Faculty

Our Department takes pride in its reputation for great teaching, cutting-edge research, and the personal attention we give our students.

Five of our current faculty members have won Kroepsch-Maurice Awards for Excellence in Teaching; two members have won the University Scholar award; and one member has won the University Distinguished Professor award.

Department Chair

Jianke (Jackie) Yang

Williams Professor of Mathematics • University Distinguished Professor • University Scholar • Chairperson, Department of Mathematics and Statistics

jxyang@uvm.edu

Applied Mathematics, Nonlinear Waves, Nonlinear Optics, Numerical Methods

Full Time Faculty

Spencer Backman

Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics and Statistics

Spencer.Backman@uvm.edu

Algebraic and Geometric Combinatorics.

James Bagrow

Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics & Statistics

james.bagrow@uvm.edu

Network Science, Complex Systems, Data Science and Machine Learning, Computational Social Science, Mathematical Modeling

Kevin Beard

Senior Lecturer, Department of Mathematics and Statistics

Kevin.Beard@uvm.edu

Statistics Education

Daniel Bentil

Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics and Statistics

Daniel.Bentil@uvm.edu

Applied Mathematics and Mathematical Biology.

Karen Benway

Senior Lecturer, Department of Mathematics and Statistics

Karen.Benway@uvm.edu

Statistics Education.

Jeffrey S. Buzas

Professor, Department of Mathematics and Statistics • Director of Statistics

Jeff.Buzas@uvm.edu

Measurement Error Models, Instrumental Variables.

Nichole Caisse

Lecturer

Nichole.Caisse@uvm.edu

Her research has covered topics such as fluid dynamics and effectiveness of arts integration in the Mathematics classroom.

Bernard (Chip) Cole

Director, VT Space Grant Consortium & VT NASA EPSCoR • Professor, Department of Mathematics and Statistics • Director, Vermont State EPSCoR

Bernard.Cole@uvm.edu

Cancer biostatistics, longitudinal data analysis, clinical trials, chemoprevention studies

Abigail Crocker

Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics and Statistics

Abigail.Crocker@uvm.edu

Public Health, Restorative Justice, Social Determinants of Health, Research Methods, Applied Statistics.

Chris Danforth

Professor, Department of Mathematics and Statistics

chris.danforth@uvm.edu

Computational Social Science, Complex Systems, Chaos

Miki Dash

Lecturer, Department of Mathematics and Statistics

miriam.dash@uvm.edu

Francois Dorais

Senior Lecturer, Department of Mathematics and Statistics

francois.dorais@uvm.edu

Mathematical Logic and Foundations.

Taylor Dupuy

Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics and Statistics

Taylor.Dupuy@uvm.edu

Arithmetic Geometry, Differential Algebra, and Applied Model Theory.

Erika Edwards

Research Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics and Statistics

Erika.Edwards@uvm.edu

Director, Data Science, Vermont Oxford Network. PhD and MPH in epidemiology. Expertise in perinatal epidemiology, health care quality measurement, health care utilization, quality improvement evaluation.

Mike Miller Eismeier

Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics and Statistics

Mike.Miller-Eismeier@uvm.edu

Gauge theory, low-dimensional topology, homological algebra.

Krisan Geary

Senior Lecturer, Department of Mathematics and Statistics

Krisan.Geary@uvm.edu

Mathematics Education

Daniel Hathaway

Senior Lecturer, Department of Mathematics and Statistics

Daniel.Hathaway@uvm.edu

Jim Hefferon

Senior Lecturer, Department of Mathematics and Statistics

jheffero@uvm.edu

Theory of Computation, Free textbooks.

Jeffrey Jewell

Lecturer, M.S.

jeffrey.jewell@uvm.edu

Techniques of Integration

Tony Julianelle

Senior Lecturer, Department of Mathematics and Statistics

Anthony.Julianelle@uvm.edu

Joseph Kudrle

Senior Lecturer, Department of Mathematics and Statistics

jkudrle@uvm.edu

Undergraduate Education, Supplemental Educational Options, Online Course Development, Actuarial Advising.

Taras Lakoba

Professor, Department of Mathematics and Statistics

Taras.Lakoba@uvm.edu

Stability of Numerical Methods, Perturbation Theory, Nonlinear Waves, Fiber Optics.

Jacob Martin, Ph.D.

Senior Lecturer, Department of Mathematics and Statistics

Jacob.W.Martin@uvm.edu

Statistics Education.

Katherine Merrill

Senior Lecturer, Department of Mathematics and Statistics

Katherine.Merrill@uvm.edu

Statistics Education and Mathematics Education.

Alice Patania

Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics and Statistics

apatania@uvm.edu

Topological Data Analysis, Computational Topology, Network Neuroscience, Network Science.

Helen Read

Senior Lecturer, Department of Mathematics and Statistics • Vice Chairperson

helen.read@uvm.edu

Integrating computer technology into mathematics instruction.

David Rockoff

Lecturer, Department of Mathematics and Statistics

David.Rockoff@uvm.edu

Statistics and Data Science Education.

Puck Rombach

Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics and Statistics

puck.rombach@uvm.edu

Graph coloring, Random graphs, Algorithms and complexity, Graph representations of matroids, Crime network modeling, Core-periphery/centrality detection in networks.