May 01, 2024  
2023-2024 Graduate Catalog 
    
2023-2024 Graduate Catalog

Mathematics


http://www.math.utk.edu/

Xiaobing Feng, Head
Timothy Schulze, Associate Head for Research and Development and Director of Graduate Studies
Nikolay Brodskiy, Associate Head for Mathematics General Education
Joan Lind, Associate Head for Mathematics Majors and Minors

Professors
Brodskiy, N. (Associate Head for Mathematics General Education), PhD – Saskatchewan (Canada)
Chen, X., PhD – Case Western
Collins, C. (Associate Dean), PhD – Minnesota
Dydak, J., PhD – Warsaw (Poland)
Fefferman, N., PhD – Tufts
Feng, X. (Department Head), PhD – Purdue
Frazier, M., PhD – California (Los Angeles)
Freire, A., PhD – Princeton
Gavrilets, S. (Distinguished Professor), PhD – Moscow State
Karakashian, O., PhD – Harvard
Lenhart, S. (Chancellor’s Professor), PhD – Kentucky
Lind, J. (Associate Head for Mathematics Majors and Minors), PhD – Washington
Manderscheid, D., PhD – Yale
Maroulas, V., PhD – North Carolina
Mengesha, T., PhD – Temple
Mulay, S., PhD – Purdue
Nicoara, R., PhD – UCLA
Phan, T., PhD – Minnesota
Plaut, C.P., PhD – Maryland
Richter, S., PhD – Michigan
Rosinski, J., PhD – Wroclaw (Poland)
Schulze, T. (Associate Head for Research and Developments, Director of Graduate Studies), PhD – Northwestern
Simpson, H., PhD – California Institute of Technology
Thistlethwaite, M., PhD – Manchester (UK)
Todorova, G.H., PhD – Moscow State (Russia)
Wise, S., PhD – Virginia

Associate Professors
Bourni, T., PhD – Stanford
Cartwright, D., PhD – California (Berkeley)
Denzler, J., PhD – ETH (Zurich)
Finotti, L., PhD – Texas
Ganusov, V., PhD – Emory
Jameson, M., PhD – Emory
Prosper, O., PhD – Florida
Salgado-Gonzales, A., PhD – Texas A & M
Strickland, W., PhD – Colorado State
Vellis, V., PhD – Illinois (Urbana)

Assistant Professors
Nguyen, H., PhD – Tulane
Qing, Y., PhD – Tufts
Sgouralis, I., PhD – Duke
Zhao, X., PhD – Notre Dame

Joint Faculty
Berry, M., PhD – Illinois
Day, J., PhD – Pittsburgh
Evans, K., PhD – Georgia Tech
Hauck, C., PhD – Maryland
Papamarkou, T., PhD – Warwick (UK)
Restrepo, J., PhD – Pennsylvania State
Zhang, G., PhD – Florida State

Lecturers
Alexiades, V., PhD – Delaware
Bickle, A., PhD – Michigan
Bly, M., PhD – Tennessee
Campbell, E., MS – Tennessee
Clark, J., PhD – Tennessee
Conner, A., MM – Tennessee
Cook, T., MS – Tennessee
Dabbs, K., PhD – Texas
Downs, H., PhD – Tennessee
Duong, H., PhD – Florida State
Fowler, J., MA – Kentucky
Fridman, T., PhD – Rutgers
Gelantalis, M., PhD – Indiana
Gentry, A., PhD – Lincoln Memorial
Guest, R., MS – Baylor
Ho, A., PhD – Colorado State (Ft. Collins)
Horton, D., PhD – Tennessee
Humphries, P., PhD – Canterbury
Hung, L., PhD – Washington State
Kazanova, A., PhD – Massachusetts
Lawson, A., PhD – Tennessee
Lay, L., MS – Tennessee
Lewis, C., MS – Tennessee
Meadows, M., MM – Tennessee
McClurkin, A., MS – Tennessee
Nguyen, V., PhD – Tennessee
Pringle, K., PhD – Oregon
Self, C., MS – Tennessee
Smith, K., MM – Tennessee
Sparaco, L., PhD – Florida State
Sturm, J., MS – Tennessee
Sukanek, K., MS – Mississippi
Swenson, M., PhD – Texas
Thistlethwaite, S., PhD – U Mass (Amherst)
Unseren, M., PhD – Purdue
Wolf, A., PhD – Emory
Wright, G., MM – Tennessee
Yakunin, K., PhD – Florida

Majors, Degrees
Mathematics Major, MMath   
Mathematics Major, MS  
Mathematics Major, PhD  
  Mathematical Biology Concentration 
Mathematics Graduate Certificate  

The Mathematics Department has three graduate degrees – the Master of Mathematics degree, intended primarily for teachers; the Master of Science degree, designed to prepare students for industrial employment and for teaching; and the Doctor of Philosophy degree, designed to prepare students for industrial employment and for college and university teaching and research. Contact the department office for additional information.

For additional information, please visit the graduate website on the Department of Mathematics’ homepage.

Interdisciplinary Graduate Minor in Computational Science (IGMCS)

The Department of Mathematics participates in the interdisciplinary graduate minor in computational science (IGMCS) program. Any student pursuing a master’s or PhD with a major in mathematics can receive a minor in computational science by completing the appropriate IGMCS requirements. For additional information, see the description of the Interdisciplinary Graduate Minor in Computational Science  listed under Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science or visit the IGMCS website. The Department of Mathematics also contributes courses to the IGMCS program curriculum.