Undergraduate Advising Schedule

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.

X Alaa Abd-el-Hafez
Acting Director of Field Experience and Clinical Practice

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 AT stonybrook.edu

Courses:
       ∙ MAE 312  S01  -  W 2:30pm - 3:50pm
       ∙ MAE 447  T01  -  Tu 2:30pm - 3:20pm
       ∙ MAE 451  V01
       ∙ MAE 452  V01
       ∙ MAE 454  S02  -  W 4:00pm - 6:50pm
       ∙ MAE 530  T01  -  Tu 2:30pm - 3:20pm
       ∙ MAE 540  S01  -  W 2:30pm - 3:50pm
       ∙ MAE 551  V01
       ∙ MAE 552  V01
       ∙ MAE 554  S02  -  W 4:00pm - 6:50pm

Office Hours:
       ∙ W 7:00pm-8:00pm
       ∙ W 1:00pm-2:00pm
       ∙ also by appointment

Undergraduate Advising Hours:
       ∙ W 12:00pm-1:00pm(in Math Tower 4-102)

Interests: Mathematics Education

X Lisa Berger
Mathematics Education Program Director

Associate Professor
Ph.D. in 2007 from University of Arizona
Arrived at Stony Brook in 2007

Office: Math Tower 4-100A
Phone: (631)632-8278
Email: lbrgr AT math.stonybrook.edu

Courses:
       ∙ MAE 301  L01  -  TuTh 2:30pm - 3:50pm
       ∙ MAE 501  L01  -  TuTh 2:30pm - 3:50pm
       ∙ MAE 699  T13
       ∙ MAT 401  S01  -  TuTh 1:00pm - 2:20pm

Office Hours:
       ∙ Tu 11:00am-12:00pm
       ∙ Th 11:30am-12:30pm
       ∙ also by appointment

Undergraduate Advising Hours:
       ∙ Tu 10:00am-11:00am (in Math Tower P-143)

Interests: Number theory; mathematics education of teachers

X Moira Chas

Associate Professor
Ph.D. in 1998 from the Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona
Arrived at Stony Brook in 2002

Office: Math Tower 3-113
Phone: (631)632-8622
Email: moira AT math.stonybrook.edu

Courses:
       ∙ MAT 364  L01  -  MWF 10:00am - 10:53am
       ∙ MAT 529  L01  -  MWF 10:00am - 10:53am

Office Hours:
       ∙ M 11:00am-1:00pm
       ∙ also by appointment

Undergraduate Advising Hours:
       ∙ W 11:00am-12:00pm(in Math Tower 3-113)

Interests: Low-dimensional topology

Awards: 2017 College of Arts and Sciences Teaching Excellence Award

X Mark Andrea De Cataldo

Professor
Ph.D. in 1995 from the University of Notre Dame
Arrived at Stony Brook in 1999

Office: Math Tower 5-108
Phone: (631)632-8284
Email: mark.decataldo AT stonybrook.edu

Courses:
       ∙ MAT 544  L01  -  TuTh 10:00am - 11:20am

Office Hours:
       ∙ Th 3:00pm-4:00pm
       ∙ Th 4:00pm-5:00pm
       ∙ also by appointment

Undergraduate Advising Hours:
       ∙ Th 11:30am-12:30pm(in Math Tower 5-108)

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

PhD Students:
       ∙ Ben Wu

X Lowell Jones

Professor
Ph.D. in 1970 from Yale University
Arrived at Stony Brook in 1975

Office: Math Tower 2-111
Phone: (631)632-8248
Email: lejones AT math.stonybrook.edu

Courses:
       ∙ MAT 303  L01  -  MWF 12:00pm - 12:53pm
       ∙ MAT 342  L01  -  MWF 10:00am - 10:53am

Office Hours:
       ∙ M 1:00pm-2:00pm
       ∙ W 1:00pm-2:00pm
       ∙ also by appointment

Undergraduate Advising Hours:
       ∙ F 1:00pm-2:00pm(in Math Tower 2-111)

Interests: Topology; geometry

X David Kahn

Lecturer
Arrived at Stony Brook in 2013

Office: Math Tower S-240C
Phone: (631)632-2804
Email: david.kahn AT stonybrook.edu

Courses:
       ∙ MAT 123  L03  -  MWF 10:00am - 10:53am
           Course Coordinator

       ∙ MAT 123  L04  -  MW 8:30am - 9:50am
       ∙ MAT 125  L01  -  MW 5:30pm - 6:50pm
           Course Coordinator

Office Hours:
       ∙ M 11:00am-12:00pm
       ∙ W 4:00pm-5:00pm
       ∙ also by appointment

Undergraduate Advising Hours:
       ∙ W 3:00pm-4:00pm(in Math Tower S-240C)

Awards: 2016 College of Arts and Sciences Teaching Excellence Award

X Mark McLean
Associate Graduate Director

Associate Professor
Ph.D. in 2008 from Cambridge University, England
Arrived at Stony Brook in 2013

Office: Math Tower 4-114
Phone: (631)632-8351
Email: markmclean AT math.stonybrook.edu

Courses:
       ∙ MAT 126  L03  -  TuTh 5:30pm - 6:50pm
       ∙ MAT 620  L01  -  TuTh 2:30pm - 3:50pm

Office Hours:
       ∙ Tu 1:00pm-2:00pm
       ∙ W 11:00am-12:00pm
       ∙ also by appointment

Undergraduate Advising Hours:
       ∙ M 1:00pm-2:00pm(in Math Tower 4-114)

Interests: Algebraic Geometry; Differential Geometry; Symplectic Topology

PhD Students:
       ∙ Shamuel Auyeung
       ∙ Dahye Cho
       ∙ Mohamed El Alami
       ∙ Mu Zhao

X Mikhail Movshev

Associate Professor
Ph.D. in 1997 from University of Pennsylvania
Arrived at Stony Brook in 2007

Office: Math Tower 4-109
Phone: (631)632-8271
Email: mmovshev AT math.stonybrook.edu

Courses:
       ∙ MAT 131  L03  -  TuTh 10:00am - 11:20am
       ∙ MAT 313  L01  -  TuTh 11:30am - 12:50pm
       ∙ MAT 524  L01  -  TuTh 11:30am - 12:50pm

Office Hours:
       ∙ Th 1:30pm-3:30pm
       ∙ also by appointment

Undergraduate Advising Hours:
       ∙ Tu 1:30pm-2:30pm(in Math Tower 4-109)

Interests: Algebra

X Olga Plamenevskaya
Associate Undergraduate Director

Associate Professor
Ph.D in 2004 from Harvard University
Arrived at Stony Brook in 2006

Office: Math Tower 2-112
Phone: (631)632-4464
Email: olga AT math.stonybrook.edu

Courses:
       ∙ MAT 341  L01  -  TuTh 10:00am - 11:20am
       ∙ MAT 541  L01  -  TuTh 11:30am - 12:50pm

Office Hours:
       ∙ Tu 1:00pm-2:30pm
       ∙ W 12:30pm-1:30pm
       ∙ also by appointment

Undergraduate Advising Hours:
       ∙ W 1:30pm-2:30pm(in Math Tower 2-112)

Interests: Contact and symplectic geometry; low-dimensional topology

Awards: 2018 Simons Fellow in Mathematics

X Kevin Sackel

RTG PostDoc
Ph.D. in 2019 from Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Arrived at Stony Brook in 2019

Office: Math Tower 3-118
Email: Kevin.Sackel AT stonybrook.edu

Courses:
       ∙ MAT 516  L01  -  MW 5:30pm - 6:50pm

Office Hours:
       ∙ W 1:00pm-2:00pm
       ∙ M 4:30pm-5:30pm
       ∙ also by appointment

Undergraduate Advising Hours:
       ∙ M 2:00pm-3:00pm(in Math Tower 3-118)

Interests: Contact geometry, Symplectic geometry

X Christian Schnell

Associate Professor
Ph.D. in 2008 from The Ohio State University
Arrived at Stony Brook in 2012

Office: Math Tower 3-117
Phone: (631)632-8618
Email: cschnell AT math.stonybrook.edu

Courses:
       ∙ MAT 690  L01  -  MW 2:30pm - 3:50pm

Office Hours:
       ∙ F 10:00am-12:00pm
       ∙ also by appointment

Undergraduate Advising Hours:
       ∙ F 12:00pm-1:00pm(in Math Tower 3-117)

Interests: Algebraic geometry; D-modules

Awards: 2015 AMS Centennial Fellowship; 2016 NSF CAREER Award

PhD Students:
       ∙ Qianyu Chen

X Raanan Schul

Professor
Ph.D. in 2005 from Yale University
Arrived at Stony Brook in 2009

Office: Math Tower 3-121
Phone: (631)632-8995
Email: schul AT math.stonybrook.edu

Courses:
       ∙ MAT 126  L01  -  TuTh 10:00am - 11:20am
           Course Coordinator

       ∙ MAT 638  L01  -  TuTh 11:30am - 12:50pm

Office Hours:
       ∙ Tu 2:30pm-4:30pm

Undergraduate Advising Hours:
       ∙ F 11:00am-12:00pm (in Math Tower P-143)

Interests: Real analysis; geometric measure theory

Awards: 2005 NSF Postdoctoral Fellow; 2010 A. P. Sloan Foundation Fellow

X Jason Starr

Professor
Ph.D. in 2000 from Harvard University
Arrived at Stony Brook in 2006

Office: Math Tower 4-108
Phone: (631)632-8270
Email: jstarr AT math.stonybrook.edu

Courses:
       ∙ MAT 311  L01  -  MW 2:30pm - 3:50pm
       ∙ MAT 521  L01  -  MW 2:30pm - 3:50pm
       ∙ MAT 543  L01  -  MW 12:00pm - 1:20pm

Office Hours:
       ∙ M 1:30pm-2:30pm
       ∙ W 10:00am-11:00am
       ∙ also by appointment

Undergraduate Advising Hours:
       ∙ M 10:00am-11:00am (in Math Tower P-143)

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:
       ∙ Prithviraj Chowdhury
       ∙ Santai Qu

X Scott Sutherland
Undergraduate Director

Professor
Ph.D. in 1989 from Boston University
Arrived at Stony Brook in 1989

Office: Math Tower 5-112
Phone: (631)632-7306
Email: scott AT math.stonybrook.edu

Courses:
       ∙ MAT 331  L01  -  TuTh 11:30am - 12:50pm
       ∙ MAT 459  T31

Office Hours:
       ∙ Tu 10:00am-11:00am
       ∙ W 12:00pm-1:00pm
       ∙ also by appointment

Undergraduate Advising Hours:
       ∙ Th 1:30pm-2:30pm(in Math Tower 5-112)

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

X Deb Wertz

Lecturer
MAT in Secondary Education - Mathematics in 2009 from Stony Brook University
Arrived at Stony Brook in 2009

Office: Math Tower 2-121
Email: debra.krieg AT stonybrook.edu

Courses:
       ∙ MAT 122  L01  -  MWF 11:00am - 11:53am
       ∙ MAT 123  L02  -  TuTh 10:00am - 11:20am
       ∙ MAT 123  L30  -  FLEX 1:00am - 1:00am

Office Hours:
       ∙ Th 11:30am-1:30pm
       ∙ also by appointment

Undergraduate Advising Hours:
       ∙ Tu 11:30am-12:30pm(in Math Tower 2-121)

X Aleksey Zinger

Professor
Ph.D. in 2002 from Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Arrived at Stony Brook in 2005

Office: Math Tower 3-111
Email: azinger AT math.stonybrook.edu

Courses:
       ∙ MAT 312  L01  -  TuTh 11:30am - 12:50pm
       ∙ MAT 545  L02  -  TuTh 1:00pm - 2:20pm

Office Hours:
       ∙ Tu 5:00pm-7:00pm
       ∙ also by appointment

Undergraduate Advising Hours:
       ∙ Tu 4:00pm-5:00pm(in Math Tower 3-111)

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

PhD Students:
       ∙ Xujia Chen

	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
9:00am
9:30am
10:00am	Jason Starr (in Math Tower P-143)	Lisa Berger (in Math Tower P-143)
10:30am	Jason Starr (in Math Tower P-143)	Lisa Berger (in Math Tower P-143)
11:00am			Moira Chas (in Math Tower 3-113)		Raanan Schul (in Math Tower P-143)
11:30am		Deb Wertz (in Math Tower 2-121)	Moira Chas (in Math Tower 3-113)	Mark Andrea De Cataldo (in Math Tower 5-108)	Raanan Schul (in Math Tower P-143)
12:00pm		Deb Wertz (in Math Tower 2-121)	Alaa Abd-el-Hafez (in Math Tower 4-102)	Mark Andrea De Cataldo (in Math Tower 5-108)	Christian Schnell (in Math Tower 3-117)
12:30pm			Alaa Abd-el-Hafez (in Math Tower 4-102)		Christian Schnell (in Math Tower 3-117)
1:00pm	Mark McLean (in Math Tower 4-114)				Lowell Jones (in Math Tower 2-111)
1:30pm	Mark McLean (in Math Tower 4-114)	Mikhail Movshev (in Math Tower 4-109)	Olga Plamenevskaya (in Math Tower 2-112)	Scott Sutherland (in Math Tower 5-112)	Lowell Jones (in Math Tower 2-111)
2:00pm	Kevin Sackel (in Math Tower 3-118)	Mikhail Movshev (in Math Tower 4-109)	Olga Plamenevskaya (in Math Tower 2-112)	Scott Sutherland (in Math Tower 5-112)
2:30pm	Kevin Sackel (in Math Tower 3-118)
3:00pm			David Kahn (in Math Tower S-240C)
3:30pm			David Kahn (in Math Tower S-240C)
4:00pm		Aleksey Zinger (in Math Tower 3-111)
4:30pm		Aleksey Zinger (in Math Tower 3-111)
5:00pm
5:30pm
6:00pm
6:30pm

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