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 2:30pm - 3:50pm
       ∙ MAE 447  T01  -  Tu 2:30pm - 3:20pm
       ∙ MAE 451  V01
       ∙ MAE 451  V60
       ∙ MAE 452  V01
       ∙ MAE 452  V60
       ∙ MAE 454  S02  -  W 4:25pm - 7:15pm
       ∙ MAE 454  S60  -  W 4:25pm - 6:25pm
       ∙ MAE 530  T01  -  Tu 2:30pm - 3:20pm
       ∙ MAE 540  S01  -  W 2:30pm - 3:50pm
       ∙ MAE 551  V01
       ∙ MAE 551  V60
       ∙ MAE 552  V01
       ∙ MAE 552  V60
       ∙ MAE 554  S02  -  W 4:25pm - 7:15pm
       ∙ MAE 554  S60  -  W 4:25pm - 6:25pm

Office Hours:
       ∙ Tu 3:30pm-4:30pm
       ∙ W 1:00pm-2:00pm
       ∙ also by appointment

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

Research Interests: Mathematics Education

X Moira Chas

Associate Professor
Ph.D. in 1998 from the Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona
Arrived at Stony Brook in 2002

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

Zoom Personal Meeting

Courses:
       ∙ MAT 336  L01  -  MW 2:40pm - 4:00pm
       ∙ MAT 336  L02  -  MW 11:45am - 1:05pm

Office Hours:
       ∙ W 9:30am-11:30am
       ∙ also by appointment

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

Research Interests: Low-dimensional topology

Awards: 2017 College of Arts and Sciences Teaching Excellence Award

X Mark Andrea De Cataldo

Professor
Ph.D. in 1995 from the University of Notre Dame
Arrived at Stony Brook in 1999

Office: Math Tower 5-108
Phone: (631)632-8284
Email: mark.decataldo@stonybrook.edu

Zoom Personal Meeting

Courses:
       ∙ MAT 545  L02  -  TuTh 1:15pm - 2:35pm

Office Hours:
       ∙ Tu 2:30pm-4:30pm

Undergraduate Advising Hours:
       ∙ Th 2:30pm-3:30pm

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:
       ∙ Ben Wu
       ∙ Siqing Zhang

X David Kahn

Lecturer
Arrived at Stony Brook in 2013

Office: Math Tower S-240C
Phone: (631)632-2804
Email: david.kahn@stonybrook.edu

Zoom Personal Meeting

Courses:
       ∙ MAT 123  L01  -  MW 6:05pm - 7:25pm
           Course Coordinator

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

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

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

Awards: 2016 College of Arts and Sciences Teaching Excellence Award

X Mikhail Movshev

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@math.stonybrook.edu

Zoom Personal Meeting

Courses:
       ∙ MAT 313  L01  -  TuTh 11:30am - 12:50pm
       ∙ MAT 313  L02  -  TuTh 11:30am - 12:50pm
       ∙ MAT 524  L01  -  TuTh 11:30am - 12:50pm
       ∙ MAT 524  L02  -  TuTh 11:30am - 12:50pm
       ∙ MAT 534  L01  -  TuTh 1:15pm - 2:35pm

Office Hours:
       ∙ Tu 10:00am-11:00am
       ∙ Th 3:00pm-4:00pm
       ∙ also by appointment

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

Research Interests: Algebra

X Christian Schnell

Professor
Ph.D. in 2008 from The Ohio State University
Arrived at Stony Brook in 2012

Office: Math Tower 3-117
Phone: (631)632-8618
Email: cschnell@math.stonybrook.edu

Zoom Personal Meeting

Courses:
       ∙ MAT 544  L01  -  TuTh 9:45am - 11:05am

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

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

Research Interests: Algebraic geometry; D-modules

Awards: 2015 AMS Centennial Fellowship; 2016 NSF CAREER Award

PhD Students:
       ∙ Qianyu Chen
       ∙ Mads Villadsen

X Raanan Schul

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@math.stonybrook.edu

Zoom Personal Meeting

Courses:
       ∙ MAT 320  L01  -  TuTh 9:45am - 11:05am

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

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

Research Interests: Real analysis; geometric measure theory

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

PhD Students:
       ∙ Paul Sweeney

X Scott Sutherland
Undergraduate Director

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@math.stonybrook.edu

Zoom Personal Meeting

Courses:
       ∙ MAT 515  L01  -  MW 6:05pm - 7:25pm

Office Hours:
       ∙ M 4:00pm-5:00pm
       ∙ F 12:00pm-1:00pm
       ∙ also by appointment

Undergraduate Advising Hours:
       ∙ M 12:00pm-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 131  L02  -  MW 6:05pm - 7:25pm
           Course Coordinator

       ∙ MAT 131  L03  -  TuTh 9:45am - 11:05am
       ∙ MAT 132  L01  -  Th 9:45am - 11:05am

Office Hours:
       ∙ Tu 12:00pm-1:00pm
       ∙ Th 2:30pm-3:30pm
       ∙ also by appointment

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

	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
9:00am
9:30am
10:00am			Deb Wertz
10:30am			Deb Wertz
11:00am
11:30am				David Kahn
12:00pm	Scott Sutherland			David Kahn
12:30pm	Scott Sutherland			Raanan Schul
1:00pm				Raanan Schul	Christian Schnell
1:30pm	Moira Chas	Alaa Abd-el-Hafez			Christian Schnell
2:00pm	Moira Chas	Alaa Abd-el-Hafez
2:30pm				Mark Andrea De Cataldo
3:00pm		Mikhail Movshev		Mark Andrea De Cataldo
3:30pm		Mikhail Movshev
4:00pm
4:30pm
5:00pm
5:30pm
6:00pm
6:30pm
7:00pm
7:30pm