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

Office Hours:
       ∙ Th 5:00pm-6:00pm

       ∙ W 1:00pm-2:00pm
       ∙ also by appointment

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

Research Interests: Mathematics Education

X Moira Chas

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:
       ∙ Tu 10:00am-11:00am
       ∙ Th 10:00am-11:00am
       ∙ also by appointment

Undergraduate Advising Hours:
       ∙ W 11:00am-12:00pm

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 125  L30  -  MW 4:25pm - 5:45pm
           Course Coordinator

       ∙ MAT 444  T01
       ∙ MAT 487  T01

Office Hours:
       ∙ M 3:00pm-4:00pm

       ∙ W 3:00pm-4:00pm
       ∙ also by appointment

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

Awards: 2016 College of Arts and Sciences Teaching Excellence Award

X 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

Zoom Personal Meeting

Courses:
       ∙ MAT 644  L01  -  MW 2:40pm - 4:00pm

Office Hours:
       ∙ M 2:00pm-2:30pm
       ∙ W 1:00pm-2:30pm

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

Research Interests: Complex geometry

X Deb Krieg

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

Zoom Personal Meeting

Courses:
       ∙ MAT 119  L01  -  Th 11:30am - 12:50pm
       ∙ MAT 119  L05  -  Tu 11:30am - 12:50pm
       ∙ MAT 122  L01  -  TuTh 3:00pm - 4:20pm
       ∙ MAT 123  L03  -  TuTh 9:45am - 11:05am
           Course Coordinator

       ∙ MAT 123  L04  -  TuTh 4:45pm - 6:05pm

Office Hours:
       ∙ Tu 1:00pm-2:00pm
       ∙ Th 7:00pm-8:00pm

∙ also by appointment

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

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 562  L01  -  MW 11:30am - 12:50pm
       ∙ MAT 699  T23

Office Hours:
       ∙ M 10:00am-11:00am
       ∙ W 10:00am-11:00am
       ∙ also by appointment

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

Research Interests: Algebraic Geometry; Differential Geometry; Symplectic Topology

PhD Students:
       ∙ Shamuel Auyeung

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 126  L02  -  TuTh 9:45am - 11:05am
       ∙ MAT 200  L02  -  TuTh 1:15pm - 2:35pm
       ∙ MAT 487  T34
       ∙ MAT 698  T34
       ∙ MAT 699  T34

Office Hours:
       ∙ Tu 11:15am-12:15pm

∙ Th 11:15am-12:15pm

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 487  T29
       ∙ MAT 534  L01  -  TuTh 1:15pm - 2:35pm
       ∙ MAT 698  T29
       ∙ MAT 699  T29

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

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

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 126  L01  -  MW 4:25pm - 5:45pm
           Course Coordinator

Office Hours:
       ∙ M 2:00pm-4:00pm
       ∙ also by appointment

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

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 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

Zoom Personal Meeting

Courses:
       ∙ MAT 545  L02  -  TuTh 3:00pm - 4:20pm
       ∙ MAT 698  T33

Office Hours:
       ∙ W 5:00pm-7:00pm

Undergraduate Advising Hours:
       ∙ W 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

	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
9:00am
9:30am
10:00am		Mark McLean (in Math Tower 3-112)		David Kahn
10:30am		Mark McLean (in Math Tower 3-112)		David Kahn
11:00am			Moira Chas
11:30am			Moira Chas
12:00pm			Deb Krieg
12:30pm			Deb Krieg
1:00pm	Ljudmila Kamenova (in Math Tower 3-115)	Scott Sutherland			Raanan Schul
1:30pm	Ljudmila Kamenova (in Math Tower 3-115)	Scott Sutherland			Raanan Schul
2:00pm	Jason Starr (in Math Tower 4-108)
2:30pm	Jason Starr (in Math Tower 4-108)
3:00pm
3:30pm
4:00pm			Aleksey Zinger (in Math Tower 3-111)	Alaa Abd-el-Hafez
4:30pm			Aleksey Zinger (in Math Tower 3-111)	Alaa Abd-el-Hafez
5:00pm
5:30pm
6:00pm
6:30pm
7:00pm
7:30pm