NIU Department of Mathematical Sciences

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Graduate Faculty Research Areas in Broad Categories

Click on a name for a brief narrative of a faculty member's research interests.

By Area Mathematics Education Ellen Hines Helen Khoury Mary Shafer Diana Steele Alan Zollman Algebra and Foundations Edith Adan-Bante Group Theory John Beachy Ring Theory William Blair Ring Theory Harvey Blau Finite Group Theory K.L. Holland Model Theory Henry Leonard (Emeritus) Finite Group Theory Donald McAlister Semigroup Theory Joseph Stephen Semigroup Theory, Automata and Languages Analysis and Differential Equations Sien Deng Optimization Theory, Applied Functional Analysis Daniel Grubb Measure Theory Bernard Harris ODEs Ilya Krishtal Harmonic Analysis & Operator Theory Qingkai Kong Differential Equations Gleb Sirotkin Functional Analysis Linda Sons Complex Analysis Peter Waterman Complex Analysis, Geometry Zhuan Ye Complex Analysis Anton Zettl (Emeritus) ODEs Applied Mathematics and PDEs Gerard Awanou Numerical Analysis of PDEs Hamid Bellout PDEs Fred Bloom Applied Mathematics Ying C. Kwong PDEs Geometry and Topology Donghoon (David) Hyeon Algebraic Geometry Anders Linner Differential Geometry, Global Analysis Dave Rusin Algebraic Topology Hongyou Wu Differential Geometry Computational Mathematics and Linear Algebra Greg Ammar Numerical Linear Algebra Biswa Datta Numerical Linear Algebra, Control Theory Karabi Datta Numerical Linear Algebra, Control Theory Yoopyo Hong Matrix Analysis Hui Hu Optimization Ching-Tsuan Pan Numerical Linear Algebra Number Theory Richard Blecksmith Computational Number Theory Douglas Bowman Combinatorics John Selfridge (Emeritus) Jeffrey Thunder Diophantine Equations John Wolfskill Diophantine Analysis, Algebraic Number Theory Statistics Sanjib Basu Nader Ebrahimi Sudhir Gupta Balakrishna Hosmane Rama T. Lingham Tom O'Gorman Alan Polansky Mohsen Pourahmadi Min-Ming Wen

By Name Edith Adan-Bante Greg Ammar Gerard Awanou Sanjib Basu John Beachy Hamid Bellout William Blair Harvey Blau Richard Blecksmith Fred Bloom Douglas Bowman Biswa Datta Karabi Datta Sien Deng Nader Ebrahimi Daniel Grubb Sudhir Gupta Bernard Harris Ellen Hines K.L. Holland Yoopyo Hong Balakrishna Hosmane Hui Hu Donghoon (David) Hyeon Helen Khoury Qingkai Kong Ilya Krishtal Ying C. Kwong Henry Leonard (Emeritus) Rama T. Lingham Anders Linner Donald McAlister (Emeritus) Tom O'Gorman Ching-Tsuan Pan Alan Polansky Mohsen Pourahmadi Dave Rusin John Selfridge (Emeritus) Gleb Siroktin Linda Sons Diana Steele Joseph Stephen Jeffrey Thunder Peter Waterman Min-Ming Wen Robert Wheeler (Emeritus) John Wolfskill Hongyou Wu Zhuan Ye Anton Zettl (Emeritus) Alan Zollman