- 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 451 V01 ∙ MAE 452 V01 ∙ MAE 454 S01 - W 4:00 - 6:50pm ∙ MAE 551 V01 ∙ MAE 552 V01 ∙ MAE 554 S01 - W 4:00 - 6:50pm Office Hours: ∙ Tu 4:00pm-6:00pm  ∙ also by appointment Undergraduate Advising Hours: ∙ F 1:00pm-2:00pm
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 401 S01 - MW 11:00 - 12:20pm Office Hours: ∙ M 10:00am-11:00am ∙ Tu 10:00am-12:00pm ∙ also by appointment Undergraduate Advising Hours: ∙ W 10:00am-11:00am 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 501 L01 - TR 12:30 - 1:50pm ∙ MAT 487 T13 ∙ MAT 599 T13 Office Hours: ∙ Tu 10:00am-11:00am ∙ Th 11:30am-12:30pm ∙ 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 200 L02 - TR 2:00 - 3:20pm Office Hours: ∙ Tu 11:30am-12:30pm ∙ Tu 1:00pm-2:00pm Undergraduate Advising Hours: ∙ Th 11:30am-12:30pm 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 L01 - TR 3:30 - 4:50pm Office Hours: ∙ Tu 11:00am-1:00pm ∙ also by appointment Undergraduate Advising Hours: ∙ Th 2:00pm-3:00pm Research Interests: Low-dimensional topology Awards: 2017 College of Arts and Sciences Teaching Excellence Award |
Mark Andrea De Cataldo
| 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 322 L01 - MW 2:00 - 3:20pm ∙ MAT 523 L01 - MW 2:00 - 3:20pm ∙ MAT 691 L01 - MW 11:00 - 12:20pm ∙ MAT 699 T04 Office Hours: ∙ W 9:00am-11:00am ∙ also by appointment Undergraduate Advising Hours: ∙ M 10:00am-11:00am 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 PhD Students: ∙ Matthew Huynh |
Theodore Drivas
| Associate Professor Ph.D. in 2017 from The Johns Hopkins University Arrived at Stony Brook in 2020 Mathematics Genealogy Office: Math Tower 4-114 Email: theodore.drivas@stonybrook.edu Home Page Courses: ∙ MAT 487 T09 ∙ MAT 699 T09 Office Hours: ∙ M 1:00pm-2:00pm ∙ W 1:00pm-2:00pm ∙ also by appointment Undergraduate Advising Hours: ∙ M 2:00pm-3:00pm Research Interests: Fluid dynamics; Turbulence; Partial differential equations Awards: 2017-2020 NSF Postdoctoral Fellow; 2024 A. P. Sloan Foundation Research Fellow; 2023 NSF CAREER Award PhD Students: ∙ Daniil Glukhovskiy ∙ Woohyu Jeon |
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 549 L01 - TR 12:30 - 1:50pm ∙ MAT 699 T25 Office Hours: ∙ Tu 2:00pm-3:00pm ∙ Th 2:00pm-3:00pm ∙ also by appointment Undergraduate Advising Hours: ∙ Tu 11:00am-12:00pm Research Interests: Complex geometry PhD Students: ∙ Alessandro Pilastro |
Deb Krieg
| Senior Lecturer M.A. In 2009 from Stony Brook University Arrived at Stony Brook in 2009 Office: Math Tower 2-121 Email: debra.krieg@stonybrook.edu Home Page Courses: ∙ MAE 330 L01 - F 11:00 - 1:50pm ∙ MAT 303 L01 - MW 9:30 - 10:50am ∙ MAT 517 L01 - F 11:00 - 1:50pm Office Hours: ∙ W 11:00am-12:00pm ∙ M 11:00am-12:00pm ∙ also by appointment Undergraduate Advising Hours: ∙ F 10:00am-11:00am |
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
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 355 L01 - TR 9:30 - 10:50am ∙ MAT 641 L01 - TR 12:30 - 1:50pm ∙ MAT 699 T07 Office Hours: ∙ Tu 8:30am-9:30am ∙ Th 8:30am-9:30am ∙ Th 11:00am-12:00pm ∙ also by appointment Undergraduate Advising Hours: ∙ W 12:00pm-1:00pm Research Interests: Analysis; Probability PhD Students: ∙ Samira Arfaee ∙ Peter Francis |
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 320 L01 - TR 11:00 - 12:20pm ∙ MAT 698 T34 Office Hours: ∙ W 8:30am-9:30am ∙ Tu 8:30am-9:30am Undergraduate Advising Hours: ∙ Tu 12:30pm-1:30pm 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 535 L01 - TR 9:30 - 10:50am ∙ MAT 699 T29 Office Hours: ∙ Th 11:00am-12:00pm ∙ Th 1:30pm-2:30pm ∙ also by appointment Undergraduate Advising Hours: ∙ Th 12:30pm-1:30pm 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 ∙ Srijan Ghosh ∙ Connor Lehmacher |
Scott SutherlandDepartment Chair
| 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 Office Hours: ∙ M 10:00am-12:00pm ∙ 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 127 L02 - TR 9:30 - 10:50am Course Coordinator ∙ MAT 127 L03 - TR 5:00 - 6:20pm ∙ MAT 699 T33 Office Hours: ∙ Tu 2:00pm-4:00pm Undergraduate Advising Hours: ∙ Tu 4:00pm-5:00pm 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: ∙ Spencer Cattalani |
Filip Zivanovic
| Research Assistant Professor Arrived at Stony Brook in 2023 Office: SCGP 508 Phone: (631) 632-2862 Email: filip.zivanovic@stonybrook.edu Home Page Courses: ∙ MAT 566 L01 - TR 3:30 - 4:50pm Office Hours: ∙ W 9:00am-11:00am Undergraduate Advising Hours: ∙ Tu 10:00am-11:00am |
| Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | |
| 9:00am | |||||
| 9:30am | |||||
| 10:00am | Mark Andrea De Cataldo
(in Math Tower 5-108) | Filip Zivanovic
(in SCGP 508) | John Anderson
(in Math Tower 4-117) | Deb Krieg
(in Math Tower 2-121) | |
| 10:30am | Mark Andrea De Cataldo
(in Math Tower 5-108) | Filip Zivanovic
(in SCGP 508) | John Anderson
(in Math Tower 4-117) | Deb Krieg
(in Math Tower 2-121) | |
| 11:00am | Ljudmila Kamenova
(in Math Tower 3-115) | Scott Sutherland
(in Math Tower 5-116) | |||
| 11:30am | Ljudmila Kamenova
(in Math Tower 3-115) | Scott Sutherland
(in Math Tower 5-116) | Paula Burkhardt-Guim
(in Math Tower 3-119) | ||
| 12:00pm | Evita Nestoridi
(in Math Tower 4-119) | Paula Burkhardt-Guim
(in Math Tower 3-119) | |||
| 12:30pm | Raanan Schul
(in Math Tower 3-121) | Evita Nestoridi
(in Math Tower 4-119) | Jason Starr
(in Math Tower 4-108) | ||
| 1:00pm | Raanan Schul
(in Math Tower 3-121) | Jason Starr
(in Math Tower 4-108) | Alaa Abd-el-Hafez
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| 1:30pm | Alaa Abd-el-Hafez
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| 2:00pm | Theodore Drivas
(in Math Tower 4-114) | Lisa Berger
(in Math Tower 4-100A) | Moira Chas
(in Math Tower 3-113) | ||
| 2:30pm | Theodore Drivas
(in Math Tower 4-114) | Lisa Berger
(in Math Tower 4-100A) | Moira Chas
(in Math Tower 3-113) | ||
| 3:00pm | |||||
| 3:30pm | |||||
| 4:00pm | Aleksey Zinger
(in Math Tower 3-111) | Hongtao Liao
(in Math Tower 4-122) | |||
| 4:30pm | Aleksey Zinger
(in Math Tower 3-111) | Hongtao Liao
(in Math Tower 4-122) | |||
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| 5:30pm | |||||
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| 6:30pm | |||||
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| 7:30pm |