
Research Interests:
Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations, Ginzburg-Landau equations, and variational problems from material science
Sara Shamekh
Sara Shamekh
Assistant Professor of Mathematics and Atmosphere/Ocean Science
Office:
WWH 910
Jalal M. I. Shatah
Jalal M. I. Shatah
Silver Professor of Mathematics
Office:
WWH 712
Ext:
8-3328
Research Interests:
Partial differential equations, analysis
Michael J. Shelley
Michael J. Shelley
Professor of Mathematics, Neural Science, and Mechanical Engineering, and the Lilian and George Lyttle Professor of Applied Mathematics
Office:
WWH 1102
Ext:
8-3284
Research Interests:
Applied math and modeling, visual neuroscience, fluid dynamics, computational physics and neuroscience
K. Shafer Smith
K. Shafer Smith
Professor of Mathematics and Atmosphere/Ocean Science
Office:
WWH 916
Ext:
8-3176
Research Interests:
Geophysical fluid dynamics, physical oceanography and climate
Georg Stadler
Georg Stadler
Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science
Office:
WWH 1111
Ext:
8-3111
Research Interests:
Parallel scientific computing, inverse problems, PDE-constrained optimization, variational inequalities, computational earth sciences
Daniel Stein
Daniel Stein
Professor of Mathematics and Physics
Office:
WWH 811
Ext:
8-3178
Research Interests:
Theoretical condensed matter physics, statistical mechanics, and mathematical physics
Esteban G. Tabak
Esteban G. Tabak
Professor of Mathematics
Office:
WWH 1017
Ext:
8-3088
Research Interests:
Dynamics of the atmosphere and ocean, energy transfer in systems with many degrees of freedom
Valentino Tosatti
Valentino Tosatti
Professor of Mathematics
Office:
WWH 1001
Research Interests:
Complex and differential geometry, geometric analysis and PDEs, and their connections to algebraic geometry and dynamical systems
Yuri Tschinkel
Yuri Tschinkel
Professor of Mathematics
Office:
WWH 617
Ext:
8-3145
Research Interests:
Algebraic geometry, number theory, automorphic forms
Eric Vanden-Eijnden
Eric Vanden-Eijnden
Professor of Mathematics
Office:
WWH 1002
Ext:
8-3154
Research Interests:
Stochastic partial differential equations, statistical mechanics, turbulence theory
S. R. Srinivasa Varadhan
S. R. Srinivasa Varadhan
Professor of Mathematics and the Frank Jay Gould Professor of Science
Office:
WWH 1313
Ext:
8-3334
Research Interests:
Probability theory, stochastic processes, partial differential equations
Vlad Vicol
Vlad Vicol
Professor of Mathematics
Office:
WWH 902
Research Interests:
Partial differential equations, fluid dynamics
Jonathan Weare
Jonathan Weare
Professor of Mathematics
Office:
WWH 1103
Research Interests:
Applied probability, numerical analysis
Hau-Tieng Wu
Hau-Tieng Wu
Professor of Mathematics
Office:
WWH 530
Deane Yang
Deane Yang
Professor of Mathematics
Office:
2MTC 864
Ext:
7-3540
Research Interests:
Convex geometric analysis, Riemannian geometry, Partial differential equations
Yisong Yang
Yisong Yang
Professor of Mathematics
Office:
2MTC 850
Ext:
7-3427
Research Interests:
Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations, Mathematical Physics, Applied Mathematics
Lai-Sang Young
Lai-Sang Young
Silver Professor of Mathematics and the Henry & Lucy Moses Professor of Science
Office:
WWH 702
Ext:
8-3286
Research Interests:
Dynamical systems and ergodic theory
Robert Young
Robert Young
Professor of Mathematics
Office:
WWH 601
Ext:
8-3156
Research Interests:
Geometric group theory, metric geometry, and quantitative geometry
Laure Zanna
Laure Zanna
Professor of Mathematics and Atmosphere/Ocean Science
Office:
WWH 1116
Ext:
8 3180
Ofer Zeitouni
Ofer Zeitouni
Global Distinguished Professor of Mathematics
Office:
WWH 812
Ext:
8-3311
Gaoyong Zhang
Gaoyong Zhang
Professor of Mathematics
Office:
2MTC 852
Ext:
7-3695
Research Interests:
Convex geometry, Geometric analysis
Jun Zhang
Jun Zhang
Professor of Mathematics and Physics
Office:
WWH 1118
Research Interests:
Fluid dynamics, biophysics, complex systems
Yi Zhang
Yi Zhang
Assistant Professor of Mathematics and Atmosphere/Ocean Science
Office:
WWH 909
Research Interests:
Atmosphere/Ocean Science