Faculty Directory
Mathematics
Adler, Fred
213 JWB & 319 SB
Phone: 581-6848
Email: adler@math.utah.edu
General Research Interest: Mathematical ecology,
dynamics and evolution of disease.
Student Participation: Mathematical modeling of biological
systems.
Background Needed: Mathematics 1170-1180 or equivalent,
some biology.
Outside Majors: Bioengineering, various medical.
Key Words: Mathematics, modeling, ecology, evolution.
Carlson, James A.
JWB 327
Phone: 581-7870
Email: carlson@math.utah.edu
General Research Interest: Algebraic and Differential
Geometry, History of Mathematics.
Student Participation: Number theory, cryptography,
knot theory, aperiodic tilings, history of mathematics, mathematics
and art.
Background Needed: One year of calculus.
Outside Majors: Physics, Philosophy, History, Education.
Student generated projects may be considered.
Cherkaev, Andrej
JWB 225
Phone: 581-6822
E-Mail: cherk@math.utah.edu
General Research Interest: Applied math: structured
materials, optical structures.
Student Participation: Help in creating an interactive
website about properties of structures.
Background Needed: Familiarity with HTML, preferably
JAVA.
Outside Majors: Material Science, Geology, Geophysics,
Physics, Mechanical Engineering.
Student generated projects may be considered.
Khoshnevisan, Davar
233 JWB
Phone: 581-3896
E-mail: davar@math.utah.edu
General Research Interest: Probability Theory, classical
analysis, statistics.
Student Participation: Computing, perhaps.
Background Needed: Computing and statistics.
Outside Majors: Computer Science, Electrical Engineering.
Key Words: Simulation analysis, statistical computing.
Smale, Nathan
223 JWB
Phone: 581-7921
E-mail smale@math.utah.edu
General Research Interest: Differential geometry,
partial differential equations. In particular, minimal surfaces,
harmonic mapes & conformal geometry.
Student Participation: It is unlikely that an undergraduate
could assist in my research, however I am willing to supervise
a student doing his/her own work in related areas.
Background Needed: Undergraduate analysis, linear
algebra & ordinaray differential equations.
Key Words: Geometry, surfaces, partial differential
equations.
Student generated projects may be considered.
Tucker, Don H.
215 JWB
Phone: 581-6035/7383
Email: tucker@math.utah.edu
General Research Interest: Mathematics: functional
analysis, ordinary & partial differential equations, operator
valued measures, summability theory & such other things as
I find interesting at the moment.
Student Participation: Student must become full intellectual
partner in the project.
Background Needed: Must be bright & willing to work
hard & learn a lot. A knowledge of mathematics beyond calculus
is needed for most topics.
Student generated projects may be considered.
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