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 12:00pm-1:00pm
       ∙ also by appointment

Undergraduate Advising Hours:
       ∙ W 1:00pm-2:00pm(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 319  L01  -  TuTh 10:00am - 11:20am

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

Undergraduate Advising Hours:
       ∙ Tu 11:30am-12:30pm(in Math Tower 4-100A)

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 3-119
Phone: (631)632-8622
Email: moira AT math.stonybrook.edu

Courses:
       ∙ MAT 211  L03  -  MW 4:00pm - 5:20pm
       ∙ MAT 364  L01  -  MWF 10:00am - 10:53am

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

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

Interests: Low-dimensional topology

Awards: 2017 College of Arts and Sciences Teaching Excellence Award

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 310  L01  -  MW 8:30am - 9:50am
       ∙ MAT 530  L01  -  MW 10:00am - 11:20am

Office Hours:
       ∙ M 12:00pm-1:00pm
       ∙ W 12:00pm-1:00pm
       ∙ also by appointment

Undergraduate Advising Hours:
       ∙ Th 10:00am-11:00am(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 122  L01  -  MWF 11:00am - 11:53am
       ∙ MAT 126  L02  -  MWF 10:00am - 10:53am

Office Hours:
       ∙ M 3:00pm-4:00pm
       ∙ W 3:00pm-4:00pm
       ∙ also by appointment

Undergraduate Advising Hours:
       ∙ W 12:00pm-1:00pm(in Math Tower S-240C)

Awards: 2016 College of Arts and Sciences Teaching Excellence Award

X Alexander Kirillov, Jr.
Undergraduate Director

Professor
Ph.D. in 1995 from Yale University
Arrived at Stony Brook in 1998

Office: Math Tower 3-112
Phone: (631)632-8289
Email: kirillov AT math.stonybrook.edu

Courses:
       ∙ MAT 132  L03  -  TuTh 10:00am - 11:20am
           Course Coordinator

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

Undergraduate Advising Hours:
       ∙ Th 11:30am-12:30pm (in Math Tower P-143)

Interests: Algebra; representation theory

X Mark McLean

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 324  L01  -  TuTh 10:00am - 11:20am
       ∙ MAT 682  L01  -  MW 2:30pm - 3:50pm

Office Hours:
       ∙ Tu 11:30am-12:30pm
       ∙ W 1:00pm-2:00pm
       ∙ also by appointment

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

Interests: Algebraic Geometry; Differential Geometry; Symplectic Topology

X Mikhail Movshev
Associate Undergraduate Director

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 341  L02  -  MW 2:30pm - 3:50pm
       ∙ MAT 560  L02  -  MW 1:00pm - 2:20pm

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

Undergraduate Advising Hours:
       ∙ M 10:00am-11:00am(in Math Tower 4-109)

Math Learning Center Hours:
  (in Math Tower S-235)
       ∙ W 10:00am-11:00am

Interests: Algebra

X Anthony Phillips

Professor
Ph.D. in 1966 from Princeton University
Arrived at Stony Brook in 1968

Office: Math Tower 3-113
Phone: (631)632-8259
Email: tony AT math.stonybrook.edu

Courses:
       ∙ MAT 203  L01  -  MF 1:00pm - 2:20pm

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

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

Interests: Topology; applications to mathematical physics

X Raanan Schul
Associate Undergraduate Director

Associate 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 638  L01  -  TuTh 10:00am - 11:20am

Office Hours:
       ∙ Tu 11:30am-12:30pm
       ∙ Th 11:30am-12:30pm

Undergraduate Advising Hours:
       ∙ F 11:00am-12:00pm(in Math Tower 3-121)

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 125  L04  -  TuTh 5:30pm - 6:50pm
       ∙ MAT 615  L01  -  TuTh 2:30pm - 3:50pm

Office Hours:
       ∙ Tu 1:00pm-2:00pm
       ∙ Th 1:00pm-2:00pm
       ∙ also by appointment

Undergraduate Advising Hours:
       ∙ Tu 10:00am-11:00am(in Math Tower 4-108)

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

X Scott Sutherland

Associate 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 126  L01  -  TuTh 10:00am - 11:20am
           Course Coordinator
       ∙ MAT 126  L03  -  TuTh 5:30pm - 6:50pm

Office Hours:
       ∙ F 11:00am-12:00pm
       ∙ also by appointment

Undergraduate Advising Hours:
       ∙ Th 1:00pm-2:00pm(in Math Tower 5-112)

Math Learning Center Hours:
  (in Math Tower S-235)
       ∙ Tu 11:30am-12:30pm

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 123  L30  -  FLEX 1:00am - 1:00am
       ∙ MAT 125  R26  -  Tu 11:30am - 12:23pm
       ∙ MAT 125  R27  -  Th 11:30am - 12:23pm
       ∙ MAT 131  L03  -  TuTh 10:00am - 11:20am
           Course Coordinator

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

Undergraduate Advising Hours:
       ∙ Tu 12:30pm-1:30pm(in Math Tower 2-121)

	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
9:00am
9:30am
10:00am	Mikhail Movshev (in Math Tower 4-109)	Jason Starr (in Math Tower 4-108)		Lowell Jones (in Math Tower 2-111)
10:30am	Mikhail Movshev (in Math Tower 4-109)	Jason Starr (in Math Tower 4-108)		Lowell Jones (in Math Tower 2-111)
11:00am	Anthony Phillips (in Math Tower 3-113)		Moira Chas (in Math Tower P-143)		Raanan Schul (in Math Tower 3-121)
11:30am	Anthony Phillips (in Math Tower 3-113)	Lisa Berger (in Math Tower 4-100A)	Moira Chas (in Math Tower P-143)	Alexander Kirillov, Jr. (in Math Tower P-143)	Raanan Schul (in Math Tower 3-121)
12:00pm		Lisa Berger (in Math Tower 4-100A)	David Kahn (in Math Tower S-240C)	Alexander Kirillov, Jr. (in Math Tower P-143)
12:30pm		Deb Wertz (in Math Tower 2-121)	David Kahn (in Math Tower S-240C)
1:00pm	Mark McLean (in Math Tower 4-114)	Deb Wertz (in Math Tower 2-121)	Alaa Abd-el-Hafez (in Math Tower 4-102)	Scott Sutherland (in Math Tower 5-112)
1:30pm	Mark McLean (in Math Tower 4-114)		Alaa Abd-el-Hafez (in Math Tower 4-102)	Scott Sutherland (in Math Tower 5-112)
2:00pm
2:30pm
3:00pm
3:30pm
4:00pm
4:30pm
5:00pm
5:30pm
6:00pm
6:30pm

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