Undergraduate Advising Schedule | Mathematics Department and the Institute for Mathematical Sciences

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
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@stonybrook.edu

Zoom Personal Meeting

Courses:
       ∙ MAE 312  S01  -  W 2:40pm - 4:00pm
       ∙ MAE 400  T42
       ∙ MAE 447  T01  -  Tu 2:30pm - 3:20pm
       ∙ MAE 451  V01
       ∙ MAE 452  V01
       ∙ MAE 454  S02  -  W 4:25pm - 7:15pm
       ∙ MAE 530  T01  -  Tu 2:30pm - 3:20pm
       ∙ MAE 540  S01  -  W 2:40pm - 4:00pm
       ∙ MAE 551  V01
       ∙ MAE 552  V01
       ∙ MAE 554  S02  -  W 4:25pm - 7:15pm

Office Hours:
       ∙ Tu 4:00pm-5:00pm

∙ W 1:00pm-2:00pm

∙ also by appointment

Undergraduate Advising Hours:
∙ Tu 1:00pm-2:00pm

Research 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
Mathematics Genealogy

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

Zoom Personal Meeting

Courses:
       ∙ MAE 301  L01  -  TuTh 1:15pm - 2:35pm
       ∙ MAE 401  T13
       ∙ MAE 501  L01  -  TuTh 1:15pm - 2:35pm
       ∙ MAE 699  T13
       ∙ MAT 312  L01  -  TuTh 11:30am - 12:50pm

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

Undergraduate Advising Hours:
       ∙ M 2:00pm-3:00pm

Research 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
Mathematics Genealogy

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

Zoom Personal Meeting

Courses:
       ∙ MAT 336  L01  -  TuTh 11:30am - 12:50pm
       ∙ MAT 336  L02  -  TuTh 3:00pm - 4:20pm

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

Undergraduate Advising Hours:
       ∙ Th 10:00am-11:00am

Research Interests: Low-dimensional topology

Awards: 2017 College of Arts and Sciences Teaching Excellence Award

X David Kahn

Lecturer
Arrived at Stony Brook in 2013

Office: Math Tower 2-119
Email: david.kahn@stonybrook.edu

Zoom Personal Meeting

Courses:
       ∙ MAT 123  L03  -  TuTh 9:45am - 11:05am
           Course Coordinator

       ∙ MAT 125  L01  -  MW 4:25pm - 5:45pm
           Course Coordinator

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

Undergraduate Advising Hours:
       ∙ Tu 12:00pm-1:00pm

Awards: 2016 College of Arts and Sciences Teaching Excellence Award

X Mark McLean
Graduate Director

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

Office: Math Tower 3-112
Phone: (631)632-8351
Email: markmclean@math.stonybrook.edu

Zoom Personal Meeting

Courses:
       ∙ MAT 541  L01  -  TuTh 11:30am - 12:50pm

Office Hours:
       ∙ Tu 10:30am-11:30am
       ∙ Th 10:30am-11:30am
       ∙ also by appointment

Undergraduate Advising Hours:
       ∙ W 10:00am-11:00am

Research Interests: Algebraic Geometry; Differential Geometry; Symplectic Topology

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

X Mikhail Movshev

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

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

Zoom Personal Meeting

Courses:
       ∙ MAT 311  L01  -  MW 2:40pm - 4:00pm
       ∙ MAT 521  L01  -  MW 2:40pm - 4:00pm
       ∙ MAT 560  L01  -  MW 11:30am - 12:50pm

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

Undergraduate Advising Hours:
       ∙ Th 1:30pm-2:30pm

Research Interests: Algebra

X Olga Plamenevskaya
Associate Undergraduate Director

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

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

Zoom Personal Meeting

Courses:
       ∙ MAT 364  L01  -  MF 1:00pm - 2:20pm
       ∙ MAT 529  L01  -  MF 1:00pm - 2:20pm
       ∙ MAT 540  L01  -  MW 9:45am - 11:05am

Office Hours:
       ∙ M 11:00am-12:00pm
       ∙ W 2:00pm-3:00pm

∙ also by appointment

Undergraduate Advising Hours:
∙ M 12:00pm-1:00pm

Research Interests: Contact and symplectic geometry; low-dimensional topology

Awards: 2018 Simons Fellow in Mathematics

X Raanan Schul
Associate Graduate 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: schul@math.stonybrook.edu

Zoom Personal Meeting

Courses:
∙ MAT 532 L01 - TuTh 9:45am - 11:05am

Office Hours:
∙ Tu 11:00am-12:00pm

∙ Th 11:00am-12:00pm

∙ also by appointment

Undergraduate Advising Hours:
∙ F 1:00pm-2:00pm

Research Interests: Real analysis; geometric measure theory

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

PhD Students:
∙ Jared Krandel
∙ Paul Sweeney

X Jason Starr

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

Zoom Personal Meeting

Courses:
       ∙ MAT 131  L01  -  TuTh 9:45am - 11:05am
           Course Coordinator

       ∙ MAT 614  L01  -  TuTh 11:30am - 12:50pm

Office Hours:
       ∙ Tu 2:00pm-3:00pm
       ∙ Th 2:00pm-3:00pm
       ∙ also by appointment

Undergraduate Advising Hours:
       ∙ Tu 3:00pm-4:00pm

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

X Scott Sutherland
Undergraduate Director

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

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

Zoom Personal Meeting

Courses:
       ∙ MAT 475  T 01
       ∙ MAT 598  L01  -  MF 1:00pm - 2:20pm

Office Hours:
       ∙ See advising hours
       ∙ also by appointment

Undergraduate Advising Hours:
       ∙ M 3:00pm-4:00pm
       ∙ Th 11:00am-1:00pm

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

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@stonybrook.edu

Zoom Personal Meeting

Courses:
       ∙ MAT 122  L02  -  FLEX 1:00am - 1:00am
       ∙ MAT 122  R21  -  Th 1:15pm - 2:10pm
       ∙ MAT 125  L03  -  TuTh 6:30pm - 7:50pm

Office Hours:
       ∙ Tu 5:00pm-6:00pm
       ∙ Th 12:00pm-1:00pm

∙ also by appointment

Undergraduate Advising Hours:
∙ M 4:00pm-5:00pm

	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
9:00am
9:30am
10:00am			Mark McLean (in Math Tower 3-112)	Moira Chas
10:30am			Mark McLean (in Math Tower 3-112)	Moira Chas
11:00am				Scott Sutherland
11:30am				Scott Sutherland
12:00pm	Olga Plamenevskaya (in Math Tower 2-112)	David Kahn (in Math Tower 2-119)		Scott Sutherland
12:30pm	Olga Plamenevskaya (in Math Tower 2-112)	David Kahn (in Math Tower 2-119)		Scott Sutherland
1:00pm		Alaa Abd-el-Hafez			Raanan Schul
1:30pm		Alaa Abd-el-Hafez		Mikhail Movshev (in Math Tower 4-109)	Raanan Schul
2:00pm	Lisa Berger			Mikhail Movshev (in Math Tower 4-109)
2:30pm	Lisa Berger
3:00pm	Scott Sutherland (in Math Tower 5-112)	Jason Starr (in Math Tower 4-108)
3:30pm	Scott Sutherland (in Math Tower 5-112)	Jason Starr (in Math Tower 4-108)
4:00pm	Deb Wertz
4:30pm	Deb Wertz
5:00pm
5:30pm
6:00pm
6:30pm
7:00pm
7:30pm