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 400  T18
       ∙ MAE 451  V01
       ∙ MAE 452  V01
       ∙ MAE 454  S01  -  W 4:25pm - 7:15pm
       ∙ MAE 551  V01
       ∙ MAE 552  V01
       ∙ MAE 554  S01  -  W 4:25pm - 7:15pm

Office Hours:
       ∙ M 4:00pm-6:00pm

∙ also by appointment

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

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
Email: lbrgr@math.stonybrook.edu

Zoom Personal Meeting

Courses:
       ∙ MAE 400  T13
       ∙ MAE 698  T13
       ∙ MAT 512  L01  -  MW 4:25pm - 5:45pm

Office Hours:
       ∙ W 2:30pm-3:30pm
       ∙ Tu 5:00pm-6:00pm

∙ also by appointment

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

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  L02  -  TuTh 9:45am - 11:05am

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

Undergraduate Advising Hours:
       ∙ Tu 11:30am-12:30pm

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

       ∙ MAT 125  L02  -  TuTh 9:45am - 11:05am
           Course Coordinator

       ∙ MAT 487  T40

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

Undergraduate Advising Hours:
       ∙ W 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 531  L01  -  TuTh 3:00pm - 4:20pm
       ∙ MAT 699  T25

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

Undergraduate Advising Hours:
       ∙ Tu 10:30am-11:30am

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 312  L02  -  MWF 11:45am - 12:40pm

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

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

Research Interests: Algebra

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  L03  -  TuTh 9:45am - 11:05am
           Course Coordinator

       ∙ MAT 320  L01  -  TuTh 11:30am - 12:50pm
       ∙ MAT 699  T34

Office Hours:
       ∙ Tu 1:00pm-2:00pm

∙ Th 1:00pm-2:00pm

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 552  L01  -  MW 2:40pm - 4:00pm
       ∙ MAT 699  T29

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

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

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

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 458  T31
       ∙ MAT 513  L01  -  MW 6:05pm - 7:25pm

Office Hours:
       ∙ Tu 4:00pm-5:30pm

∙ Th 1:30pm-2:30pm

∙ also by appointment

Undergraduate Advising Hours:
∙ Th 12:30pm-1:30pm

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 Krieg

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:
       ∙ MAE 330  L01  -  MW 2:40pm - 4:00pm
       ∙ MAT 122  L30  -  FLEX 1:00am - 1:00am
       ∙ MAT 122  R30  -  M 1:00pm - 2:20pm
       ∙ MAT 517  L01  -  MW 2:40pm - 4:00pm

Office Hours:
       ∙ Tu 2:00pm-3:00pm

∙ W 7:00pm-8:00pm

∙ also by appointment

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

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 127  L02  -  TuTh 9:45am - 11:05am
           Course Coordinator

       ∙ MAT 127  L03  -  TuTh 1:15pm - 2:35pm
       ∙ MAT 645  L01  -  MW 11:30am - 12:50pm

Office Hours:
       ∙ Tu 4:30pm-6:30pm
       ∙ also by appointment

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

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					Mikhail Movshev (in Math Tower 4-109)
10:30am		Mark McLean (in Math Tower 3-112)			Mikhail Movshev (in Math Tower 4-109)
11:00am		Mark McLean (in Math Tower 3-112)
11:30am		Moira Chas
12:00pm		Moira Chas	David Kahn (in Math Tower 2-119)
12:30pm			David Kahn (in Math Tower 2-119)	Scott Sutherland
1:00pm	Lisa Berger (in Math Tower 4-100A)	Deb Krieg		Scott Sutherland	Raanan Schul
1:30pm	Lisa Berger (in Math Tower 4-100A)	Deb Krieg	Jason Starr (in Math Tower 4-108)		Raanan Schul
2:00pm			Jason Starr (in Math Tower 4-108)
2:30pm
3:00pm		Aleksey Zinger	Alaa Abd-el-Hafez
3:30pm		Aleksey Zinger	Alaa Abd-el-Hafez
4:00pm
4:30pm
5:00pm
5:30pm
6:00pm
6:30pm
7:00pm
7:30pm